Tarapur election result 2025: Bihar Dy CM Samrat Choudhary wins by 45,843 votes

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: The Janata Dal (United) is ahead of other parties with leads in 76 seats, according to P Value. It is followed by the BJP, which is leading in 69 seats, the and RJD with leads in 51 seats.

Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) has leads in 13 seats, while the Congress is leading in 12 seats.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: JD(U) national working president and MP Sanjay Jha said the people of Bihar want incumbent CM Nitish Kumar as the chief minister again.

“The happiness on people's faces after seeing the CM and the response we were getting made us feel that the people of entire Bihar want an NDA Govt once again, Nitish Kumar as the CM once again,” ANI quoted Jha as saying.

He further took a jibe at the Mahagathbandhan, saying its leaders were “distributing portfolios among themselves” and “deciding the date for oath”. “But it is the people who decide this. We were on the field. Nitish ji met people on the road...” Jha added.

The NDA is leading in 152 seats in early trends, according to P Value, while the Mahagathbandhan is ahead in 71 seats. Among parties, the BJP is ahead with leads in 78 seats, followed by JD(U) which is ahead in 66 seats and RJD in 59 seats. The Congress is leading in 11 seats.

Bihar deputy CM and BJP candidate Samrat Choudhary has maintained his lead from the start of the vote counting process in the Tarapur Assembly constituency. RJD's Arun Kumar Shah and Santosh Kumar Singh from Jan Suraaj are currently trailing.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: The BJP is ahead on 52 seats while the RJD is leading on 51 seats. The JD(U) has taken the lead in 42 seats, and the Congress on six.

The NDA is currently leading on 95 seats and the Mahagathbandhan on 58 seats.

The Election Commission of India has started releasing data of very early trends, with the BJP leading on five seats. According to EC, the BJP is leading in Sahebganj, Baruraj, Aurai, Rajnagar and Kumhrar.

The National Democratic Alliance is leading in 82 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan is ahead in 63 seats. The RJD is ahead of other parties, with leads on 54 seats. It is followed by the BJP, which is leadin in 44 seats, and the JD(U), which is leading in 36 seats,

BJP leader and Bihar deputy CM Samrat Choudhary has taken the lead again in Tarapur Assembly seat, according to P Value, while RJD's Arun Kumar Shah is trailing.

This is Choudhary's first Assembly election contest in 15 years. He is currently an MLC from Bihar. Shah has in 2021 unsuccessfully contested the bypolls for Tarapur.

In the Tarapur Assembly seat, RJD's Arun Kumar Shah has now taken the lead, while Bihar deputy CM and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary is trailing, according to P Value leads.

The RJD is leading in 33 seats, while the BJP is leading in 31 seats in Bihar Chunav. The NDA is currently leading on 52 seats, according to P Value, while the Mahagathbandhan is leading on 35 seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading in 14 seats, according to P Value Track. This includes Bihar deputy CM Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur, and Maithili Thakur from Alinagar.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: Bihar deputy CM and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary is currently leading from the Tarapur constituency in very early trends. Counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections began at 8 am.

The counting of votes has begun in counting centre in Jamui district. Tarapur Assembly constituency is part of the Jamui district in Bihar. Visuals from the counting centre at KKM College released by PTI news agency showed security personnel and officials stationed outside as the process began.

The counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections has begun. The Election Commission has begun counting the postal ballot votes, following which it will move to the Electronic Voting Machines.

With vote counting for the Bihar Assembly elections set to commence soon, the preparations required for it have been completed, Gaya SSP Anand Kumar said.

Kumar said that every strongroom has been provided a three-layer security, with all entrances and sensitive areas having CCTV surveillance. “Across the entire city and nearby areas, there are 10 motorcycle QRTs, with around 200 personnel continuously patrolling,” PTI quoted Kumar as saying.

Kumar said the district control room is also functional, adding that the counting of votes would be conducted peacefully.

