Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Motihari (Bihar) was won by Akhiles Prasad Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 97,024 votes over Radha Mohan Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Motihari, Bihar, from 1962 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1962–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1962
Bibhuti Mishra
Indian National Congress
99,170
56.3%
Abdul Rahman (Swatantra Party)
58,992 (33.5 pts)
1967
B. Misra
Indian National Congress
86,765
39.0%
A. Kuer (Praja Socialist Party)
35,184 (15.8 pts)
1971
Bibhuti Mishra
Indian National Congress
155,863
68.1%
Harishanker Sharma (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
129,906 (56.8 pts)
1977
Thakur Rampati Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
167,732
46.7%
Bibhuti Mishra (Indian National Congress)
73,953 (20.6 pts)
1980
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
130,228
38.8%
Prabhawati Gupta (Congress (I))
5,506 (1.6 pts)
1984
Prabhawati Gupta
Indian National Congress
255,980
59.8%
Kamla Mishra Madhukar (Communist Party of India)
144,295 (33.7 pts)
1989
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
253,292
46.6%
Kamala Mishra Madhukar (Communist Party of India)
78,111 (14.4 pts)
1991
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
264,423
47.6%
Radha Mohan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
98,052 (17.6 pts)
1996
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
348,384
57.0%
Abdul Moghani Kaifi (Communist Party of India)
127,809 (20.9 pts)
1998
Rama Devi
Rashtriya Janata Dal
274,272
41.5%
Radha Mohan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
88,074 (13.3 pts)
1999
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
338,696
50.0%
Rama Devi (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
21,670 (3.2 pts)
2004
Akhiles Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
348,596
51.3%
Radha Mohan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
97,024 (14.3 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bibhuti Mishra
Indian National Congress
99,170
56.3%
Abdul Rahman
Swatantra Party
40,178
22.8%
Prasidh Narain
Praja Socialist Party
26,718
15.2%
Gajadhar Singh
Independent
10,075
5.7%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
B. Misra
Indian National Congress
86,765
39.0%
A. Kuer
Praja Socialist Party
51,581
23.2%
B. N. Singh
Communist Party of India
33,288
15.0%
K. K. Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
28,492
12.8%
S. B. Verma
Independent
9,956
4.5%
H. L. Kumud
Samyukta Socialist Party
7,576
3.4%
S. S. Prasad
Swatantra Party
4,923
2.2%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bibhuti Mishra
Indian National Congress
155,863
68.1%
Harishanker Sharma
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
25,957
11.3%
Bipin Bihari Verma
Congress (O)
24,661
10.8%
Basawan Singh
Praja Socialist Party
21,413
9.4%
Jamaluddin Khan
Independent
912
0.4%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thakur Rampati Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
167,732
46.7%
Bibhuti Mishra
Indian National Congress
93,779
26.1%
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
90,151
25.1%
Jagdish Purbey
Independent
4,222
1.2%
Mohamad Alam Ansari
Independent
3,245
0.9%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
130,228
38.8%
Prabhawati Gupta
Congress (I)
124,722
37.1%
Thakur Ramapati Singh
Janata Party
68,525
20.4%
Jagdish Chandra Purbe
Independent
5,224
1.6%
Deo Narain Sah
Independent
3,859
1.1%
Shyam Nandan Sahni
Independent
2,236
0.7%
Raj Narain Verma
Independent
1,261
0.4%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prabhawati Gupta
Indian National Congress
255,980
59.8%
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
111,685
26.1%
Thakur Ramapati Singh
Janata Party
29,056
6.8%
Ramgi Prasad Sharma
Independent
14,771
3.5%
Rajkishor Bhagat
Independent
5,139
1.2%
Bhudeo Bajpayee
Independent
4,115
1.0%
Sheoji Rai
Independent
3,554
0.8%
Pramanand Pathak
Independent
2,158
0.5%
Shatruhan Paswan
Independent
1,517
0.4%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
