Arrah Constituency Election Result LIVE: Bharatiya Janata Party Leading

R. K. Singh (BJP) is the present Lok Sabha MP of Arrah and Mohammad Nawaz Alam (RJD) is the present MLA of Arrah Legislative Assembly.

Arrah Constituency Election Result LIVE:  The 243-seat Bihar Assembly went to polls in three phases starting October 28. In the first phase, voting was held for 71 seats on October 28; the second phase for 94 seats on November 3; the third for 78 seats on November 7 and the results were announced on Tuesday. Over 7,29,27,396 electors were eligible to vote in Bihar polls and the voter turnout was at 57.05 per cent, which was 0.39 per cent higher compared to 56.66 per cent in 2015 elections. The major political parties in Bihar are Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). RJD ally Congress. Among other players are Samajwadi Party, National Congress Party (NCP). The incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state is led by JD(U) leader chief minister Nitish Kumar.

In the previous election, the alliance was led by the BJP alongside three smaller allies namely the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLDP) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). The JD(U) contested 2016 Assembly elections as part of the current opposition Mahagathbandan.

Arrah Constituency Election Result LIVE Updates:

12.19 am: Bharatiya Janata Party Leading

7.30 pm: Home Minister Amit Shah dials Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as NDA keeps lead in Bihar.

6.53 pm: CPI leading from Arrah. Vote margin 4241.

5.26 pm: Quyamuddin Ansari of CPI Leading With 4166 vote margin.

3.36 pm: Quyamuddin Ansari of CPI Leading With Over 8,000 Vote margin.

1.38 pm: With 5833 votes, Quyamuddin Ansari of CPI leading.

10.56 am:  Quyamuddin Ansari of CPI Takes Lead, BJP’s Amrendra Pratap Singh trails.

9.03 am: BJP Leading, shows early trend.

8.00 am: Counting begins.

7.50 am: Counting of votes to start shortly. All the latest updates on Arrah constituency will be available here.

7.32 am: The exit polls differed in their prediction of tallies of major players in Bihar assembly polls with most predicting an edge for Mahagathbandhan or its victory.

7.24 am: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed in and around the counting centres to prevent the gathering of people.

7.00 am: In 2015 Assembly polls, RJD’s Mohammad Nawaz Alam won the Arrah seat with a margin of 0.4 per cent against BJP’s Amrendra Pratap Singh.

6.51 am: Bihar is the first state where the full-fledged election was held after the coronavirus outbreak in India.

6.49 am: Bihar voted in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7 to decide the fate of 3,755 candidates.

6.40: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has set up 55 counting centres in all the 38 districts of the state.

6.39 am: Counting of votes to start at 8 AM. Check all the latest updates here.

Arrah Constituency:

Arrah Vidhan Sabha is located in Bhojpur district of Bihar and comes under the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020 Assembly polls, BJP’s Amarendra Pratap Singh, is taking on Anand Rai of the plurals. R. K. Singh (BJP) is the present Lok Sabha MP of Arrah and Mohammad Nawaz Alam (RJD) is the present MLA of Arrah Legislative Assembly.

As per the estimates of the 2011 census, out of a total of 392181 population, 33.34% is rural and 66.66% is urban population. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 12.1 and 0.55, respectively out of total population.

As per the voter list of 2019, there are 324145 electorates and 339 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 51.43% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections whereas it was 51.41% in the 2015 assembly elections.