Election Commission of India, after polling concluded in Bihar, said the state had witnessed a “historic high” voter turnout of 66.91%. The Assembly polls in Bihar were held in two phases - on November 6 and November 11.

According to the EC, this year's voter participating surpassed the previous elections, with the poll body saying this was the highest voter turnout in the state since 1951.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: As the counting of votes is set to begin, elaborate security arrangements have been made across 46 centres in 38 districts of the state, officials said.

Meanwhile, schools in Patna will remain closed on Friday due to the vote counting. Earlier, the Model Code of Conduct in Patna had also been extended till November 16, thus also banning victory processions in Bihar's Capital.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: Bihar deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary (56) is contesting an Assembly election after 15 years.

Choudhary is presently a member of the Legislative Council. He is looking to retain the Tarapur constituency, which has been held by the JD(U) since 2010.

Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor took a jibe at Bihar deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary over the Tarapur Assembly seat.

“Samrat Chaudhary should tell if he is winning Tarapur or losing it,” ANI news agency quoted Kishor as saying. Kishor added that Samrat was “such a big leader” but was “doing other people's rallies like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh.”

“If he is so confident then they could have won based on the work they have done,” ANI quoted Kishor as saying.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla, in a differing take to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the voter turnout in Bihar, had claimed that 12 out of 15 Bihar ministers who were in fray from 121 assembly segments in the first phase would face defeat.

He further alleged that these ministers included Bihar deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, who is in the fray from Tarapur seat. However, most pollsters had during the exit polls predicted a comfortable win for the NDA.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: Here are the 11 pollsters and their predictions, with a majority handing the National Democratic Alliance a comfortable victory.

Axis My India

NDA: 121-141

MGB: 98-118

JSP: 0-2

Others: 1-5

Today's Chanakya

NDA: 148-172

MGB: 65-89

JSP: -

Others: 3-9

Matrize

NDA: 147-167

MGB: 70-90

JSP:0-2

Others: 2-5

P-Marq

NDA: 142-162

MGB: 80-98

JSP: 1-4

Others: 0-3

Peoples Pulse

NDA: 133-159

MGB: 75-101

JSP: 0-5

Others: 2-8

Bhaskar

NDA: 145-160

MGB: 73-91

JSP: -

Others: 5-10

People's Insight

NDA: 133-148

MGB: 87-102

JSP: 0-2

Others: 3-6

JVC

NDA: 135-150

MGB: 88-103

JSP: -

Others: 3-7

Polstrat

NDA: 133-148

MGB: 87-102

JSP: -

Others: 3-5

Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, who is contesting from the Tarapur Assembly constituency, is not just seeking victory for the NDA, but is also looking to take back a familial legacy.

Samrat's father Shakuni Choudhary elected to the Bihar Assembly from the constituency first in 1985 as an Independent candidate, and then after joining the Indian National Congress in 1990.

According to historical political trends, the Tarapur Assembly seat has consistently elected a representative from the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United).

JD(U)'s Neeta Choudhary won the seat in 2010, following which Mewa Lal Choudhary won in 2015 and 2020. In the 2021 by-election too, the seat was retained by the JD(U), having been won by Rajeev Kumar Singh.

The voter turnout for Tarapur Assembly constituency, which went to polls in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections on November 6, stood at 65.22 per cent.

In the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on November 6, a voter turnout of 65.08 per cent was witnessed, while the voter turnout during the second phase on November 11 stood at 69.20 per cent.

After polling for the state concluded, the Election Commission said a "historic high" of 66.91 per cent voter turnout was witnessed in the state.

Tarapur election result 2025 Live: Most pollsters have predicted a big win for the BJP-JDU-led NDA at a range of 121-209 seats, forecasting that Mahagathbandhan would be a distant second with 32-118 seats.

However, the Axis My India projection released on Wednesday projected a narrow win for the NDA with a range of 121-141 seats, giving the Mahagathbandhan 98-118 seats.

It further predicted that Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav would be the top choice for Bihar CM.