Who won Tarapur in the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election?

Mewa Lal Choudhary of Janata Dal (United) won the Tarapur constituency in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, defeating Divya Prakash of Rashtriya Janata Dal by a margin of 7,225 votes.

What was the margin of victory in Tarapur?

Mewa Lal Choudhary won Tarapur by 7,225 votes, which is 4.17% of the total valid votes polled.

What was the voter turnout in Tarapur in 2020?

Voter turnout in Tarapur constituency was 55.08% in the 2020 election, with 1,74,783 votes cast out of 3,17,340 registered electors.

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GeneralConstituency No. 164

Tarapur (GEN) Election Result 2020

Winner

Mewa Lal Choudhary

Janata Dal (United)

64,468

votes

Runner-Up

Divya Prakash

Rashtriya Janata Dal

57,243

votes

Won by 7,225 votes

Margin: 4.17%

Total Valid Votes: 1,73,013

Candidate-Wise Results

26 candidates contested this seat

A total of 26 candidates (including NOTA) contested the Tarapur seat in the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election: Mewa Lal Choudhary (JD(U)), Divya Prakash (RJD), Mina Devi (LJP), Rajesh Kumar Mishra (IND), Jitendra Kumar (RLSP), Anita Devi (JTVP), Pramod Kumar Singh (BHRTLKCHTP), Deji Devi (IND), Om Prakash Rajak (IND), Jayram Singh (IND), Sushant Kumar (RJNJNP), Balram Choudhary (IND), Dharmvir Kumar Paswan (IND), Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj (IND), Raj Kumar Das (BMUP), Karmvir Kumar Bharti (JAPL), Rinku Kumar (RTMNSWP), Arbind Kumar Singh (BHRTSBLP), Kanhaiya Lal Mishra (IND), Ranjit Ram (SUCI), Sunil Kumar Bind (IND), Sarvesh Kumar (IND), Sanjay Kumar Singh (IND), Rahul Kumar Sourav (IND), Rajesh Kumar Singh (IND). 23 candidates lost the security deposit after polling below 16.67% of valid votes plus NOTA.

