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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Bettiah<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 8-Bettiah constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Renu Devi]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| preceded_by = [[Madan Mohan Tiwari]], [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[West Champaran district|Paschim Champaran]]<br />
| division = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|2. Paschim Champaran]]<br />
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|8]]<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| electors = 292,087<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| incumbent_image = Renu Devi Deputy CM.jpg<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
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'''[[Bettiah]]''' Assembly constituency is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[West Champaran district|Paschim Champaran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Bettiah was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015 - Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 8. Bettiah Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Bettiah]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; and Mohaddipur, Majhaulia, Parsa, Bahuarawa, Gudara, Jaukatia, Bakharia, Rulahi, Rajabhar, Karamawa, Lal Saraiya, Ramnagar Bankat, Amawa Majhar, Majharia Sheikh, Ahawar Kuria, Madhopur, Senuwaria and Bishambharpur [[gram panchayat]]s of Majhaulia CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
<br />
Bettiah Assembly constituency is part of 2. [[Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Bettiah Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/bettiah.html |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Prajapati Mishra<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
|1952^<br />
|Ketaki Devi<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|Jay Narayan Prasad<br />
|-<br />
|Jagannath Pd. Swatantra<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|Jay Narayan Prasad<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|H.P. Shahi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|[[Gauri Shankar Pandey]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Krishna Mohan Pandey<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Gauri Shankar Pandey]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| [[Madan Prasad Jaiswal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Birval Yadava<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |<br />
| rowspan="" |[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Renu Devi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|[[Madan Mohan Tiwari]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Renu Devi]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Detailed Results at:<br />
https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/ConstituencywiseS048.htm<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Bettiah<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Renu Devi]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:91907}}<br />
|percentage = 46.78<br />
|change = -6.05<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Wasi Ahmad<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:69534}}<br />
|percentage = 35.39<br />
|change = -6.14<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Rohit Kumar Sikaria<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:24665}}<br />
|percentage = 12.55<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Anil Kumar Singh<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6297}}<br />
|percentage = 3.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1981}}<br />
|percentage = 1.01<br />
|change = -0.25<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:22373}}<br />
|percentage = 11.39<br />
|change = +0.09<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:196464}}<br />
|percentage = 67.26<br />
|change = +11.0<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin||title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Bettiah]]<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Renu Devi]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:84496}}<br />
|percentage = 52.83<br />
|change = {{increase}}9.14<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Madan Mohan Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:66417}}<br />
|percentage = 41.53<br />
|change = {{decrease}}3.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Plurals Party<br />
|candidate = Avkash Kumar Gupta<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1559}}<br />
|percentage = 0.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2017}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.04<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:18079}}<br />
|percentage = 11.3<br />
|change = {{increase}}9.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:159932}}<br />
|percentage = 56.26<br />
|change = {{decrease}}2.98<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Bettiah<ref name="election2015"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Madan Mohan Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:66786}}<br />
|percentage = 45.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Renu Devi]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:64466}}<br />
|percentage = 43.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Sameer Hasan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2851}}<br />
|percentage = 1.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = Mohammad Saidullah<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1628}}<br />
|percentage = 1.1<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Lakshmi Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1553}}<br />
|percentage = 1.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Punydeo Prasad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1355}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiv Sena<br />
|candidate = Ramesh Chandra Sinha<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1348}}<br />
|percentage = 0.91<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1918}}<br />
|percentage = 1.3<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2320}}<br />
|percentage = 1.57<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:147563}}<br />
|percentage = 59.24<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
===2010===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Bettiah}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Renu Devi]]<br />
|votes = 42,010<br />
|percentage = 39.57<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|candidate = Anil Kumar Jha<br />
|votes = 13,221<br />
|percentage = 12.45<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Madan Mohan Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = 12,499<br />
|percentage = 11.77<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|candidate = Virval Yadav<br />
|votes = 11,511<br />
|percentage = 10.84<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = 28,789<br />
|percentage = 27.12<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 1,06,163<br />
|percentage = 55.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Politics of West Champaran district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
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