Tarapur Bihar Assembly Election 2025 LIVE: Vote counting on Nov 14, JD(U)’s Mewa Lal Choudhary seeks re-election.
Tarapur Bihar Assembly Election Result 2025 LIVE Updates: In Tarapur, Deputy CM Nitish Kumar’s ally Samrat Choudhary has won by 45843 votes. Choudhary defeated Arun Kumar of RJD with a big margin. Bihar’s Tarapur constituency went to the polls on 6 November 2025 as part of the state’s first phase of voting. Tarapur is among the 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar. The election saw a voter turnout of 66.88%, slightly below the state’s overall turnout of 66.91%, which marked a record surge compared to previous years.
The constituency is politically competitive, with major parties including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Janata Dal United (JD(U)), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress contesting the seat. Vote counting for the Tarapur constituency began early on November 14. Results will be declared today.
The sitting MLA, Mewa Lal Choudhary of JD(U), is seeking re-election. In the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, Choudhary retained the seat, defeating Divya Prakash of the RJD with a margin of 7,225 votes. The 2020 election recorded a voter turnout of 55%,,
The Tarapur Assembly Election 2025 features multiple candidates across parties:
| Party | Candidate Name |
|---|---|
| AAP | Rahul Kumar Singh |
| BJP | Samrat Choudhary |
| BSP | Ashish Anand |
| Jan Suraaj Party | Santosh Kumar Singh |
| Janshakti Janta Dal | Sukhdev Yadav |
| RJD | Arun Kumar |
| SUCI(C) | Bharat Mandal |
| Independent | Bulbul Kumari, Dipak Kumar, Priyanka Chauhan, Rakesh Kumar, Shambhu Shankar, Sudhir Singh |
Looking back at recent elections:
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party | Margin (Votes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mewa Lal Choudhary | JD(U) | Divya Prakash | RJD | 7,225 |
| 2015 | M L Choudhary | JD(U) | Sakuni Choudhary | HAMS | 11,947 |
| 2010 | Neeta Choudhary | JD(U) | Shakuni Choudhary | RJD | – |
JD(U) has maintained a stronghold in Tarapur over the last three election cycles.
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