Parsa Assembly Elections 2015

Parsa Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate Party Name Result
CHANDRIKA RAIRashtriya Janata Dal77211
CHHOTELAL RAILok Jan Shakti Party34876
RITESH KUMAR ROUSHANIndependent5907
SANDHYA RAYIndependent4533
SHIV KUMAR PRASAD RAIBahujan Samaj Party2371
MANOJ KUMARIndependent1235
MANISH KUMAR DUBEYIndependent1084
SANTOSH KUMAR SINGHShivsena1043
SHIV SHANKAR PD. RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist)934
DAMAYANTI KUMARIIndependent898
AMJAD JAVEDBharatiya Momin Front765
AJEET KUMARJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)457
RAMAISHWAR PRASAD RAINational Janta Party (Indian)392
CHANDAN KUMAR SINGHNational Jagaran Party357
None of the AboveNone of the Above6030

Parsa Assembly Elections Schedule

AC No Category Poll Phases Last Date of Nominations Date of Polls Result
121 GEN Phase III Oct 1st 2015 Oct 28th 2015 Nov 8th 2015

About Parsa Assembly Election Constituency

  Parsa is a legislative assembly constituency with 2,34,719 eligible voters amongst them there are 1,25,228 men and 1,09,490 women. The Parsa assembly constituency comprises Parsouna, Shankardih, Bahar Marar, Anjani, Marar, Banouta, Baligaw and Anyay gram panchayats of Parsa community development block and Dariapur community development block. Parsa is located in Saran district and a part of the Lok Sabha constituency.

Electoral History of Parsa Constituency in Bihar

  Located in the Saran district of Bihar, Parsa is currently held by the Janata Dal (United) whose candidate Chhote Lal Rai retained the seat by defeating his nearest rival Chandrika Rai of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by a margin of 4689 votes in a bipolar contest in the last assembly elections to the state in 2010.

   In that election, while Chhote Lal Rai, who had also won the seat by defeating Chandrika Rai in the previous assembly elections in October/November in 2005, had obtained 44828 votes, Chandrika Rai, a five term former legislator, received 40139 votes and was distantly followed by independent candidate Ritesh Kumar Roushan who managed to get 4619 votes.

  In the previous assembly elections in October/November in 2005, Chhote Lal Rai had emerged victorious from the Parsa assembly seat by trouncing the sitting MLA Chandrika Rai by a margin of 10373 votes.

  Earlier Chandrika Rai was elected from the Yadav dominated Parsa assembly seat five times in a row in 1985, 1900, 1995, 2000 and the February elections in 2005. While he won the seat in 1985 on the ticket of the Congress, his victory in 1990 came as an independent. He emerged victorious in 1995 on the ticket of the Janata Dal which later split into several splinter groups like RJD, Janata Dal (U), Samajwadi Party, Biju Janata Dal BJD), Janata Dal (Secular) etc. Chandrika Rai contested the Parsa assembly seat in 2000 and February 2005 on the ticket of the RJD.

  Parsa is one of the six assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Saran which is currently represented by BJP Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy who won the seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by trouncing former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi by a margin of 40,948 votes. While Rudy polled 355120 votes, Saleem Perwez of the JD (U) was relegated to the third place with 107008 votes.

  Other five assembly constituencies that are parts of the Saran parliamentary seat are Chapra, Marhaura, Garkha, Amnour and Sonepur.

Parsa Assembly Election News 2015

RJD faces rebel activities

Updated on : Oct-2,2015

  Parsa is one of the six assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Saran which is currently represented by BJP Union Chandrika Rai of RJD who came second in the 2010 assembly polls is now the official candidate of the grand alliance of JD(U) and RJD in this constituency.

  Parsa is one of the six assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Saran which is currently represented by BJP Union The sitting MLA Chhotelal Rai of JD(U) has vented his anger against the party decision to give away the seat to alliance partner RJD during seat sharing talks.

  Parsa is one of the six assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Saran which is currently represented by BJP Union In the run up to the election, the rebel activities may upset the chances of RJD candidate in Parsa.

  Chandrika Rai of RJD who came second in the 2010 assembly polls is now the official candidate of the grand alliance of JD(U) and RJD in this constituency.

   The sitting MLA Chhotelal Rai of JD(U) has vented his anger against the party decision to give away the seat to alliance partner RJD during seat sharing talks.

   In the run up to the election, the rebel activities may upset the chances of RJD candidate in Parsa.

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