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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Govindganj<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 14-Govindganj constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Raju Tiwari]]<br>{{small|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)|प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, लोजपा (राम विलास)]]}}<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|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 = [[Sunil Mani Tiwari]], {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]]<br />
| division = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Purvi Champaran]]<br />
| constituency_no = 14<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| electors = 264,744<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| incumbent_image = Raju Tiwari in Lalan Prasad's nomination (cropped 2).jpg<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
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'''Govindganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[East Champaran district|Purvi Champaran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 14. Govindganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Areraj]] and Paharpur [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]; and Paschimi Sangrampur, Purbi Sangrampur and Dakshani Bariyaria of Sangrampur 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> Brahmin voters have dominance in Govindganj Vidhan Sabha and its nearby areas, that is why MLAs from Brahmin caste have always been elected here, all the parties here mostly give tickets to Brahmin candidates for Brahmin votes.<br />
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Govindganj Assembly constituency is part of 3. [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Govindganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/govindganj.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Sheodhari Pandey<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |Dhruv Narain Mani Tripathi<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Hari Shankar Sharma<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |Rama Shankar Pandey<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<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 />
| rowspan="2" |Yogendra Pandey<br />
|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Devendra Nath Dubey<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Samata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|1998^<br />
|Bhupendra Nath Dubey<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|[[Rajan Tiwari]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |Meena Dwivedi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}}<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 />
|[[Raju Tiwari]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|[[Sunil Mani Tiwari]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|[[Raju Tiwari]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
Detailed Results at:<br />
https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/ConstituencywiseS0414.htm<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Govindganj<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result:Govindganj">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result:Govindganj |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0414.htm |accessdate=22 November 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126155356/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0414.htm|archive-date=26 November 2025 |date=14 November 2025}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Raju Tiwari]]<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:96034}}<br />
|percentage = 52.55<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Shashi B Rai<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:63351}}<br />
|percentage = 34.67<br />
|change = +9.77<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Krishna Kant<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9830}}<br />
|percentage = 5.38<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Plurals Party<br />
|candidate = Nitesh Kr<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3770}}<br />
|percentage = 2.06<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Janshakti Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Ashutosh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3471}}<br />
|percentage = 1.9<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ajeet Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1815}}<br />
|percentage = 0.99<br />
|change = -1.15<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above (India)<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|NOTA]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2911}}<br />
|percentage = 1.59<br />
|change = -0.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:32683}}<br />
|percentage = 17.88<br />
|change = -0.36<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:182741}}<br />
|percentage = 69.03<br />
|change = +12.08<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)<br />
|loser = BJP<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin||title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Govindganj<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Sunil Mani Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:65716}}<br />
|percentage = 43.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Brajesh Kumar Pandey]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:37936}}<br />
|percentage = 24.9<br />
|change = -9.25<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|candidate = [[Raju Tiwari]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:31461}}<br />
|percentage = 20.65<br />
|change = -33.89<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3314}}<br />
|percentage = 2.18<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Viswanath Prasad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3267}}<br />
|percentage = 2.14<br />
|change = +0.4<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ranjay Rai<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1990}}<br />
|percentage = 1.31<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Vipin Kant Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1626}}<br />
|percentage = 1.07<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Yuva Krantikari Party<br />
|candidate = Pappu Giri<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1616}}<br />
|percentage = 1.06<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Yuvraj Pandey<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1406}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<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:3007}}<br />
|percentage = 1.97<br />
|change = -0.54<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:27780}}<br />
|percentage = 18.24<br />
|change = -2.15<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:152339}}<br />
|percentage = 56.95<br />
|change = +0.61<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Govindganj<ref name="Govindganj Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Govindganj Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/govindganj |accessdate=22 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126155404/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/govindganj|archive-date=26 November 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|candidate = Raju Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:74685}}<br />
|percentage = 54.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Brajesh Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:46765}}<br />
|percentage = 34.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiv Sena<br />
|candidate = Ganeshwar Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3058}}<br />
|percentage = 2.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Pankaj Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2481}}<br />
|percentage = 1.81<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ravindra Dubey<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2376}}<br />
|percentage = 1.74<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Vijay Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2092}}<br />
|percentage = 1.53<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:3441}}<br />
|percentage = 2.51<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:27920}}<br />
|percentage = 20.39<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:136927}}<br />
|percentage = 56.34<br />
|change = <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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