Candidate-wise results for Tarapur constituency, 2020 Bihar Assembly Election
Rank	Constituency No.	Constituency Name	Candidate	Party	Symbol	Gender	Age	Category	General Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% Valid+NOTA	% Electors	Status
1	164	Tarapur	Mewa Lal Choudhary	JD(U)	Arrow	MALE	67	GENERAL	64,199	269	64,468	36.93%	0.00%	Won
2	164	Tarapur	Divya Prakash	RJD	Hurricane Lamp	FEMALE	28	GENERAL	56,943	300	57,243	32.80%	0.00%	Runner-up
3	164	Tarapur	Mina Devi	LJP	Bungalow	FEMALE	47	GENERAL	11,203	61	11,264	6.45%	0.00%	Forfeited
4	164	Tarapur	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	IND	Saw	MALE	44	GENERAL	10,421	45	10,466	6.00%	0.00%	Forfeited
5	164	Tarapur	Jitendra Kumar	RLSP	Ceiling Fan	MALE	40	GENERAL	5,089	21	5,110	2.93%	0.00%	Forfeited
6	164	Tarapur	Anita Devi	JTVP	Bricks	FEMALE	52	GENERAL	1,997	2	1,999	1.15%	0.00%	Forfeited
7	164	Tarapur	Pramod Kumar Singh	BHRTLKCHTP	Bicycle Pump	MALE	58	GENERAL	1,850	0	1,850	1.06%	0.00%	Forfeited
8	164	Tarapur	Deji Devi	IND	Lady Purse	FEMALE	33	GENERAL	1,798	1	1,799	1.03%	0.00%	Forfeited
9	164	Tarapur	Om Prakash Rajak	IND	Air Conditioner	MALE	49	SC	1,789	2	1,791	1.03%	0.00%	Forfeited
10	164	Tarapur	Jayram Singh	IND	Auto- Rickshaw	MALE	51	GENERAL	1,633	5	1,638	0.94%	0.00%	Forfeited
11	164	Tarapur	NOTA	NOTA	NOTA	—	—	—	1,527	7	1,534	0.88%	0.00%
12	164	Tarapur	Sushant Kumar	RJNJNP	Bat	MALE	31	GENERAL	1,531	3	1,534	0.88%	0.00%	Forfeited
13	164	Tarapur	Balram Choudhary	IND	Almirah	MALE	46	GENERAL	1,398	1	1,399	0.80%	0.00%	Forfeited
14	164	Tarapur	Dharmvir Kumar Paswan	IND	Baby Walker	MALE	35	SC	1,380	4	1,384	0.79%	0.00%	Forfeited
15	164	Tarapur	Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj	IND	CHESS BOARD	MALE	27	GENERAL	1,359	5	1,364	0.78%	0.00%	Forfeited
16	164	Tarapur	Raj Kumar Das	BMUP	Cot	MALE	39	SC	1,246	2	1,248	0.71%	0.00%	Forfeited
17	164	Tarapur	Karmvir Kumar Bharti	JAPL	Scissors	MALE	51	GENERAL	1,192	4	1,196	0.69%	0.00%	Forfeited
18	164	Tarapur	Rinku Kumar	RTMNSWP	Sewing Machine	MALE	33	GENERAL	1,068	3	1,071	0.61%	0.00%	Forfeited
19	164	Tarapur	Arbind Kumar Singh	BHRTSBLP	Trumpet	MALE	54	GENERAL	1,012	3	1,015	0.58%	0.00%	Forfeited
20	164	Tarapur	Kanhaiya Lal Mishra	IND	Apple	MALE	66	GENERAL	975	4	979	0.56%	0.00%	Forfeited
21	164	Tarapur	Ranjit Ram	SUCI	Battery torch	MALE	44	GENERAL	913	2	915	0.52%	0.00%	Forfeited
22	164	Tarapur	Sunil Kumar Bind	IND	Basket containing Fruits	MALE	37	GENERAL	796	0	796	0.46%	0.00%	Forfeited
23	164	Tarapur	Sarvesh Kumar	IND	Lady Finger	MALE	41	GENERAL	665	2	667	0.38%	0.00%	Forfeited
24	164	Tarapur	Sanjay Kumar Singh	IND	Black Board	MALE	35	GENERAL	647	1	648	0.37%	0.00%	Forfeited
25	164	Tarapur	Rahul Kumar Sourav	IND	Camera	MALE	25	GENERAL	621	2	623	0.36%	0.00%	Forfeited
26	164	Tarapur	Rajesh Kumar Singh	IND	Balloon	MALE	40	GENERAL	543	3	546	0.31%	0.00%	Forfeited

Rank 1 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Mewa Lal Choudhary

JD(U)

Won

Total Votes64,468

% of Valid + NOTA36.93%

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SymbolArrowGenderMALEAge67CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes64,199Postal Votes269% of Electors0.00%

Rank 2 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Divya Prakash

RJD

Runner-up

Total Votes57,243

% of Valid + NOTA32.80%

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SymbolHurricane LampGenderFEMALEAge28CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes56,943Postal Votes300% of Electors0.00%

Rank 3 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Mina Devi

LJP

Forfeited

Total Votes11,264

% of Valid + NOTA6.45%

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SymbolBungalowGenderFEMALEAge47CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes11,203Postal Votes61% of Electors0.00%

Rank 4 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Rajesh Kumar Mishra

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes10,466

% of Valid + NOTA6.00%

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SymbolSawGenderMALEAge44CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes10,421Postal Votes45% of Electors0.00%

Rank 5 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Jitendra Kumar

RLSP

Forfeited

Total Votes5,110

% of Valid + NOTA2.93%

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SymbolCeiling FanGenderMALEAge40CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes5,089Postal Votes21% of Electors0.00%

Rank 6 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Anita Devi

JTVP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,999

% of Valid + NOTA1.15%

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SymbolBricksGenderFEMALEAge52CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,997Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 7 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Pramod Kumar Singh

BHRTLKCHTP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,850

% of Valid + NOTA1.06%

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SymbolBicycle PumpGenderMALEAge58CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,850Postal Votes0% of Electors0.00%

Rank 8 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Deji Devi

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,799

% of Valid + NOTA1.03%

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SymbolLady PurseGenderFEMALEAge33CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,798Postal Votes1% of Electors0.00%

