The counting of votes for the Sarairanjan Assembly constituency concluded and Vijay Kumar Choudhary from the Janata Dal United (JDU) won by a margin of 20798 votes. Choudhary polled 102792 votes, while his nearest rival and, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Arbind Kumar Sahani received 81994 votes. It is a general seat and is a part of the Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency.
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Janata Dal (United) leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary is leading in Sarairanjan as per early trends after round 1. Arbind Kumar Sahani is second with a margin of 825 between the two candidates. Choudhary continued his lead and built it bigger. The JDU candidate collected 43354 votes as of round 10/24 and has a lead of 7078 votes.
Choudhary has kept his lead intact as of round 13/24 and has built a bigger gap between himself and Sahani with a lead of 8447 votes. Choudhary has secured 55877 votes, while Sahani has 47430 votes.
Choudhary is still in the lead and is now inching closer towards a win in Sarairanjan. He has secured 93981 votes with a lead of 17884 over Sahani, who has 76097 votes.
Main Parties and Candidates in Sarairanjan
The Sarairanjan Assembly constituency is witnessing a multi-cornered contest featuring prominent leaders from major political parties in Bihar. Arbind Kumar Sahani of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Vijay Kumar Choudhary of the Janata Dal United (JDU), and Sajan Kumar Mishra of the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) are the main candidates in the Sarairanjan constituency of Bihar.
Bihar Assembly Elections: What happened in Sarairanjan in 2020 and 2015?
JDU leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary has held a stranglehold on the Sarairanjan seat as he has been winning the constituency for the last three times. He won this seat in 2020 as he defeated RJD leader Arbind Kumar Sahni by receiving 72,666 (42.48 per cent) votes. Meanwhile, Sahni had received 69,042 (40.36 per cent) votes. LJP's Abhash Kumar Jha was at the third spot, receiving 11,224 (6.56 per cent) votes.
In the 2015 Bihar polls, Choudhary won this seat by receiving 81,055 (53.23 per cent) votes. He defeated BJP leader Ranjeet Nirguni by a margin of 34,044 votes as Nirguni had received 47,011 (30.87 per cent) votes. At third place, None of the Above (NOTA) got 7,294 (4.79 per cent) votes.
- 2020: Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JD-U)
- 2015: Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JD-U)
- 2010: Vijay Kumar Choudhary (JD-U)
- 2005: Ramchandra Singh Nishad (RJD)
- 2000: Ram Ashray Sahni (RJD)
- 1995: Ram Ashray Sahni (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Ramvilas Mishra (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Ramashray Ishwar (Congress)
- 1980: Ramvilas Mishra (Janata Party)
- 1977: Yashoda Nand Singh (Janata Party)
- 1972: Chandreshwar Prasad (Jana Sangh)
- 1969: Ramvilas Mishra (Samyukta Socialist Party)
- 1967: Ramvilas Mishra (Samyukta Socialist Party)
