Tarapur Assembly constituency
Tarapur Assembly constituency | |
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Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Bihar |
District | Munger |
LS constituency | Jamui |
Established | 1951 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Rajeev Kumar Singh | |
Party | Janata Dal (United) |
Elected year | 2021 |
Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] This assembly constituency contains Tarapur Block. The region is dominated by Kushwahas. In the elections of Mukhiya and the President (Pramukh) of the Block, the probability of the victory of candidates belonging to this caste group remains high. In 2022, the polls were conducted for the membership of Zila Parishad and Mukhiya, and out of ten posts of Mukhia, five were won by the candidate belonging to Kushwaha community. The two posts of member of Zila Parishad also went to candidates from the same community.[2][3]
Overview
Tarapur comprises CD Blocks Asarganj, Tarapur, Tetiha Bamber & Sangrampur; Gram Panchayats Ramankabad (West), Ramankabad (East), Majhgyan, Murade, Gangata, Dariyapur-1 & 2 & Kharagpur (NA) of Kharagpur CD Block.[4] The constituency is dominated by the backward castes and in this constituency, the candidates belonging to Kushwaha caste has been winning consecutively for decades. Veteran politician Shakuni Choudhary was elected from this constituency for six times. He won as an independent candidate for the first time in 1985, and in his last election in 2010, he was defeated by Neeta Chaudhary of Janata Dal (United). Even before Shakuni Chaudhary, Tarini Prasad Singh, who also belonged to Kushwaha caste, was elected from this constituency twice. In 2015, Mewalal Chaudhary, husband of former legislator Neeta Chaudhary contested against Shakuni Chaudhary, who was a candidate of Hindustani Awam Morcha then. Latter was defeated and Mewalal was victorious in 2015 elections. Mewalal Chaudhary was re-elected in 2020 Assembly elections and following his death in 2021, a bypoll was conducted in the constituency in the year 2021. In this bypoll, Rajiv Kumar Singh was declared winner.[5]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Year | Member[6] | Party | |
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1952 | Basukinath Rai | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | |||
1962 | Jaimangal Singh | ||
1967 | B. N. Parsant | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
1969 | Tarini Prasad Singh | Shoshit Dal | |
1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
1977 | Kaushalaya Devi | Janata Party | |
1980 | Narayan Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
1985 | Shakuni Choudhury | Independent | |
1990 | Indian National Congress | ||
1995 | Samta Party | ||
2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
2005 | |||
2005 | |||
2010 | Neeta Choudhary | Janata Dal (United) | |
2015 | Mewalal Chaudhary | ||
2020 | |||
2021^[7] | Rajeev Kumar Singh |
^by-election
Election results
2021 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JD(U) | Rajeev Kumar Singh | 79,090 | 46.62 | +9.69 | |
RJD | Arun Kumar Sah | 75,238 | 44.35 | +11.55 | |
LJP | Kumar Chandan | 5,364 | 3.16 | −3.23 | |
INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 3,590 | 2.12 | New | |
Margin of victory | |||||
Turnout | 1,69,759 | 51.65 | |||
JD(U) hold | Swing |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JD(U) | Mewalal Chaudhary | 64,468 | 36.93 | ||
RJD | Divya Prakash | 57,243 | 32.80 | ||
LJP | Mina Devi | 11,264 | 6.45 | ||
RLSP | Jitendra Kumar | 5,110 | 2.93 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,534 | 0.88 | ||
Majority | 7,225 | 4.17 | |||
Turnout | 1,74,783 | 55.08 | |||
JD(U) hold | Swing |
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JD(U) | Mewalal Chaudhary | 66,411 | 45.27 | ||
HAM(S) | Shakuni Choudhury | 54,464 | 37.13 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 5,565 | 3.66 | ||
JMM | Sanjay Kumar | 5,017 | 3.30 | ||
IND | Karmvir Kumar Bharathi | 3,971 | 2.61 | ||
Majority | 11,947 | 8.14 | |||
Turnout | 1,52,292 | 52.66 | |||
JD(U) hold | Swing |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JD(U) | Neeta Choudhary | 44,582 | 37.42 | ||
RJD | Shakuni Choudhary | 30,704 | 25.77 | ||
INC | Sanjay Kumar | 18,282 | 15.35 | ||
JMM | Raman Kumar | 9,167 | 7.69 | ||
JPS | Sumitra Devi | 4,089 | 3.43 | ||
Majority | 13,878 | 11.65 | |||
Turnout | 1,19,133 | 47.35 | |||
JD(U) gain from RJD | Swing |
See also
Sources
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010
References
- ^ "Jamui Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "पंचायत चुनाव:जिला परिषद के दोनों व मुखिया के 10 में से पांच पद पर कुशवाहा उम्मीदवार ने जीत हासिल की". Bhaskar.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "बिहार चुनाव : विकास के लिए तरस रहे मुंगेर में जातिगत समीकरण हावी, जानिए... तीनों विधानसभाओं की स्थिति". jagran.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Bihar By Elections Result 2021: तारापुर विधानसभा से राजद की हार और जदयू की जीत के यह हैं प्रमुख कारण, एक विश्लेषण". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Tarapur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023.
- ^ The Wire (2 November 2021). "Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats". Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election 2015". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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