Cheria-Bariarpur Assembly constituency

Cheria-Bariarpur is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Cheria-Bariarpur
Constituency No. 141 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
Lok Sabha constituency	Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency
Established	1977
Total electors	2,19,215 (2020)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raj Banshi Mahto
Party	RJD
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 141 Cheria Bariarpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Cheria-Bariarpur, Khodabandpur and Chaurahi community development blocks; Pahsara (West) and Maheshwara gram panchayats of Nawkothi CD Block.^[1]

Cheria-Bariarpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] The constituency is dominated by people belonging to Kushwaha caste.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[3]	Party
1977	Harihar Mahto		Indian National Congress
1980	Sukhdeo Mahto		Communist Party of India
1985	Harihar Mahto		Indian National Congress
1990	Ram Jiwan Singh		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Ashok Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Anil Choudhary		Lok Janshakti Party
2005
2010	Manju Verma		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020	Raj Banshi Mahto		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Cheria-Bariarpur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Raj Banshi Mahto	68,635	45.22
	JD(U)	Manju Verma	27,738	18.27	−32.1
	LJP	Rakhi Devi	25,437	16.76	−12.15
	RLSP	Sudarshan Singh	10,591	6.98
	Independent	Vatsa Purushottam	3,321	2.19
	Independent	Subodh Kumar Jha	2,872	1.89
	Independent	Sudama Paswan	2,541	1.67
	Independent	Ranjeet Yadav	1,494	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	1,335	0.88	−3.26
Majority			40,897	26.95	+5.49
Turnout			151,791	60.9	+1.06
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	26.95%

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Cheria-Bariarpur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Manju Verma	69,795	50.37
	LJP	Anil Kumar Chaudhary	40,059	28.91
	CPI	Md. Abdul Hafiz Khan	8,092	5.84
	RJP	Raj Kishor Yadav	3,168	2.29
	BMP	Sarjan Sahani	2,682	1.94
	Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party	Laxmi Mahto	2,513	1.81
	Independent	Pradip Paswan	1,890	1.36
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Varama	1,839	1.33
	BSP	Arun Paswan	1,634	1.18
	NOTA	None of the above	5,740	4.14
Majority			29,736	21.46
Turnout			138,565	59.84

2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Manju Verma of JD(U) won the Cheria Bariarpur seat defeating her nearest rival Anil Kumar Chaudhary of LJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Anil Chaudhary of LJP defeated Kumari Savitri of RJD in October 2005 and Radha Krishna Singh of RJD in February 2005. Ashok Kumar of RJD defeated Anil Chaudhary of JD(U) in 2000. Ram Jeewan Singh of JD defeated Late Sri Sukh Deo Mahato of Congress in 1995 and Late Sri Sukhdeo Mahato, Independent, in 1990. Harihar Mahato of Congress defeated Late Sri Sukhdeo Mahato of CPI in 1985. Late Sri Sukhdeo Mahato of CPI defeated Harihar Mahato of Congress (I) in 1980. Harihar Mahato of Congress defeated Jubair Azam Zaffri of Janata Party.^[6][7]