Bihar’s Tarapur assembly constituency, a key battleground in Munger district, saw BJP candidate and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary secure a resounding victory on November 14, 2025. Choudhary, contesting his first direct assembly poll in 15 years, clinched the seat with 92,568 votes, defeating RJD’s Arun Kumar by a massive margin of 38,830 votes. Arun Kumar polled 53,738 votes, while Jan Suraaj Party’s Santosh Kumar Singh trailed distantly with around 2,500 votes.
This win caps a dominant day for the NDA, which swept to over 210 seats statewide, ensuring Nitish Kumar’s fifth term as Chief Minister. Tarapur, part of the Jamui Lok Sabha seat, had been a JD(U) stronghold since 2015, but BJP’s seat-sharing deal handed it to Choudhary, who leveraged his Koeri OBC roots and family legacy—his father Shakuni Choudhary won here in 1985 and 1990.
A Family Legacy and NDA’s OBC Push
Samrat, 56, a current MLC, maintained leads from the first round, widening from 1,339 votes (after round 3) to over 25,000 by round 19. His mother Parvati Devi once represented the area, making this a homecoming. The seat saw 55% turnout among 3.17 lakh voters, with 1.74 lakh valid votes cast.
In 2020, JD(U)’s Mewa Lal Choudhary won by 7,225 votes over RJD’s Arun Kumar Sah (now Shah), who got 44.35% share. The 2021 bypoll post-Choudhary’s death saw JD(U)’s Rajeev Kumar Singh edge Arun by 3,852 votes. This time, BJP’s development pitch—focusing on non-Yadav OBCs and upper castes—trumped RJD’s social justice narrative, amid NDA’s statewide rout of Mahagathbandhan (39 seats).
Choudhary hailed the verdict as a “mandate for su-shasan,” crediting PM Modi and Nitish. Arun, who contested unsuccessfully in 2021, conceded early, calling it a “tough fight.”
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samrat Choudhary | BJP | 92,568 | Winner (+38,830) |
| Arun Kumar Shah | RJD | 53,738 | Runner-up |
| Santosh Kumar Singh | Jan Suraaj | ~2,500 | Third |
Final tally from ECI; check results.eci.gov.in for details.
