Chapra Vidhan Sabha seat is situated in the Saran district of Bihar. The Chapra Assembly constituency falls under the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat. About 1,463 candidates contested in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Dr CN Gupta of BJP won on this seat with 75,710 votes. Out of the total 243 Seats, NDA won absolute majority with 125 seats and Mahagatbandhan got 111 seats. Voting for the Chapra election was held on November 3 in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes for the Bihar polls took place on November 10.

Bihar went to polls in three phases. Phase 2 voting took place on November 3 in 94 Assembly constituencies of 17 districts. Here is the complete schedule of Phase 2 of Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 2 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 3, Results to be Announced on November 10.

Last Date For Filing Nomination  October 16
Scrutiny of Nominations  October 17
Last date for Nomination Withdrawal  October 19
Voting Date  November 3
Result Date  November 10

RJD fielded 56 candidates for phase 2 of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, while BJP fielded 46 candidates and JD(U) gave ticket to 43 candidates. The candidates for Chapra Assembly Election 2020 included Dr CN Gupta from BJP, who fought against RJD's Randhir Kumar Singh and Manoranjan Kumar Shrivastva of Pragatisheel Janta Party among other candidates. BSP fielded Manoj Mahato from this seat. The winner of Bihar Assembly Election 2015 was BJP's Dr CN Gupta, who defeated RJD candidate Randhir Kumar Singh by a margin of over 11,000 votes.

Voting for first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 was held on October 28 and voting for third phase took place on November 7. Elections in the state were the first major polls amid COVID-19 pandemic. While most were looking at it as a two-way fight between the NDA, comprising of Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and BJP, and the Mahagathbandhan consisting of Tejashwi Yadav's RJD, Congress and Left, the LJP this time decided to go alone with Chirag Paswan at the helm of affairs in the party. It was also a test for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
DHARMENDRA PANDEYRashtriya Manav Sewa Party958
DR. C. N. GUPTA (Current MLA)BJP75710
VINOD KUMAR TIWARIIND712
SUNIL KUMARIND698
RANDHIR KUMAR SINGHRJD68939
UMESHWAR SINGHIND498
YOGENDRA RAYIND399
SANJEEV KUMAR SINGHIND3744
MOHAMMAD ASGAR ALIIND373
SUBHASH RAYIND3193
MANOJ MAHATOBSP2909
MANORANJAN KUMAR SHRIVASTVAPragatisheel Janta Party282
PARMESHWAR KUMARIND238
MOHAMMAD SALIMBharatiya Momin Front236
DR. VIJAYA RANI SINGHIND1166
BIRENDRA SAHIND1022

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