Rank 9 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Om Prakash Rajak

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,791

% of Valid + NOTA1.03%

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SymbolAir ConditionerGenderMALEAge49CategorySCGeneral Votes1,789Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 10 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Jayram Singh

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,638

% of Valid + NOTA0.94%

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SymbolAuto- RickshawGenderMALEAge51CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,633Postal Votes5% of Electors0.00%

Rank 11 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

NOTA

Total Votes1,534

% of Valid + NOTA0.88%

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SymbolNOTAGender—Age—Category—General Votes1,527Postal Votes7% of Electors0.00%

Rank 12 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Sushant Kumar

RJNJNP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,534

% of Valid + NOTA0.88%

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SymbolBatGenderMALEAge31CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,531Postal Votes3% of Electors0.00%

Rank 13 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Balram Choudhary

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,399

% of Valid + NOTA0.80%

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SymbolAlmirahGenderMALEAge46CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,398Postal Votes1% of Electors0.00%

Rank 14 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Dharmvir Kumar Paswan

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,384

% of Valid + NOTA0.79%

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SymbolBaby WalkerGenderMALEAge35CategorySCGeneral Votes1,380Postal Votes4% of Electors0.00%

Rank 15 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes1,364

% of Valid + NOTA0.78%

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SymbolCHESS BOARDGenderMALEAge27CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,359Postal Votes5% of Electors0.00%

Rank 16 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Raj Kumar Das

BMUP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,248

% of Valid + NOTA0.71%

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SymbolCotGenderMALEAge39CategorySCGeneral Votes1,246Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 17 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Karmvir Kumar Bharti

JAPL

Forfeited

Total Votes1,196

% of Valid + NOTA0.69%

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SymbolScissorsGenderMALEAge51CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,192Postal Votes4% of Electors0.00%

Rank 18 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Rinku Kumar

RTMNSWP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,071

% of Valid + NOTA0.61%

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SymbolSewing MachineGenderMALEAge33CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,068Postal Votes3% of Electors0.00%

Rank 19 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Arbind Kumar Singh

BHRTSBLP

Forfeited

Total Votes1,015

% of Valid + NOTA0.58%

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SymbolTrumpetGenderMALEAge54CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes1,012Postal Votes3% of Electors0.00%

Rank 20 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Kanhaiya Lal Mishra

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes979

% of Valid + NOTA0.56%

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SymbolAppleGenderMALEAge66CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes975Postal Votes4% of Electors0.00%

Rank 21 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Ranjit Ram

SUCI

Forfeited

Total Votes915

% of Valid + NOTA0.52%

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SymbolBattery torchGenderMALEAge44CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes913Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 22 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Sunil Kumar Bind

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes796

% of Valid + NOTA0.46%

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SymbolBasket containing FruitsGenderMALEAge37CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes796Postal Votes0% of Electors0.00%

Rank 23 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Sarvesh Kumar

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes667

% of Valid + NOTA0.38%

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SymbolLady FingerGenderMALEAge41CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes665Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 24 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Sanjay Kumar Singh

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes648

% of Valid + NOTA0.37%

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SymbolBlack BoardGenderMALEAge35CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes647Postal Votes1% of Electors0.00%

Rank 25 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Rahul Kumar Sourav

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes623

% of Valid + NOTA0.36%

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SymbolCameraGenderMALEAge25CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes621Postal Votes2% of Electors0.00%

Rank 26 · Constituency No. 164 · Tarapur

Rajesh Kumar Singh

IND

Forfeited

Total Votes546

% of Valid + NOTA0.31%

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SymbolBalloonGenderMALEAge40CategoryGENERALGeneral Votes543Postal Votes3% of Electors0.00%

Vote Share

JD(U)36.93%

RJD32.80%

LJP6.45%

IND6.00%

RLSP2.93%

JTVP1.15%

BHRTLKCHTP1.06%

IND1.03%

IND0.94%

NOTA0.88%

RJNJNP0.88%

IND0.80%

IND0.79%

IND0.78%

BMUP0.71%

JAPL0.69%

RTMNSWP0.61%

BHRTSBLP0.58%

IND0.56%

SUCI0.52%

IND0.46%

IND0.38%

IND0.37%

IND0.36%

IND0.31%

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election, Mewa Lal Choudhary of Janata Dal (United) won the Tarapur seat by a margin of 7,225 votes (4.17% of total votes), defeating Divya Prakash of Rashtriya Janata Dal. Voter turnout was 55.08%.

