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Chapra Assembly constituency (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]
| Chapra, Bihar Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Chapra | |
|---|---|
Assembly constituency | |
  Chapra Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saran |
| Constituency No. | 118 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 20. Saran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
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.[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]
Member of Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name[10] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Prabhunath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Jaglal Chaudhary | |||
| 1962 | Sundri Devi | ||
| 1967 | Uday Pratap N Singh | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1969 | Janak Yadav | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Mithlesh Kumar Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janak Yadav | ||
| 1985 | Independent | ||
| 1990 | Udit Rai | ||
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| Feb 2005 | Ram Parvash Rai | Janata Dal (United) | |
| Oct 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014^ | Randhir Kumar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | C. N. Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | ||||
| BJP | C. N. Gupta | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [11] | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | ||||
| BJP | C. N. Gupta | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [11] | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2014 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | 55,000 | |||
| Independent | C. N. Gupta | 31,000 | |||
| BJP | Kanhaiya Singh | 25,300 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [11] | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
References
- "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
- "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- "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.
- "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra". The Times of India.
- "Saffron party struggles to keep flock together".
- The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
- Chhapra seat 2015
- IANS. "BJP legislator being probed over Bihar communal tension | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- "Caste stands in way of development in Chhapra | Patna News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- "Chapra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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