Chapra constituency result: BJP's Chhoti Kumari wins Chapra with 86,845 votes against RJD's Khesari Lal Yadav

Chapra Election Result 2025: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Chhoti Kumari has won the Chapra assembly constituency with 86,845 votes, against RJD's superstar candidate Khesari Lal Yadav, by a margin of over 7,600 votes.

Yadav logged a total of 79,245 votes but was unable to overcome Chhoti Kumari's lead in 30 rounds of counting. NOTA votes in the seat were at 2,706.

About Chapra Assembly Constituency

Located in Bihar's Saran district, the electoral battle between Chhoti Kumari and Khesari Lal Yadav aka Shatrughan Yadav, was a test for the BJP stronghold, which the party has won and held in the 2015 and 2020 assembly elections.

Vote counting for the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 began at 8 am on Friday, 14 November, and concluded after 9 pm, following 30 rounds of counting.

The battle between BJP's Chhoti Kumari and RJD's Khesari Lal Yadav was a close battle through the day, with the saffron party's candidate emerging as the clear front-runner in evening trends.

According to the final counting data on the EC website:

• Winner: BJP’s Chhoti Kumari — 86,845 votes (over 7,600 margin)
• RJD’s Khesari Lal Yadav — 79,245 votes
• JSP’s Jai Prakash Singh — 3,433 votes
• ASP(K) candidate Shak Naushad — 2,093 votes
• Independent candidates Rakhi Gupta (11,488 votes), Rana Yashwant Pratap Singh (2,026 votes), Padma Mishra (542 votes), and Md Sultan Hussen Idrishi (395 votes).
• BLCP’s Rajesh Kushwaha — 337 votes
• BED candidate Gyani Kumar Sharma — 279 votes

Chapra Constituency Background

A general category seat and key part of the Saran Lok Sabha seat, Chapra has been held by the BJP for two consecutive terms, with Dr C N Gupta being the saffron party's representative.

In 2020, Dr Gupta retained his seat by beating RJD candidate Randhir Kumar Singh.

BJP's Dr CN Gupta retained the seat in 2020 by polling 75,710 votes (45.5%), recording a 53.5% turnout. In 2015, Gupta had also won the constituency for the BJP, securing 71,646 votes (45.3%), marking a 52.1% turnout.

Here's the 2020 Chapra assembly elections result:

— Dr C N Gupta (BJP): 75,710 votes

— Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD): 68,939 votes.

All about Khesari Lal Yadav

Khesari Lal Yadav, whose real name is Shatrugan Yadav is 39 years old. He has an educational qualification of 10th Pass. He has 1 case registered against him, according to data available on MyNeta.

All about Chhoti Kumari

Chhoti Kumari is 35 years old. Her educational qualification is 12th Pass and she has declared social service as their profession.