Bochaha (SC) Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Legislative House of Bihar. It is situated in the district of Muzaffarpur. The seat of Bochaha is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. It composes of several important regions of Adi Gopalpur, Balthi Rasulpur, Bhootane, Deogan, Lohsari, Maidapur, Majhauli, Sarfuddinpur, Unsar, Vishunpur, and more. The Bochaha (SC) assembly constituency falls under the Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency. VIP's Musafir Paswan won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.

The first phase and second phase of Bihar Vidhan Sabha Polls 2020 took place on October 28 (for 71 seats) and November 3 (for 94 seats) respectively. The third phase of the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was on November 7, i.e. Saturday. The ECI declared the results of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 10.

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Polls, it was a three-way fight in the Bochaha (SC) seat. The top candidates from the constituency were Musafir Paswan from the VIP, Amar Azad from the LJP, and Ramai Ram from the RJD. In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, it was an Independent candidate Baby Kumari who defeated Ramai Ram of the Janata Dal (United) by a victory margin of more than 20,000 votes. In the 2010 Bihar State Elections, it was Ramai Ram of the JD(U) who beat Musafir Paswan of the RJD and emerged victorious from the seat of Bochaha (SC).

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
MUSAFIR PASWAN (Current MLA)Vikassheel Insaan Party77837
RAMAI RAMRJD66569
RAJESH KUMARBahujan Mukti Party3772
Rudal RamIND3398
DEEP LAL RAMIND3260
Uday ChaudharyIND2948
SANJU DEVIRashtriya Jan Jan Party2641
JAI CHANDRA RAMIND2353
RAJGEER PASWANBajjikanchal Vikas Party2143
LAL BABU PASWANBSP1809
ABHIMANYU KUMARThe Plurals Party1604
CHANDAN KUMAR PASWANJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)1460
PRITI BHARTINCP1084
AMAR AZADLJPNA

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