Taraiya Vidhan Sabha seat is situated in the Saran district of Bihar. The Taraiya Assembly constituency falls under the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat. About 1,463 candidates contested in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Janak Singh of BJP won on this seat with 53,430 votes. Out of the total 243 Seats, NDA won absolute majority with 125 seats and Mahagatbandhan got 111 seats. Voting for the Taraiya 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 Taraiya Assembly Election 2020 included Sipahilal Mahato from RJD, who fought against BJP's Janak Singh and Shaukat Ali from BSP among other candidates. Shiv Sena also fielded their candidate Ranjay Kumar Singh from this seat. The winner of Bihar Assembly Election 2015 was RJD's Mudrika Prasad Rai, who defeated BJP candidate Janak Singh by a margin of over 20,000 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
Mithilesh KumarIND997
Sanjay Kumar SinghJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)9737
Raj Kishore PrasadPeoples Party of India (Democratic)766
Mudrika Prasad RoyIND7289
Braj Bihari SinghIND622
Chandni DeviIND563
Janak Singh (Current MLA)BJP53430
Aman AnandIND464
Satrudhan SinghIND4510
Sipahi Lal MahtoRJD42123
Rana Partap SinghAIFB374
Shaukat AliBSP1753
Sudhir Kumar SinghIND15425
Dhananjay Kumar SinghIND1470
SHAILENDRA PRATAPIND13995
Saroj Kumar GiriIND11550
Ranjay Kumar SinghSHS1068

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