Parihar Assembly constituency

Parihar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Parihar
Constituency No. 25 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Lok Sabha constituency	5. Sitamarhi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 25. Parihar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Parihar community development block; Sonbarsa, Purandaha Rajwara Paschimi, Purandaha Rajwara Purvi, Indarwa, Pipra Parsain, Jainagar, Madhiya, Singhwahini, Bhaluaha, Bishunpur Aadhar and Dostia gram panchayats of Sonbarsha CD Block.^[1]

Parihar Assembly constituency is part of 5. Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav[2]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015[3]	Gayatri Yadav
2020[4]

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Parihar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gayatri Yadav	73,420	42.52%
	RJD	Ritu Jaiswal	71,851	41.61%
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from		Swing