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