Bihar Elections 2025: The seat has never belonged to one party for too long. (Image: Samrat Choudhary/X) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

One of the most keenly-watched contests, Tarapur — constituency number 164 in the Bihar Assembly, sits in the Munger district and falls under the Jamui Lok Sabha seat. The region has long been a laboratory of caste arithmetic, dominated by backward communities, which has shaped its political outcomes for decades.

Since 1951, Tarapur has voted 19 times, including two bypolls. The seat has never belonged to one party for too long. The Congress ruled it in the early decades (five wins), while the JD(U) and its earlier avatar, the Samata Party, strengthened their hold later (six wins). The RJD has bagged it three times; sma

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