Paroo Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Paroo Assembly constituency (also spelt Paru) is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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| Constituency No. 97 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Muzaffarpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 16. Vaishali |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 313,093 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Shankar Prasad Yadav | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 97 Paroo Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Saraiya community development block; Manikpur Bhagwanpur Simra, Chintamanpur, Jagdishpur Baya, Kamalpura, Koriya Nizamat, Laloo Chhapra, Paroo North, Paroo South, Raghunathpur, Rampur Kesho alias Malahi, Bajitpur and Mangurahiyan gram panchayats of Paroo CD Block.[1]
Paroo Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Chandu Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Nawal Kishore Sinha | |||
| 1962 | Chandu Ram | ||
| 1967 | Shiv Sharan Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Shyam Kumar Prasad Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Nitishwar Prasad Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Usha Singh | Lokdal | |
| 1990 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Mithilesh Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Shankar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Shankar Prasad | 95,272 | 41.76 | ||
| RLM | Madan Chaudhary | 66,445 | 29.12 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Singh | 40,661 | 17.82 | ||
| JSP | Ranjana Kumari | 6,825 | 2.99 | ||
| BSP | Vijay Kumar | 4,509 | 1.98 | ||
| Independent | Manish Kumar Singh | 2,856 | 1.25 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Thakur | 2,692 | 1.18 | +0.0 | |
| Independent | Niraj Kumar | 2,301 | 1.01 | ||
| Independent | Ashutosh Kumar | 2,248 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,701 | 1.18 | +0.31 | |
| Majority | 28,827 | 12.64 | +4.87 | ||
| Turnout | 228,163 | 72.87 | +12.63 | ||
| RJD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Kumar Singh | 77,392 | 40.92 | −7.29 | |
| Independent | Shankar Prasad | 62,694 | 33.15 | ||
| INC | Anunay Sinha | 13,861 | 7.33 | ||
| RLSP | Madan Chaudhary | 7,281 | 3.85 | ||
| Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party | Deepak Tiwari | 6,010 | 3.18 | ||
| Independent | Mithu Kumar | 3,558 | 1.88 | ||
| API | Sakindar Ram | 2,901 | 1.53 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Thakur | 2,224 | 1.18 | ||
| Independent | Rajesh Rai | 2,191 | 1.16 | +0.81 | |
| Rashtriya Jan Jan Party | Prakash Kumar | 1,749 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,654 | 0.87 | −2.62 | |
| Majority | 14,698 | 7.77 | −0.34 | ||
| Turnout | 189,120 | 60.24 | +0.13 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Kumar Singh | 80,445 | 48.21 | ||
| RJD | Shankar Prasad | 66,906 | 40.1 | ||
| BSP | Phooldeo Sahani | 2,899 | 1.74 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Kumar | 2,476 | 1.48 | ||
| Independent | Sikendar Ram | 1,744 | 1.05 | ||
| JAP(L) | Avinash Kunwar | 1,508 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,825 | 3.49 | ||
| Majority | 13,539 | 8.11 | |||
| Turnout | 166,855 | 60.11 | |||