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{{short description|Legislative Assembly seat in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Tarapur Assembly constituency
| type = SLA
| map_image = 164-Tarapur constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Samrat Choudhary]]<Br>{{Small|[[Chief Minister of Bihar]]}}
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{party index link|National Democratic Alliance|NDA}} 
| latest_election_year = [[2025 elections in India#Bihar|2025]]
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Munger district|Munger]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui]]
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
| established = 1951
| electors = 331,313
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = File:Nitish Kumar, Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha boarding on Patna Metro (cropped).jpg
| abolished = 
}}
'''Tarapur''' is one of 243 constituencies of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It comes under [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref> This assembly constituency contains Tarapur [[Panchayat samiti|Block]]. The region is dominated by [[Kushwaha]]s. In the elections of [[Mukhi|Mukhiya]] and the [[Block pramukh|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 [[District Councils of India|Zila Parishad]] and [[Mukhi|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.<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/bhagalpur/tarapur/news/kushwaha-candidate-won-five-out-of-10-posts-of-both-the-head-of-the-zilla-parishad-128969532.html|title=पंचायत चुनाव:जिला परिषद के दोनों व मुखिया के 10 में से पांच पद पर कुशवाहा उम्मीदवार ने जीत हासिल की|website=Bhaskar.com|accessdate=18 March 2023|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319204449/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/bhagalpur/tarapur/news/kushwaha-candidate-won-five-out-of-10-posts-of-both-the-head-of-the-zilla-parishad-128969532.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="election2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-assembly-elections-2020-speeches-of-munger-jamalpur-and-tarapur-assemblies-20950466.html|title=बिहार चुनाव : विकास के लिए तरस रहे मुंगेर में जातिगत समीकरण हावी, जानिए... तीनों विधानसभाओं की स्थिति|website=jagran.com|language=Hindi|accessdate=13 April 2023|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413064823/https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-assembly-elections-2020-speeches-of-munger-jamalpur-and-tarapur-assemblies-20950466.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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.<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 = 2013-12-20 |archive-date = 5 October 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="election2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-by-elections-result-2021-rjds-defeat-and-jdus-victory-are-the-main-reasons-in-tarapur-assembly-an-analysis-22173920.html|title=Bihar By Elections Result 2021: तारापुर विधानसभा से राजद की हार और जदयू की जीत के यह हैं प्रमुख कारण, एक विश्‍लेषण|website=Dainik Jagran|accessdate=8 October 2023|archive-date=5 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105153328/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-by-elections-result-2021-rjds-defeat-and-jdus-victory-are-the-main-reasons-in-tarapur-assembly-an-analysis-22173920.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2025, the incumbent [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] [[Samrat Choudhary]] contested from this seat as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate and won.

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Election
!Name
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name=election1951>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3886-bihar-1951/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1951 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Basukinath Rai
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name=election1957>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3887-bihar-1957/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1957 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|| Jaimangal Singh<ref name=election1962>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3888-bihar-1962/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1962 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|| B. N. Parsant<ref name=election1967>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3889-bihar-1967/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1967 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" |
||[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name=election1969>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | Tarini Prasad Singh
||
||Shoshit Dal
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name=election1972>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3892-bihar-1972/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1972 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Kaushalaya Devi<ref name=election1977>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3893-bihar-1977/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1977 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}"|
||[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| [[Narayan Yadav]]<ref name=election1980>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
||[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3896-bihar-1985/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[Shakuni Choudhury]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
||Independent
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<ref name=election1990>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1990 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<ref name=election1995>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Samta Party}}"|
| rowspan="2" |[[Samata Party]]
|-
| 1998^
| [[Parvati Devi (Bihar politician)|Parvati Devi]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<ref name=election2000>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2000 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[Shakuni Choudhury]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="3" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005-Feb]]<ref name=election2005>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005-Oct<ref name=election2005/>]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|| [[Neeta Choudhary]]<ref name=election2010>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
| rowspan="4" |[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<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>
| rowspan="2" | [[Mewalal Chaudhary]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<ref name=election2020/>
|-
| 2021^<ref name="Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats">{{cite news |last1=The Wire |date=2 November 2021 |title=Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats |url=https://thewire.in/government/bihar-by-poll-jdu-wins-both-kusheshwar-asthan-and-tarapur-seats |accessdate=2 January 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102043743/https://thewire.in/government/bihar-by-poll-jdu-wins-both-kusheshwar-asthan-and-tarapur-seats |archivedate=2 January 2024}}</ref>
| [[Rajeev Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Rajeev Kumar Singh]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| [[Samrat Choudhary]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}

