Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assemblies of
legislative assembly of Bihar
The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952.
The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...
. It comes under
Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency). This assembly constituency contains Tarapur
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. The region is dominated by
Kushwaha
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s. 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.
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.
The constituency is dominated by the backward castes and in this constituency, the candidates belonging to
Kushwaha
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture (including beekeeping). The term has been used to represent different subcastes, being those of the Kachhi (caste), ...
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)
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. 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
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (translation: ''Indian People's Front''; abbreviated as HAM-S) is an Indian political party having presence in Bihar. HAM(S) got new symbol wok in Bihar Assembly Election 2020.
Formation
It was launched forma ...
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.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
2021 By-election
2020
2015
2010
See also
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List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
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Sources
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
References
External links
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