Chapra, Bihar Assembly constituency

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For the constituency in West Bengal, see Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency. For disambiguation, see Chapra.

Chapra, Bihar
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Location in Bihar
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2020

Chapra (pronounced Chhapra) is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Chapra was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Overview

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Chhapra assembly seat has a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1967 belonging to various parties. The dominating caste, after delimitation is Vaishya which accounts for 65,000 of the 2.89 lakh voters. The vaishya community has 10-12% population in Chhapra.

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhapra municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji gram panchayats of Chapra community development block; Rivilganj CD Block.[3]

Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency). Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties.[4] Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014.[5][6] First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C. N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[7][8][9]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[10] Party
1957 Prabhunath Singh Indian National Congress
Jaglal Chaudhary
1962 Sundri Devi
1967 Uday Pratap N Singh Jana Sangh
1969 Janak Yadav Praja Socialist Party
1972 Indian National Congress
1977 Mithlesh Kumar Singh Janata Party
1980 Janak Yadav
1985 Independent politician
1990 Udit Rai
1995 Janata Dal
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Ram Parvash Rai Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010 Janardan Singh Sigriwal Bharatiya Janata Party
2014^ Randhir Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015 C. N. Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
2020
2025

Election results

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2025

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2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Khesari Lal Yadav
BJP Chhoti Kumari
JSP Jai Prakash Singh
Independent Rakhi Gupta
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
gain from Swing

2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. C. N. Gupta 75,710 45.49%
RJD Randhir Kumar Singh 68,939 41.49%
Independent Sunil Kumar 6,062 3.60%
Independent Sanjeev Kumar Singh 3,744 2.22%
Independent Subhash Ray 3,193 1.90%
BSP Manoj Mahato 2,909 1.73%
Independent Dr. Vijaya Rani Singh 1,166 0.69%
Independent Birendra Sah 1,022 0.61%
Rashtriya Manav Sewa Party Dharmendra Pandey 958 0.57%
Independent Vinod Kumar Tiwari 712 0.42%
Independent Umeshwar Singh 498 0.30%
Independent Yogendra Ray 399 0.24%
Independent Mohammad Asgar Ali 373 0.22%
Pragatisheel Janta Party Manoranjan Kumar Shrivastva 282 0.17%
Independent Parmeshwar Kumar 238 0.14%
Bharatiya Momin Front Mohammad Salim 236 0.14%
Majority 6,771 4.02%
Turnout 168,361 50.99%

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. C. N. Gupta 71,646 45.27%
RJD Randhir Kumar Singh 60,267 38.08%
Independent Udit Rai 5,707 3.61%
Independent Kanhaiya Singh 5,176 3.27%
BSP Subhash Rai 3,969 2.51%
Independent Santosh Kumar Mishra 2,837 1.79%
Independent Vinod Kumar Tiwary 1,092 0.69%
AAHPTY Rajnarayan Gupta 772 0.49%
Independent Kaushal Kishor Singh 659 0.42%
Independent Lalan Prasad 621 0.39%
Independent Ramjee Singh 572 0.36%
Independent Ram Nath Rai 558 0.35%
Independent Parmeshwar Kumar 504 0.32%
Bharatiya Momin Front Manauar Hussain 379 0.24%
Majority 11,379 7.19%
Turnout 158,247 51.87%

2014 bypoll

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Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Chapra, Bihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Randhir Kumar Singh
Independent C. N. Gupta
BJP Kanhaiya Singh
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [11]
RJD gain from BJP Swing

