# Tarapur Assembly constituency

Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency). This assembly constituency contains Tarapur Block. The region is dominated by Kushwahas. 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 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.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Basukinath Rai | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Basukinath Rai | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jaimangal Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | B. N. Parsant | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Tarini Prasad Singh | Shoshit Dal |
| 1972 | Tarini Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Kaushalaya Devi | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Narayan Yadav | Communist Party of India |
| 1985 | Shakuni Choudhury | Independent |
| 1990 | Shakuni Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Shakuni Choudhury | Samta Party |
| 1998^ | Parvati Devi | Samta Party |
| 2000 | Shakuni Choudhury | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2005 | Shakuni Choudhury | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2005 | Shakuni Choudhury | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2010 | Neeta Choudhary | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2015 | Mewalal Chaudhary | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2020 | Mewalal Chaudhary | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2021^ | Rajeev Kumar Singh | Janata Dal (United) |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2021 by-election

By-election, 2021: Tarapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(U) | Rajeev Kumar Singh | 79,090 | 46.62 | +9.69 |
| | RJD | Arun Kumar Sah | 75,238 | 44.35 | +11.55 |
| | LJP | Kumar Chandan | 5,364 | 3.16 | −3.23 |
| | INC | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 3,590 | 2.12 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,69,759 | 51.65 | |
| | JD(U) hold | JD(U) hold | Swing | | |

### 2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Tarapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD(U) | Mewalal Chaudhary | 64,468 | 36.93 |
| | RJD | Divya Prakash | 57,243 | 32.80 |
| | LJP | Mina Devi | 11,264 | 6.45 |
| | RLSP | Jitendra Kumar | 5,110 | 2.93 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,534 | 0.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,225 | 4.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,74,783 | 55.08 |
| | JD(U) hold | JD(U) hold | Swing | |

### 2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Tarapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD(U) | Mewalal Chaudhary | 66,411 | 45.27 |
| | HAM(S) | Shakuni Choudhury | 54,464 | 37.13 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,565 | 3.66 |
| | JMM | Sanjay Kumar | 5,017 | 3.30 |
| | IND | Karmvir Kumar Bharathi | 3,971 | 2.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,947 | 8.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,292 | 52.66 |
| | JD(U) hold | JD(U) hold | Swing | |

### 2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Tarapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD(U) | Neeta Choudhary | 44,582 | 37.42 |
| | RJD | Shakuni Choudhary | 30,704 | 25.77 |
| | INC | Sanjay Kumar | 18,282 | 15.35 |
| | JMM | Raman Kumar | 9,167 | 7.69 |
| | JPS | Sumitra Devi | 4,089 | 3.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,878 | 11.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,19,133 | 47.35 |
| | JD(U) gain from RJD | JD(U) gain from RJD | Swing | |