Overview
- Vote counting is underway, and as of 10:20 am IST, Times Now reported JD(U)’s Shagufta Azim leading over Congress’s Abidur Rahman.
- Abidur Rahman is the sitting MLA seeking a third straight term in a constituency where results have swung between parties over recent elections.
- Araria voted on November 11 in the second phase of polling and is a general-category seat within Bihar’s 243-member assembly.
- In 2020, Rahman defeated Azim by a wide margin, securing 54.84% of the vote against 29.33%, setting up a high-profile rematch.
- The field includes AAP’s Chandra Bhushan, AIMIM’s Md. Manzoor Alam, Jan Suraaj’s Farhat Ara Begum, and independent Shivdeep W. Lande, reflecting a crowded race.