2010

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2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 61,045 53.36%
RJD Pramendra Ranjan Singh 25,174 22.00%
Independent Subhash Ray 7,626 6.67%
INC Anil Kumar Singh 4,322 3.78%
BSP Rajeshnath Prasad 2,063 1.80%
Independent Siyaram Singh 1,306 1.14%
Independent Praveen Kumar Alias Piku Yadav 1,297 1.13%
JD(S) Rambabu Rai 1,189 1.04%
Independent Randhir Rai 1,178 1.03%
NCP Amita Devi 1,059 0.93%
Independent Ramjee Singh 1,048 0.92%
Independent Arif Khan 958 0.84%
JP(S) Jitendra Kumar Singh 956 0.84%
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh 892 0.78%
Independent Mukesh Kumar Singh 840 0.73%
Independent Gyani Kumar Sharma 839 0.73%
Independent Indrajit Rai 765 0.67%
Independent Rajnarayan Gupta 525 0.46%
Independent Amiteshwar Sahay 369 0.32%
Independent Sunita Kumari 352 0.31%
BED Rajendra Mahto 339 0.30%
SP Sandeep Kumar 264 0.23%
Majority 35,871 31.36%
Turnout 114,406 44.9%

Oct 2005

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October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Ram Parvash Rai 40,371 39.78%
RJD Udit Rai 36,743 36.21%
LJP Rambabu Ray 7,771 7.66%
Independent Subhash Rai 6,029 5.94%
Independent Shankar Choubey 2,340 2.30%
BSP Jitendra Kumar 2,143 2.11%
Independent Satish Kumar 1,241 1.22%
Independent Brajesh Kumar 1,021 1.00%
IJP Ajay Singh 777 0.76%
Independent Bishan Rai 719 0.71%
SP Pradeep Kumar 573 0.56%
Independent Raj Narayan 521 0.51%
Independent Laxman Rai 466 0.46%
Majority 3,628 3.57%
Turnout 101,561

Feb 2005

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February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election : Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Ram Parvash Rai 33,776 36.88%
RJD Udit Rai 31,527 34.41%
Independent Subhash Rai 4,602 5.03%
Independent Laxman Rai 2,180 2.38%
Independent Ramjee Singh 1,466 1.60%
BSP Harendar Rai 1,387 1.51%
Independent Vinod Singh 1,112 1.21%
Independent Arun Kumar 1,099 1.20%
AD Ashok Kumar 1,085 1.18%
Independent Jitendra Kumar 684 0.75%
Bharatiya Momin Front Md Beraj 657 0.72%
Independent Brajesh Kumar 617 0.67%
Independent Sanjay Rai 585 0.64%
SP Birendra Kumar 563 0.61%
Independent Rabish Chandra 534 0.58%
Independent Nutan Devi 487 0.53%
Independent Raju Rai 464 0.51%
Independent Nand Kishore 327 0.36%
Majority 2,249 2.46%
Turnout 91,562

2000

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Udit Rai 76,749 52.89%
BJP Rambabu Ray 54,030 37.23%
Independent Jai Narayan Singh Solanki 7,486 5.16%
INC Jitendra Kr Singh 2,014 1.39%
CPI Surendra Prasad Yadav 1,975 1.36%
BSP Chandra Bhushan Prasad 838 0.58%
Independent Sheodas Singh 417 0.29%
Independent Laxmi Narayan Yadav 358 0.25%
BJC Purushotam Singh 308 0.21%
Independent Birendra Kumar Yadav 301 0.21%
Independent Brajesh Kumar 167 0.12%
Ajeya Bharat Party Rabindra Singh 111 0.08%
Independent Brahmdeo Narain Gyani 86 0.06%
Independent Bhagat Singh 76 0.05%
Independent Harendra Ray 64 0.04%
AD Muneshwar Prasad 55 0.04%
Independent Abhay Kumar Singh 45 0.03%
Independent Birendra Prasad 37 0.03%
Majority 22,719 15.66%
Turnout 145,117 73.58%

1995

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1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Udit Rai 31,577 31.7%
INC Janak Yadav 23,618 23.71%
BJP Jai Narayan Singh Solanki 19,138 19.21%
Independent Ram Babu Rai 12,140 12.19%
Samata Party Mithilesh Kumar Singh 904 0.91%
Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party Yashwant Singh 164 0.16%
Independent Yogender Prasad Yadav 49 0.05%
Independent Abhay Kumar Singh 35 0.04%
Independent Vishavjit Sinha 35 0.04%
Independent Suman Kumar 29 0.03%
Independent Uday Kumar Mishra 21 0.02%
Independent Rameshwar Prasad Sinha 20 0.02%
Independent Heera Lal Rai 19 0.02%
Independent Mahesh Singh 13 0.01%
Independent Nagender Pandey 13 0.01%
Independent Anjani Singh 10 0.01%
Majority 7,959 7.99%
Turnout 99,613 55.04%

