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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Parihar <br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 25-Parihar constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla = [[Gayatri Devi (Bihar politician)|Gayatri Devi]]<!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|preceded_by = Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav<br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] <br />
|division = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|5. Sitamarhi]]<br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|25]]<br />
|established = 2008<br />
| electors = 324,889<br />
|reservation = None<br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Parihar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Sitamarhi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 25. Parihar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Parihar [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; [[Sonbarsa, Sitamarhi|Sonbarsa]], Purandaha Rajwara Paschimi, Purandaha Rajwara Purvi, Indarwa, Pipra Parsain, Jainagar, Madhiya, Singhwahini, Bhaluaha, Bishunpur Aadhar and Dostia [[gram panchayat]]s of Sonbarsha CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Parihar Assembly constituency is part of 5. [[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="4"|{{center|''Until 2008: Constituency did not exist''}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Gayatri Devi (Bihar politician)|Gayatri Devi]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Parihar<ref name="election2025"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Gayatri Devi (Bihar politician)|Gayatri Devi]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:82644}}<br />
|percentage = 39.36<br />
|change = {{decrease}}3.16<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Ritu Jaiswal]]<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:65455}}<br />
|percentage = 31.17<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Smita Gupta<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:48534}}<br />
|percentage = 23.11<br />
|change = {{decrease}}18.5<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3217}}<br />
|percentage = 1.53<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = Akhilesh Narayan Thakur<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2013}}<br />
|percentage = 0.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ram Vinod Nayak<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1964}}<br />
|percentage = 0.94<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2379}}<br />
|percentage = 1.13<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.95<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:17189}}<br />
|percentage = 8.19<br />
|change = {{increase}}7.28<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:209977}}<br />
|percentage = 64.63<br />
|change = {{increase}}10.25<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Parihar<ref name=election2025>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Gayatri Devi (Bihar politician)|Gayatri Devi]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:73420}}<br />
|percentage = 42.52<br />
|change = +1.8<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = [[Ritu Jaiswal]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:71851}}<br />
|percentage = 41.61<br />
|change = +3.36<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party<br />
|candidate = Amjad Hussain Anwar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9968}}<br />
|percentage = 5.77<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Sarita Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4164}}<br />
|percentage = 2.41<br />
|change = -2.5<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Jay Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1993}}<br />
|percentage = 1.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Bhushan Prasad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1587}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3590}}<br />
|percentage = 2.08<br />
|change = -0.14<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1569}}<br />
|percentage = 0.91<br />
|change = -1.56<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:172663}}<br />
|percentage = 54.38<br />
|change = -2.99<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Parihar<ref name=election2015>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Parihar Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Parihar Constituency Election Results 2025: Parihar Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/parihar |access-date=26 December 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |location=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226191431/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/parihar |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Gayatri Devi (Bihar politician)|Gayatri Devi]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:66388}}<br />
|percentage = 40.72<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Ram Chandra Purve<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:62371}}<br />
|percentage = 38.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Sarita Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:8005}}<br />
|percentage = 4.91<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Nilam Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6794}}<br />
|percentage = 4.17<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = Mohd. Shams Shahnawaz<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2822}}<br />
|percentage = 1.73<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Devendra Thakur<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2631}}<br />
|percentage = 1.61<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Md. Nazamuddin Ansari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2405}}<br />
|percentage = 1.48<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Jai Narayan Mahto<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1773}}<br />
|percentage = 1.09<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3618}}<br />
|percentage = 2.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4017}}<br />
|percentage = 2.47<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:163042}}<br />
|percentage = 57.37<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Sitamarhi district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]</div>
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