Parihar Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Parihar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Parihar | |
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| Constituency No. 25 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Division | Tirhut |
| District | Sitamarhi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 5. Sitamarhi |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 324,889 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav |
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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2010 | Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Gayatri Devi | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Devi | 82,644 | 39.36 |  3.16 | |
| Independent | Ritu Jaiswal | 65,455 | 31.17 | ||
| RJD | Smita Gupta | 48,534 | 23.11 | 18.5 | |
| JSP | Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha | 3,217 | 1.53 | ||
| AAP | Akhilesh Narayan Thakur | 2,013 | 0.96 | ||
| Independent | Ram Vinod Nayak | 1,964 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,379 | 1.13 | 0.95 | |
| Majority | 17,189 | 8.19 |  7.28 | ||
| Turnout | 209,977 | 64.63 | 10.25 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Devi | 73,420 | 42.52 | +1.8 | |
| RJD | Ritu Jaiswal | 71,851 | 41.61 | +3.36 | |
| RLSP | Amjad Hussain Anwar | 9,968 | 5.77 | ||
| JAP(L) | Sarita Yadav | 4,164 | 2.41 | −2.5 | |
| Independent | Jay Kumar | 1,993 | 1.15 | ||
| Independent | Bhushan Prasad | 1,587 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,590 | 2.08 | −0.14 | |
| Majority | 1,569 | 0.91 | −1.56 | ||
| Turnout | 172,663 | 54.38 | −2.99 | ||
| INC gain from | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Devi | 66,388 | 40.72 | ||
| RJD | Ram Chandra Purve | 62,371 | 38.25 | ||
| JAP(L) | Sarita Yadav | 8,005 | 4.91 | ||
| BSP | Nilam Yadav | 6,794 | 4.17 | ||
| SP | Mohd. Shams Shahnawaz | 2,822 | 1.73 | ||
| Independent | Devendra Thakur | 2,631 | 1.61 | ||
| CPI | Md. Nazamuddin Ansari | 2,405 | 1.48 | ||
| Independent | Jai Narayan Mahto | 1,773 | 1.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,618 | 2.22 | ||
| Majority | 4,017 | 2.47 | |||
| Turnout | 163,042 | 57.37 | |||