1990

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1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Udit Rai 65,355 49.08%
JD Janak Yadau 46,292 34.76%
BJP Ganesh Koo Singh 10,480 7.87%
INC Ram Shekher Singh 9,322 7.00%
Independent Surendra Nath Tiwari 535 0.40%
BSP Om Prakash Sharma 443 0.33%
Independent Suresh Singh 333 0.25%
Janata Party (JP) Raghubansh Singh 114 0.09%
Independent Ramjee Singh 82 0.06%
Independent Reoti Raman Prasad 62 0.05%
Independent Ramedeo Singh 53 0.04%
Independent Krishna Roy 41 0.03%
Independent Raja Baboo Prasad 31 0.02%
Independent Nityanand Singh 24 0.02%
Majority 19,063 14.32%
Turnout 133,167 66.27%

1985

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1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Janak Yadav 46,438 50.99%
INC Mithilesh Kumar Singh 36,153 39.70%
Janta Party Ramjanam Gupta 3,834 4.21%
BJP Sabhapati Vishwakarma 3,689 4.05%
Independent Nawal Kishore Nirala 353 0.39%
Independent Satya Narain Prasad 225 0.25%
Independent Ramji Singh 144 0.16%
Independent Ramdeo Singh 123 0.14%
Independent Keshari Nandan Sinha 117 0.13%
Majority 10,285 11.29%
Turnout 91,076 59.6%

1980

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1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Janak Yadav 27,568 34.14%
Janata Party (JP) Mithilesh Kumar Singh 21,838 27.04%
BJP Subhapati Bishwakarma 13,311 16.48%
INC(I) Hira Lal Rai 13,116 16.24%
Independent Baldeo Singh 3,269 4.05%
Independent Anirudh Singh 796 0.99%
Independent Birendra Maharaj 358 0.44%
Janata Party (secular) - Raj Narain Ravindra Prasad Verma 214 0.27%
Independent Ram Pratap Singh 141 0.17%
Independent Hari Ram Singh 139 0.17%
Majority 5,730 7.10%
Turnout 80,750 54.35%

1977

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1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Mithlesh Kumar Singh 32,865 51.55%
Independent Janak Yadav 14,978 23.49%
INC Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav 13,734 21.54%
Independent Shankar Prasad 5,400 0.85%
Independent Mukhtar Ahmed 4,320 0.68%
Independent Ramji Singh 4,230 0.66%
Independent Rameshwar Prasad Rajpal 4,020 0.63%
Independent Lalit Mohan Singh Yadav 1,240 0.19%
Independent Shrimati Sundari Devi 1,050 0.16%
Independent Shiv Kumar Singh 1,040 0.16%
Independent Udai Pratap N Singh 450 0.07%
Majority 17,887 28.07%
Turnout 63,752 55.43%

1972

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1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Janak Yadav 30,240 43.43%
INC(O) Udai Pratap N Singh 23,172 33.28%
ABJS Lal Babu Roy 13,870 19.92%
Independent Prahalad Singh 1,104 1.59%
SSP Dhanjaya Prasad Singh 946 1.36%
Independent Rameshwar Prasad Rajpal 297 0.43%
Majority 7,068 10.15%
Turnout 69,629 65.24%

1969-1957

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In the 1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Janak Yadav of the Praja Socialist Party won the Chapra constituency. In the 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Uday Pratap N Singh of Bharatiya Jana Sangh won the Chapra assembly seat. In the 1962, Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, Sundri Devi of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the Chapra assembly seat.1957, Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, Prabhunath Singh and Jaglal Chaudhary of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the Chapra assembly seat.

References

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  1. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Saffron party struggles to keep flock together".
  6. ^ The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
  7. ^ Chhapra seat 2015
  8. ^ IANS. "BJP legislator being probed over Bihar communal tension | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Caste stands in way of development in Chhapra | Patna News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Chapra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  11. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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