The Paroo Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Voting in Paroo for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 will take place on November 3. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 25 announced the election schedule for Bihar. Voting for the Paroo election will take place in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes for the Bihar polls will take place on November 10.

Polling for the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in three phases. The voting for the second phase of assembly elections in Bihar will take place on November 3 in 94 constituencies. Here is the complete schedule of Phase 2 of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Dates And Schedule: Voting in 3 Phases on October 28, November 3 and 7, Poll Results on Nov 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

The Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP) has fielded sitting MLA Ashok Kumar Singh from the Paroo Assembly Constituency, while Anunay Sinha is contesting on the Congress ticket. The Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) has given ticket to Madan Chaudhary. In 2015, Singh had won the elections defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Shankar Prasad.

The Bihar Assembly elections 2020 is the first major polling exercise since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India. The BJP is contesting 243-seat assembly elections in alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JDU) as part of 50:50 seat division formula. The saffron party will contest on 121 seats, while the JDU will field its candidates on 122 seats. Notably, the JDU will accommodate seven candidates of Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM(S). Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Schedule to be Announced Today; Here's A Look at 2015 Poll Results And Current Strength of JD(U), RJD, BJP and Congress.

The Congress, a part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar, is contesting on 70 out of the 243 seats. As per the seat-sharing pact finalised, the RJD would be fielding its candidates on 144 constituencies, and the Left Front comprising of CPI, CPI(M) and CPI-ML would be fielding their candidates in 29 assembly seats. The term of Bihar assembly will end on November 29.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
NANHAK SAHSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)945
AJAY PASWANPeoples Party of India (Democratic)816
SANJEET KUMARRashtriya Jan Vikas Party803
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH (Current MLA)BJP77392
RANU NILAM SHANKARJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)760
VIJAY KUMARBhartiya Sablog Party707
SHANKAR PRASADIND62694
DEEPAK TIWARIRashtriya Jansambhavna Party6010
MONALISAThe Plurals Party434
MITHU KUMARIND3558
RAKESH KUMARHindustan Sampoorna Azad Party292
SAKINDAR RAMAmbedkarite Party of India2901
VIJAY THAKURIND2224
RAJESH RAIIND2191
PRAKASH KUMARRashtriya Jan Jan Party1749
RAMESHWAR SAH TELIIND1499
ANUNAY SINHAINC13861
VINOD KUMARSarva Samaj Janata Party1349
MADAN CHAUDHARYRLSPNA

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