Tarapur Assembly constituency

Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assemblies of 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]

Tarapur Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMunger
LS constituencyJamui
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Elected year2021

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
1952 Basukinath Rai Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Jaimangal Singh
1967 B. N. Parsant Samyukta Socialist Party
1969Tarini Prasad Singh Shoshit Dal
1972 Indian National Congress
1977Kaushalaya Devi Janata Party
1980Narayan Yadav Communist Party of India
1985Shakuni Choudhury Independent
1990 Indian National Congress
1995 Samta Party
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010 Neeta Choudhary Janata Dal (United)
2015Mewalal Chaudhary
2020
2021^ Rajeev Kumar Singh

Election Results

2021 By-election

 
 

 
By-election, 2021: Tarapur


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

    

 
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Tarapur


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

    

 
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Tarapur[7]


Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%









JD(U)
Mewalal Chaudhary
66,411
45.27







HAM-Se
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

    

 
2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Tarapur


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

















    
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  5.  "Bihar By Elections Result 2021: तारापुर विधानसभा से राजद की हार और जदयू की जीत के यह हैं प्रमुख कारण, एक विश्‍लेषण". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6.  "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.
  7.  "Bihar Assembly Election 2015". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.



    


    
    









    


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