BJP’s Samrat Choudhary defeats RJD’s Arun Kumar, wins Tarapur seat by 45820 votes News24 –

Tarapur Assembly Election Result 2025: Bihar’s Tarapur seat in Munger district witnessed a fierce battle between BJP candidate & Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and RJD candidate Arun Kumar. After 30 rounds of counting, Samrat Choudhary emerged victorious by winning with a margin of 1.22 lakh votes, while his opponent Kumar trailed by 45,820 votes in the final round.

Samrat Choudhary, the BJP’s state chief and a key OBC face, contested the election after 15 years from Tarapur, one of the key battlegrounds central to his political comeback. The initial rounds of counting showed Samrat taking the lead. He remained ahead by approximately 6,000 votes through five rounds of counting. As the rounds progressed, Samrat’s margin increased significantly.

2020 Tarapur Election Result

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, the seat was won by Mewa Lal Choudhary of the JD(U), who secured 64,468 votes, accounting for a vote share of 36.93%. He defeated Divya Prakash of the RJD, who received 57,243 votes, by a margin of 7,225 votes. Following the 2020 elections, a government was formed under Nitish Kumar, with the NDA alliance winning 125 seats, while RJD+ secured 110 seats, LJP won 1 seat, and other parties accounted for 7 seats.

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