Riga Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Moti Lal Prasad Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 15: Moti Lal Prasad of BJP has won from the Riga Vidhan Sabha Seat by defeating Congress candidate Amit Kumar. The constituency is situated in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar. The voting in Riga was held on November 7 in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The current MLA of the Riga constituency is Amit Kumar, who belongs to the Congress party. The counting of votes was held on November 10 and the result were also declared on the same day. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.

The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Polling for Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Third Phase Complete Schedule

The main candidates for the Riga Assembly Election 2020 included the current MLA of Riga, Amit Kumar of Congress, Munni Singh of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Motilal Prasad of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, Congress candidate Amit Kumar had won from the Riga seat after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Moti Lal Prasad.

The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 which covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting on November 3 covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA faced a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left). In the outgoing Bihar assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties.

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