Electors & Voters

Total Electors

3,17,340

Total Voters

1,74,783

Turnout

55.08%

Gender-wise Breakdown

4 Fields

Electors: Men / Women / Third Gender

1,71,393 / 1,45,939 / 8

Voters: Men / Women / Third Gender

92,935 / 80,860 / 0

Postal Votes

988

Service Electors

1,437

Candidates

Nomination Filed

Nomination Rejected

Withdrawn

Contested

Forfeited Deposit

Stage	Men	Women	Total
Nomination Filed	24	5	29
Nomination Rejected	2	1	3
Withdrawn	1	0	1
Contested	21	4	25
Forfeited Deposit	20	3	23

Vote Count Breakdown

Valid Votes:1,73,013

NOTA:1,534

Rejected / Test:236

EVM Votes

1,73,795

Postal Votes

988

Valid Postal

745

NOTA % of Valid

0.89%

Polling Stations

Total Stations

451

Avg. Electors / Station

~704

Key Dates

Polling Date

28 Oct 2020

Counting Date

10 Nov 2020

Result Declared

11 Nov 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

QWho won Tarapur in the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election?: Mewa Lal Choudhary of Janata Dal (United) won the Tarapur constituency in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, defeating Divya Prakash of Rashtriya Janata Dal by a margin of 7,225 votes.
QWhat was the margin of victory in Tarapur?: Mewa Lal Choudhary won Tarapur by 7,225 votes, which is 4.17% of the total valid votes polled.
QWhat was the voter turnout in Tarapur in 2020?: Voter turnout in Tarapur constituency was 55.08% in the 2020 election, with 1,74,783 votes cast out of 3,17,340 registered electors.
QHow many candidates contested Tarapur in 2020?: A total of 26 candidates (including NOTA) contested the Tarapur seat in the 2020 Bihar Assembly Election: Mewa Lal Choudhary (JD(U)), Divya Prakash (RJD), Mina Devi (LJP), Rajesh Kumar Mishra (IND), Jitendra Kumar (RLSP), Anita Devi (JTVP), Pramod Kumar Singh (BHRTLKCHTP), Deji Devi (IND), Om Prakash Rajak (IND), Jayram Singh (IND), Sushant Kumar (RJNJNP), Balram Choudhary (IND), Dharmvir Kumar Paswan (IND), Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj (IND), Raj Kumar Das (BMUP), Karmvir Kumar Bharti (JAPL), Rinku Kumar (RTMNSWP), Arbind Kumar Singh (BHRTSBLP), Kanhaiya Lal Mishra (IND), Ranjit Ram (SUCI), Sunil Kumar Bind (IND), Sarvesh Kumar (IND), Sanjay Kumar Singh (IND), Rahul Kumar Sourav (IND), Rajesh Kumar Singh (IND). 23 candidates lost the security deposit after polling below 16.67% of valid votes plus NOTA.
QWhich candidates lost their security deposit in Tarapur?: Mina Devi (LJP), Rajesh Kumar Mishra (IND), Jitendra Kumar (RLSP), Anita Devi (JTVP), Pramod Kumar Singh (BHRTLKCHTP), Deji Devi (IND), Om Prakash Rajak (IND), Jayram Singh (IND), Sushant Kumar (RJNJNP), Balram Choudhary (IND), Dharmvir Kumar Paswan (IND), Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj (IND), Raj Kumar Das (BMUP), Karmvir Kumar Bharti (JAPL), Rinku Kumar (RTMNSWP), Arbind Kumar Singh (BHRTSBLP), Kanhaiya Lal Mishra (IND), Ranjit Ram (SUCI), Sunil Kumar Bind (IND), Sarvesh Kumar (IND), Sanjay Kumar Singh (IND), Rahul Kumar Sourav (IND), Rajesh Kumar Singh (IND) lost their security deposit in the 2020 Tarapur election after polling below 16.67% of valid votes plus NOTA.

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