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Assembly constituency 23 · Bihar

Riga is assembly constituency number 23 in Bihar, in Sitamarhi district, and one of the segments of the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Baidyanath Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 54.1% of the vote, 33,125 votes ahead of Amit Kumar ‘tunna’ (INC).

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Riga · 2025AC 23
  1. 01
    Baidyanath Prasad
    BJP
    1,17,393
    54.11%
  2. 02
    Amit Kumar ‘tunna’
    INC
    84,268
    38.84%
  3. 03
    Ramashish Ray
    Independent
    4,041
    1.86%
  4. 04
    Krishna Mohan Singh
    JNSRJP
    3,078
    1.42%
  5. 05
    Upendra Sahani
    RJBP
    2,256
    1.04%
  6. 5 other candidates · 3,107 votesNOTA · 2,799 (1.29%)

Margin 33,125 votes · 15.27% of valid votes

3,17,263
Registered electors
2025 election
68.4%
Turnout
+11.0 pts vs 2020
33,125
Victory margin
15.3% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,16,942 valid votes, NOTA included.

Riga 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Baidyanath PrasadMale · 65 yrsBJP1,17,393
54.11%
2Amit Kumar ‘tunna’Male · 46 yrsINC84,268
38.84%
3Ramashish RayMale · 56 yrsIndependent4,041
1.86%
4Krishna Mohan SinghMale · 73 yrsJNSRJP3,078
1.42%
—NOTANOTA2,799
1.29%
5Upendra SahaniMale · 55 yrsRJBP2,256
1.04%
6Motilal RautMale · 59 yrsIndependent849
0.39%
7Dr. Pradeep Kumar JayaswalMale · 36 yrsIndependent810
0.37%
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8Ramnath MahtoMale · 31 yrsIndependent669
0.31%
9Dhiraj KumarMale · 32 yrsIndependent423
0.19%
10Nagendra Kumar PaswanMale · 58 yrs · SCPPID356
0.16%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%20%40%60%2010201520202025BJP 54.1%INC 38.8%BSP 2.4%CPI 2.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Baidyanath PrasadBJP · 54.1% · margin 33,125Turnout68.4%
2020Moti Lal PrasadBJP · 53.1% · margin 32,495Turnout57.4%
2015Amit KumarINC · 49.0% · margin 22,856Turnout57.3%
2010Motilal PrasadBJP · 39.9% · margin 22,327Turnout53.1%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Riga result 2020

Riga 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Moti Lal PrasadBJP95,226
53.07%
2Amit KumarINC62,731
34.96%
3Munni SinghBSP4,255
2.37%
4Girdhari SahIndependent2,617
1.46%
5Samsuddin AnsariBMUP2,343
1.31%
6Devendra Kumar SinhaIndependent1,583
0.88%
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7Chandrika PrasadIndependent1,574
0.88%
8Rambabu Sah S/o-Shri Nathuni SahNCP1,410
0.79%
—NOTANOTA837
0.47%
9Mohan SinghRJSPS704
0.39%
10Abhishek RajaIndependent667
0.37%
11Ravi KumarTPLRSP634
0.35%
12Bindeshwar MahtoRPPRINAT630
0.35%
13Ravi Shankar PrasadJAPL623
0.35%
14Upendra SahaniRJBP618
0.34%
15Ghufran AsadJNSNGHDL565
0.31%
16Akhilesh Kumar SumanSAP455
0.25%
17Moti Lal RautIndependent449
0.25%
18Brahmdev NayakIndependent403
0.22%
19Dilip Kumar ShrivastavIndependent358
0.20%
20Bindeshwar SahPBLBRP297
0.17%
21Bharat PatelJMBP246
0.14%
22Ram Babu Sah, S/o- Newalal SahIndependent224
0.12%

Riga result 2015

Riga 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Amit KumarINC79,217
48.97%
2Moti Lal PrasadBJP56,361
34.84%
3Atul Bihari MishraCPI4,262
2.63%
4Braj Mohan KumarIndependent3,358
2.08%
5Priyatam PaswanIndependent2,743
1.70%
6Umesh SahBSP2,635
1.63%
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7Sada Babu SinghIndependent2,613
1.62%
8Rambabu SahNCP1,488
0.92%
9Devdhari NishadIndependent1,305
0.81%
10Thakur Chandan Kumar SinghIndependent1,240
0.77%
—NOTANOTA1,105
0.68%
11Randhir KumarIndependent1,009
0.62%
12Tajuddin Haidar KhanSP974
0.60%
13Md. Abbas SekhIndependent796
0.49%
14Ram Naresh SahGJDS636
0.39%
15Rajan KumarRAVP570
0.35%
16Gonaur DasLSSP555
0.34%
17Ram Vilas BaithaPBI500
0.31%
18Prem Ranjan Kumar SinghBJHP401
0.25%

Riga result 2010

Riga 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Motilal PrasadBJP48,633
39.86%
2Amit KumarINC26,306
21.56%
3Nagina DeviLJP18,562
15.21%
4Ram Sakal SahaniBSP7,937
6.50%
5Ajam Hussain AnwarNCP5,147
4.22%
6Nirajan RaiIndependent2,375
1.95%
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7Chandrika PrasadIndependent1,318
1.08%
8Jalandhar SahIndependent1,188
0.97%
9Shiv Shankar BhagatIndependent1,149
0.94%
10Yugal JhaIndependent1,068
0.88%
11Sikandar MahtoAIFB(S)1,005
0.82%
12Gopal PaswanIndependent967
0.79%
13Pushkar JhaGVIP865
0.71%
14Dhukharan JhaIndependent835
0.68%
15Dropati DeviIJP819
0.67%
16Gonaur DasSP812
0.67%
17Sikendar PaswanIndependent761
0.62%
18Ram Pukar RamIndependent724
0.59%
19Ramesh SahIndependent565
0.46%
20Sunil KumarRSP514
0.42%
21Lalan PaswanSMBHP472
0.39%
Map

Riga outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Sitamarhi district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Riga is one of the assembly segments of Sheohar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sheohar candidates.

  • Lovely AnandJD(U)94,971 52.1%
  • Ritu JaiswalRJD71,939 39.5%
  • Kanhaiya KumarIndependent4,086 2.2%
  • Akhileshwar ShrivaishanvIndependent2,378 1.3%
  • Rana RanjitAIMIM1,614 0.9%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 23,032 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Riga.

Who won the Riga assembly seat in 2025?

Baidyanath Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Riga in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,17,393 votes, which was 54.11% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Riga?

The margin was 33,125 votes (15.27% of valid votes). The runner-up was Amit Kumar ‘tunna’ of the Indian National Congress with 84,268 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Riga in 2025?

Turnout was 68.39%: 2,16,982 of 3,17,263 registered electors voted, across 365 polling stations. That is 11.0 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Riga part of?

Riga is an assembly segment of the Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Lovely Anand got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Riga a reserved constituency?

No. Riga is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Riga?

The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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