Riga Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results
MLA · 2025
Baidyanath Prasad
Bihar Assembly Election 2025 — results
Winner
Baidyanath Prasad
votes
1,17,393
Margin
33,125(15.3%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1Baidyanath Prasad✓ WinnerBJP1,17,39354.11%
- 2Amit Kumar ‘tunna’INC84,26838.84%
- 3Ramashish RayINDDeposit lost4,0411.86%
- 4Krishna Mohan SinghJan Suraaj PartyDeposit lost3,0781.42%
- 5NOTA2,7991.29%
- 6Upendra SahaniRashtriya Jansambhavna PartyDeposit lost2,2561.04%
See all candidates (+5)−
- 7Motilal RautINDDeposit lost8490.39%
- 8Dr. Pradeep Kumar JayaswalINDDeposit lost8100.37%
- 9Ramnath MahtoINDDeposit lost6690.31%
- 10Dhiraj KumarINDDeposit lost4230.19%
- 11Nagendra Kumar PaswanPeoples Party Of India (democratic)Deposit lost3560.16%
Deposit lost: 8 of 10 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2025
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 3,17,263
- Votes cast
- 2,16,982
- Turnout
- 68.39%
- Polling stations
- 365
incl. service voters
incl. 509 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women73.1%
1,07,753 of 1,47,354 voted on EVMs
Men64%
1,08,718 of 1,69,904 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 5; 2 voted.
- Candidates10
- Lost deposit8
- NOTA2,799
- Valid votes2,14,143
Frequently asked questions
Who is the MLA of Riga?
Baidyanath Prasad (BJP) won Riga in the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 with 1,17,393 votes.
What was the winning margin in Riga?
Baidyanath Prasad defeated Amit Kumar ‘tunna’ (INC) by 33,125 votes.
What was the turnout in Riga in 2025?
68.39% — 2,16,982 of 3,17,263 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 73.1%, men's 64%.
How many voters does Riga have?
3,17,263 electors at the 2025 election — 1,69,904 men, 1,47,354 women, 5 third gender (service voters included), and 365 polling stations.
When is the next assembly election in Riga?
The last general election was completed in November 2025. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2030; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.
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