^by-election

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Tarapur Assembly constituency]]<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samrat Choudhary]]
|votes = {{formatnum:122480}}
|percentage = 56.77
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Arun Kumar Sah
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:76637}}
|percentage = 35.52
|change = {{decrease}}9.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dr.Santosh Singh
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:3898}}
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:2667}}
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2907}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change = {{increase}}0.47
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:45843}}
|percentage = 21.25
|change = {{increase}}17.12
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:215758}}
|percentage = 65.12
|change = {{increase}}10.12
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing = {{increase}}56.92
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021 bypoll===
 <section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box begin | title= By-election, 2021: Tarapur<ref name="election2021"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Rajeev Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Rajeev Kumar Singh]]
|votes = 79,090
|percentage = 46.62
|change = +9.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Arun Kumar Sah
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = 75,238
|percentage = 44.35
|change = +11.55

}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Kumar Chandan
|votes = 5,364
|percentage = 3.16
|change = -3.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajesh Kumar Mishra
|votes = 3,590
|percentage = 2.12
|change = ''New''
}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 3,852
|percentage = 2.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,69,759
|percentage = 51.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Assembly Election 2022" />

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Tarapur<ref name=election2020 name="election2020-1">{{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"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Mewalal Chaudhary]]
|votes = {{formatnum:64468}}
|percentage = 36.93
|change = -6.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Divya Prakash
|votes = {{formatnum:57243}}
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Mina Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:11264}}
|percentage = 6.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rajesh Kumar Mishra
|votes = {{formatnum:10466}}
|percentage = 6.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Jitendra Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:5110}}
|percentage = 2.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jantantrik Vikas Party
|candidate = Anita Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:1999}}
|percentage = 1.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bhartiya Lok Chetna Party
|candidate = Pramod Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1850}}
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Deji Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:1799}}
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Om Prakash Rajak
|votes = {{formatnum:1791}}
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jayram Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1638}}
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1534}}
|percentage = 0.88
|change = -2.78
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:7225}}
|percentage = 4.13
|change = -3.72
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:174547}}
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +2.35
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Tarapur, Bihar|Tarapur]]<ref name="election2015"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Mewalal Chaudhary]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:66411}}
|percentage = 43.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Hindustani Awam Morcha
|candidate = [[Shakuni Choudhary]]
|votes = {{formatnum:54464}}
|percentage = 35.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = {{formatnum:5017}}
|percentage = 3.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Karmvir Kumar Bharati
|votes = {{formatnum:3971}}
|percentage = 2.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Anil Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2797}}
|percentage = 1.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = Gopal Krishna Barma
|votes = {{formatnum:2494}}
|percentage = 1.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Sagar Suman Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2411}}
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Samanta Dal
|candidate = Vijay Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2371}}
|percentage = 1.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aap Aur Hum Party
|candidate = Ram Prasad Sah
|votes = {{formatnum:1809}}
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Anita Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:1567}}
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5565}}
|percentage = 3.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:11947}}
|percentage = 7.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:152249}}
|percentage = 52.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Tarapur, Bihar|Tarapur]]<ref name="election2010"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Neeta Choudhary]]
|votes = 44,582
|percentage = 37.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Shakuni Choudhary]]
|votes = 30,704
|percentage = 25.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 18,282
|percentage = 15.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Raman Kumar
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 9,167
|percentage = 7.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|
|candidate = Sumitra Devi
|party = JPS
|votes = 4,089
|percentage = 3.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 13,878
|percentage = 11.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,19,133
|percentage = 47.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{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}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}

[[Category:Politics of Munger district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

Tarapur Assembly constituency - Revision history

Developer.mubin: added basic info first draft.