Aurai Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Geographically, it is located in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. It composes of Belpakauna, Changel, Hathauri, Katai, Khanguradih, Lakhanpur, Nagwara, Pahsaul, Bandhapura, and more. It falls under the Lok Sabha constituency of Muzaffarpur. BJP's Ram Surat Kumar won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.

The Vidhan Sabha Polls in Bihar 2020 were conducted in 3 phases as against the usual 5 phases. The first phase and second phase of Bihar Elections took place on October 28 (for 71 seats), and November 3 (for 94 seats) respectively. The final phase of Bihar Elections 2020 was held on November 7, i.e. Saturday. The EC also declared the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Results on November 10, i.e. Tuesday.

In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Surendra Kumar of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) defeated Ram Surat Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2010 Bihar Assembly Polls, it was Ram Surat Rai of the BJP who defeated RJD’s Surendra Kumar.

Come 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, it was a two-way fight in the Aurai constituency. The top candidates were Ram Surat Ray of the BJP, and Aftab Alam of the CPI(ML)L.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
RAM SURAT KUMAR (Current MLA)BJP90479
SURENDRA KUMARIND8351
RAM NARAYAN ROYBajjikanchal Vikas Party798
PRADEEP KUMAR SINGHSHS681
AMIT KUMARHindu Samaj Party668
MD. AFTAB ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)42613
BIMAL DEVIBhartiya Chetna Party3557
DINBANDHU KUMARRashtriya Jan Jan Party2718
ASHOK KUMAR JHAGarib Janshakti Party2286
DINESH DASBSP2191
ANISH KUMARJanata Dal (Secular)1909
MOHAN KUMARIND1859
RITESH KUMAR ALIAS BINOD YADAVThe Plurals Party1380
NAGESHWAR PRASAD SINGHIND1032
AKHILESH KUMARIND10132

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