Govindganj is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

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Extent

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 14. Govindganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Areraj

Areraj

Areraj is a town and a notified area in East Champaran district in the state of Bihar, India.-Geography:Areraj is located at .-Demographics:...

 and Paharpur community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

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; and Paschimi Sangrampur, Purbi Sangrampur and Dakshani Bariyaria of Sangrampur CD Block.

Govindganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)

Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)

Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamenatary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation...

.It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)

Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)

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1977-2010

In the November 2010

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

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, October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Meena Dwivedi/ Meena Devi of JD(U)

Janata Dal (United)

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 won the 14 Govindganj assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Raju Tiwari/ Ranjan Tiwari of LJP

Lok Janshakti Party

The Lok Jan Shakti Party is a state political party in the state Bihar , India. It is led by Ram Vilas Paswan. The party was formed in 2000 when Paswan split from Janata Dal . The party has considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. The 2004 Lok Sabha elections marked a major break-through for...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ranjan Tiwari, Independent, defeated Bhupendra Nath Dubey of SAP

Samata Party

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 in 2000. Devendra Nath Dubey of SAP defeated Yogendra Pandey of JD

Janata Dal

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 in 1995. Yogendra Pandey of JD/ Independent defeated Jai Prakash Pandey of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1990 and Ram Shankar Pandey of Congress in 1985. Ram Shankar Pandey of Congress defeated Umakant Shukla of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 in 1980 and Madan Mohan Prasad Singh of Janata Party

Janata Party

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in 1977.