Chiraia is assembly constituency number 20 in Bihar, in Purba Champaran district, and one of the segments of the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Lal Babu Prasad Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 45.6% of the vote, 39,360 votes ahead of Lakshmi Narayan Prasad Yadav (RJD).
- 01Lal Babu Prasad GuptaBJP90,57245.65%
- 02Lakshmi Narayan Prasad YadavRJD51,21225.81%
- 03Achchhelal PrasadIndependent34,87417.58%
- 04Sanjay KumarJNSRJP15,5907.86%
- 05Mukesh KumarJNSKJNDL2,9201.47%
- 1 other candidate · 776 votesNOTA · 2,474 (1.25%)
Margin 39,360 votes · 19.84% of valid votes
All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,98,418 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lal Babu Prasad GuptaMale · 67 yrs | BJP | 90,572 | 45.65% |
| 2 | Lakshmi Narayan Prasad YadavMale · 68 yrs | RJD | 51,212 | 25.81% |
| 3 | Achchhelal PrasadMale · 54 yrs | Independent | 34,874 | 17.58% |
| 4 | Sanjay KumarMale · 59 yrs | JNSRJP | 15,590 | 7.86% |
| 5 | Mukesh KumarMale · 35 yrs | JNSKJNDL | 2,920 | 1.47% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,474 | 1.25% |
| 6 | Mohammad Mahtab AlamMale · 27 yrs | SMJSKTP | 776 | 0.39% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Chiraia bye-election, 7 May 2014
Turnout 53.3% · 1,35,917 of 2,54,993 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav | RJD | 38,709 | 28.48% |
| 2 | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | BJP | 38,081 | 28.02% |
| 3 | Manoj Kumar Singh | INC | 25,782 | 18.97% |
| 4 | Manju Devi | JD(U) | 20,484 | 15.07% |
| 5 | Imteyazul Haque | BSP | 2,778 | 2.04% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,519 | 1.85% |
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| 6 | Birendra Ram | Independent | 1,572 | 1.16% |
| 7 | Awadhesh Thakur | Independent | 1,560 | 1.15% |
| 8 | Tanweer Alam | AAP | 1,253 | 0.92% |
| 9 | Shatrudhan Singh | Independent | 1,154 | 0.85% |
| 10 | Akhileshwar Kumar | Independent | 1,044 | 0.77% |
| 11 | Md. Ejajur Rahman | AIFB | 981 | 0.72% |
Chiraia result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | BJP | 62,904 | 37.62% |
| 2 | Achchhelal Prasad | RJD | 46,030 | 27.53% |
| 3 | Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav | Independent | 16,395 | 9.81% |
| 4 | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | Independent | 11,430 | 6.84% |
| 5 | Sanjay Kumar | Independent | 9,273 | 5.55% |
| 6 | Madhurendra Kumar Singh | RLSP | 4,518 | 2.70% |
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| 7 | Prabhash Ranjan Urf Chandan | Independent | 1,923 | 1.15% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,526 | 0.91% |
| 8 | Abhinav Bharti | TPLRSP | 1,432 | 0.86% |
| 9 | Radhakant Sah | Independent | 1,355 | 0.81% |
| 10 | Sudhir Kumar Singh | BAJVP | 1,255 | 0.75% |
| 11 | Lalsa Devi | JAPL | 1,068 | 0.64% |
| 12 | Raj Vanshi Mahato | Independent | 987 | 0.59% |
| 13 | Hiralal Ray | Independent | 805 | 0.48% |
| 14 | Sanjay Kumar | Shiv Sena | 789 | 0.47% |
| 15 | Akhileshwar Kumar | Independent | 745 | 0.45% |
| 16 | Bhushan Shah | FJKSP | 696 | 0.42% |
| 17 | Mohammad Firoj Ahmad | JNSNGHDL | 668 | 0.40% |
| 18 | Vijay Singh | JDR | 656 | 0.39% |
| 19 | Pawan Kumar Singh | NPP | 649 | 0.39% |
| 20 | Suresh Kumar | LKSHPLK | 570 | 0.34% |
| 21 | Sanjay Kumar Yadav | Independent | 470 | 0.28% |
| 22 | Usha Rani | BGMP | 464 | 0.28% |
| 23 | Fahim Hussain | Independent | 321 | 0.19% |
| 24 | Jalaluddin Ahamad | RJJM | 262 | 0.16% |
Chiraia result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | BJP | 62,831 | 42.43% |
| 2 | Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav | RJD | 58,457 | 39.48% |
| 3 | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | SP | 12,172 | 8.22% |
| 4 | Om Prakash | BSP | 4,531 | 3.06% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,418 | 1.63% |
| 5 | Hiralal Ray | Independent | 1,754 | 1.18% |
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| 6 | Arun Singh | JAPL | 1,559 | 1.05% |
| 7 | Satrudhan Singh | Independent | 1,327 | 0.90% |
| 8 | Ranjit Sah | Independent | 805 | 0.54% |
| 9 | Harendra Prasad Yadav | GJDS | 618 | 0.42% |
| 10 | Imtiyazul Haque | Independent | 608 | 0.41% |
| 11 | Dilip Kumar | Independent | 516 | 0.35% |
| 12 | Vishal Sinha | SKLP | 486 | 0.33% |
Chiraia result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | BJP | 39,459 | 35.25% |
| 2 | Laxmi Narayan Pr. Yadav | RJD | 24,631 | 22.01% |
| 3 | Manoj Kumar Singh | INC | 20,287 | 18.12% |
| 4 | Manju Devi | Independent | 7,006 | 6.26% |
| 5 | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | BSP | 5,430 | 4.85% |
| 6 | Harendra Prasad Yadawa | Independent | 5,164 | 4.61% |
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| 7 | Imteyajul Haque | Independent | 2,484 | 2.22% |
| 8 | Arun Singh | NCP | 2,161 | 1.93% |
| 9 | Sanjoy Yadav Alias Shubhranshu | Independent | 2,046 | 1.83% |
| 10 | Susheela Devi | SJP(R) | 1,374 | 1.23% |
| 11 | Ashok Ram | Independent | 700 | 0.63% |
| 12 | Kailash Prasad Yadwa | SP | 664 | 0.59% |
| 13 | Anugrah Narain Singh | Independent | 527 | 0.47% |
Chiraia outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Purba Champaran district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Chiraia is one of the assembly segments of Sheohar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sheohar candidates.
- Lovely AnandJD(U)77,980 47.4%
- Ritu JaiswalRJD69,490 42.3%
- Akhileshwar ShrivaishanvIndependent6,204 3.8%
- Kanhaiya KumarIndependent2,989 1.8%
- Rana RanjitAIMIM1,611 1.0%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 8,490 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Chiraia.
Who won the Chiraia assembly seat in 2025?
Lal Babu Prasad Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Chiraia in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 90,572 votes, which was 45.65% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Chiraia?
The margin was 39,360 votes (19.84% of valid votes). The runner-up was Lakshmi Narayan Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 51,212 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Chiraia in 2025?
Turnout was 68.61%: 1,98,480 of 2,89,283 registered electors voted, across 357 polling stations. That is 12.0 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Chiraia part of?
Chiraia is an assembly segment of the Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Lovely Anand got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Chiraia had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 7 May 2014, Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won by 628 votes.
Is Chiraia a reserved constituency?
No. Chiraia is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Chiraia?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Bihar districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, BiharBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in BiharCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
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