253,292
46.6%
Kamala Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
175,181
32.2%
Prabhavati Gupta
Indian National Congress
104,485
19.2%
Raj Kishor Bhagath
DDP
5,317
1.0%
Vijay K. Sinha
JNP (JP)
2,895
0.5%
Keshav Kumar Jha
LKD (B)
1,252
0.2%
Ashuthosh Panday
Independent
577
0.1%
Ramchandra Prasad Singh
Independent
413
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
264,423
47.6%
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
166,371
29.9%
Girish Mishra
Indian National Congress
96,073
17.3%
Jainarain Pra. Nishad
Janata Party
23,996
4.3%
Suresh Ku. Yadava
SKD
1,126
0.2%
Chandra Shekhar Gupta
Independent
1,090
0.2%
Ram Chandra Prasad
DDP
1,026
0.2%
Amar Singh
Independent
857
0.2%
Rajeshwar Prasad
Independent
453
0.1%
Hans Lal Rai
Independent
373
0.1%
Daroga Sah
Independent
281
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
348,384
57.0%
Abdul Moghani Kaifi
Communist Party of India
220,575
36.1%
Faiyazul Azam
Indian National Congress
11,752
1.9%
Nagendra Sahan
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,118
1.0%
Prabhawati Gupta
AIIC(T)
5,104
0.8%
Chandra Shekhar Dwiwedi
Independent
4,943
0.8%
Paras Prasad
Independent
3,174
0.5%
Balindra Singh
Independent
2,066
0.3%
Ram Bachan Prasad
Independent
1,342
0.2%
Kameshwar Prasad
Independent
1,049
0.2%
Nagendra Prasad
Independent
993
0.2%
Shiv Nath Sah
Independent
628
0.1%
Makhan Ram
Independent
589
0.1%
Daroga Sah
Independent
510
0.1%
Etwar Prasad
Independent
508
0.1%
Vinay Kumar Sinha
Independent
435
0.1%
Nagina Sah
Independent
390
0.1%
Daroga Pr. Singh
Independent
368
0.1%
Ram Jatan Singh
Independent
354
0.1%
Kamal Deo Pr. Sah
Shiv Sena
327
0.1%
Vijay Kant Mishra
Independent
303
0.0%
Rama Nand Prasad
Independent
274
0.0%
Jai Shankar Pr. Singh
Independent
258
0.0%
Suresh Kumar Rajak
Independent
241
0.0%
Harendra Pr. Shrivastava
Independent
179
0.0%
Satish Kumar Sinha
Independent
166
0.0%
Shiv Kali Devi
Independent
159
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rama Devi
Rashtriya Janata Dal
274,272
41.5%
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
186,198
28.2%
Debendra Nath Dubey
Samajwadi Party
162,763
24.6%
Kamla Mishra Madhukar
Communist Party of India
28,190
4.3%
Abhay Kumar
Independent
2,425
0.4%
Prabhu Sah
Independent
1,986
0.3%
Mukesh Kumar Verma
Independent
1,565
0.2%
Prabhu Ram
Independent
1,264
0.2%
Ram Nath Chaudhary
Independent
969
0.1%
Shashi Bhushan Singh
Independent
566
0.1%
Arvind Kumar Sinha
Independent
537
0.1%
Gopal Shankar Bh.
Independent
382
0.1%
Jag Jivan Baitha
Independent
289
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
338,696
50.0%
Rama Devi
Rashtriya Janata Dal
317,026
46.8%
Prabhat Kumar Singh
AJBP
11,774
1.7%
Abhay Kumar
Independent
3,688
0.5%
Poonam Kumar Mishra
BJC(R)
2,626
0.4%
Ramdeo Ram
Independent
996
0.1%
Ajay Kumar Singh
Independent
976
0.1%
Sudhir Kumar Singh
Independent
772
0.1%
Suresh Ram
Independent
508
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Akhiles Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
348,596
51.3%
Radha Mohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
251,572
37.0%
Raja Ram Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
55,105
8.1%
Krishna Mohan Das
Shiv Sena
6,195
0.9%
Shekhar Prasad Jaiswal
Independent
5,671
0.8%
Kameshwar Prasad
Independent
3,246
0.5%
Shatrughan Tiwari
Independent
2,172
0.3%
Raju Kumar Gupta
Independent
2,113
0.3%
Bhagwan Lal Sah
Independent
1,634
0.2%
Khalid Mustafa
Independent
1,494
0.2%
Bhola Sah
Independent
1,292
0.2%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Motihari has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Motihari in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Akhiles Prasad Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Motihari, Bihar, in 2004 with 348,596 votes (51.3%), a margin of 97,024 votes over Radha Mohan Singh.
Which parties have won Motihari since 1962?
Since 1962, Motihari has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Motihari?
The closest result on record for Motihari was 1980, when Communist Party of India beat Congress (I) by just 5,506 votes (1.6 percentage points).