# Chapra, Bihar Assembly constituency

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.

## Overview

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.
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency). 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. Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014. First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C. N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

## Election results
### 2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Chapra, Bihar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | C. N. Gupta | 75,710 | 44.97 |
| | RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | 68,939 | 40.95 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,920 | 1.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,771 | 4.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,361 | 50.99 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 330,176 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Chapra, Bihar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | C. N. Gupta | 71,646 | 45.27 |
| | RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | 60,267 | 38.08 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,488 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,379 | 7.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,247 | 51.87 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 305,079 | |
| | BJP gain from RJD | BJP gain from RJD | Swing | |

### 2014 by-election

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