Parihar is assembly constituency number 25 in Bihar, in Sitamarhi district, and one of the segments of the Sitamarhi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Gayetri Devi of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 39.4% of the vote, 17,189 votes ahead of Ritu Jaiswal (IND).
- 01Gayetri DeviBJP82,64439.36%
- 02Ritu JaiswalIndependent65,45531.17%
- 03Smita GuptaRJD48,53423.11%
- 04Awadhesh PrasadJNSRJP3,2171.53%
- 05Akhilesh Narayan ThakurAAP2,0130.96%
- 4 other candidates · 5,735 votesNOTA · 2,379 (1.13%)
Margin 17,189 votes · 8.19% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,09,977 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gayetri DeviFemale · 60 yrs | BJP | 82,644 | 39.36% |
| 2 | Ritu JaiswalFemale · 47 yrs | Independent | 65,455 | 31.17% |
| 3 | Smita GuptaFemale · 49 yrs | RJD | 48,534 | 23.11% |
| 4 | Awadhesh PrasadMale · 63 yrs | JNSRJP | 3,217 | 1.53% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,379 | 1.13% |
| 5 | Akhilesh Narayan ThakurMale · 45 yrs | AAP | 2,013 | 0.96% |
| 6 | Ram Vinod NayakMale · 65 yrs | Independent | 1,964 | 0.94% |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh YadavMale · 54 yrs | Independent | 1,615 | 0.77% |
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| 8 | Chandrabhushan KumarMale · 52 yrs | Independent | 1,362 | 0.65% |
| 9 | Mohd Muksaid AlamMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 794 | 0.38% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Parihar result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaytri Devi | BJP | 73,420 | 42.52% |
| 2 | Ritu Kumar | RJD | 71,851 | 41.61% |
| 3 | Amjad Hussain Anwar | RLSP | 9,968 | 5.77% |
| 4 | Sarita Yadav | JAPL | 4,164 | 2.41% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,590 | 2.08% |
| 5 | Jay Kumar | Independent | 1,993 | 1.15% |
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| 6 | Bhushan Prasad | Independent | 1,587 | 0.92% |
| 7 | Abdul Shalik | JAC | 1,492 | 0.86% |
| 8 | Surendra Panjiyar | RJBP | 1,360 | 0.79% |
| 9 | Chandrabhushan Kumar | Independent | 951 | 0.55% |
| 10 | Ganesh Sah | Independent | 748 | 0.43% |
| 11 | Mohammad | JDR | 727 | 0.42% |
| 12 | Chandan Kumar | BHRTSBLP | 466 | 0.27% |
| 13 | Nitish Kumar | INL | 346 | 0.20% |
Parihar result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaytri Devi | BJP | 66,388 | 40.72% |
| 2 | Ram Chandra Purve | RJD | 62,371 | 38.25% |
| 3 | Sarita Yadav | JAPL | 8,005 | 4.91% |
| 4 | Nilam Yadav | BSP | 6,794 | 4.17% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,618 | 2.22% |
| 5 | Mohd. Shams Shahnawaz | SP | 2,822 | 1.73% |
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| 6 | Devendra Thakur | Independent | 2,631 | 1.61% |
| 7 | Md. Nazamuddin Ansari | CPI | 2,405 | 1.48% |
| 8 | Jai Narayan Mahto | Independent | 1,773 | 1.09% |
| 9 | Gopal Kumar | RVNP | 1,393 | 0.85% |
| 10 | Surendra Prasad Gupta | Independent | 1,294 | 0.79% |
| 11 | Md. Majibul Rahman | JDR | 1,099 | 0.67% |
| 12 | Sogarth Paswan | PBI | 1,081 | 0.66% |
| 13 | Md. Mustafa | SP(I) | 733 | 0.45% |
| 14 | Md. Asphak | LSSP | 635 | 0.39% |
Parihar result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Naresh Pr. Yadav. | BJP | 32,987 | 28.57% |
| 2 | Dr. Ramchandra Purve | RJD | 28,769 | 24.91% |
| 3 | Md. Parvej Alam | INC | 20,388 | 17.66% |
| 4 | Mahendra Singh Yadav. | Independent | 13,535 | 11.72% |
| 5 | Raghwendra Kumar Ravi. | BSP | 5,101 | 4.42% |
| 6 | Vishun Dev Sah. | Independent | 2,654 | 2.30% |
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| 7 | Akhilesh Narayan Thakur. | Independent | 2,313 | 2.00% |
| 8 | Basiran Khatoon. | SJP(R) | 2,182 | 1.89% |
| 9 | Mohamad Majlum Shah. | Independent | 1,871 | 1.62% |
| 10 | Jay Narayan Mahto. | Independent | 1,684 | 1.46% |
| 11 | Mohamad Hazrool Sah. | Independent | 1,215 | 1.05% |
| 12 | Veer Bahadur Prasad Yadav. | JD(S) | 1,100 | 0.95% |
| 13 | Mohammad Kamrul Hasan. | NCP | 916 | 0.79% |
| 14 | Mohammad Shahanawaj Nujharul. | SP | 760 | 0.66% |
Parihar 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 Sitamarhi district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Parihar is one of the assembly segments of Sitamarhi. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sitamarhi candidates.
- Arjun RayRJD86,452 48.2%
- Devesh Chandra ThakurJD(U)80,918 45.1%
- Saiqua Nawaz AzmatIndependent4,023 2.2%
- Shyam Nandan Kishor PrasadIndependent1,720 1.0%
- Bhola SinghBSP1,160 0.6%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, RJD led here by 5,534 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Parihar.
Who won the Parihar assembly seat in 2025?
Gayetri Devi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Parihar in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 82,644 votes, which was 39.36% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Parihar?
The margin was 17,189 votes (8.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ritu Jaiswal of the Independent with 65,455 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Parihar in 2025?
Turnout was 64.66%: 2,10,060 of 3,24,889 registered electors voted, across 371 polling stations. That is 10.1 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Parihar part of?
Parihar is an assembly segment of the Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Arjun Ray got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Parihar a reserved constituency?
No. Parihar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Parihar?
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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- Sitamarhi population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, SitamarhiEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Bihar state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Bihar Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- 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)
- Urban local bodies in BiharMunicipal corporations, councils, wards