Tarapur Assembly constituency explained

Tarapur Assembly constituency
Type:SLA
State:Bihar
District:Munger
Constituency No:-
Established:1951
Reservation:None

Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] 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.[2] [3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember[6] Party
1952Basukinath RaiIndian National Congress
1957
1962Jaimangal Singh
1967B. N. Parsant Samyukta Socialist Party
1969Tarini Prasad SinghShoshit Dal
1972Indian National Congress
1977Kaushalaya Devi Janata Party
1980Communist Party of India
1985Independent
1990Indian National Congress
1995Samta Party
2000Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020
2021^[7]

^by-election

Election results

2021 by-election

2010

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jamui Parliamentary Constituencies . elections.in . 10 March 2014 . 10 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310084220/http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/jamui.html . live .
  2. Web site: पंचायत चुनाव:जिला परिषद के दोनों व मुखिया के 10 में से पांच पद पर कुशवाहा उम्मीदवार ने जीत हासिल की. Bhaskar.com. 18 March 2023. 19 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230319204449/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/bhagalpur/tarapur/news/kushwaha-candidate-won-five-out-of-10-posts-of-both-the-head-of-the-zilla-parishad-128969532.html. live.
  3. Web site: बिहार चुनाव : विकास के लिए तरस रहे मुंगेर में जातिगत समीकरण हावी, जानिए... तीनों विधानसभाओं की स्थिति. jagran.com. Hindi. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413064823/https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-assembly-elections-2020-speeches-of-munger-jamalpur-and-tarapur-assemblies-20950466.html. live.
  4. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India . Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2013-12-20 . 5 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Bihar By Elections Result 2021: तारापुर विधानसभा से राजद की हार और जदयू की जीत के यह हैं प्रमुख कारण, एक विश्‍लेषण. Dainik Jagran. 8 October 2023. 5 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211105153328/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-by-elections-result-2021-rjds-defeat-and-jdus-victory-are-the-main-reasons-in-tarapur-assembly-an-analysis-22173920.html. live.
  6. Web site: Tarapur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111123120/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/tarapur.html . live .
  7. News: The Wire . 2 November 2021 . Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats . 2 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102043743/https://thewire.in/government/bihar-by-poll-jdu-wins-both-kusheshwar-asthan-and-tarapur-seats . 2 January 2024.