Obra Vidhan Sabha seat lies in the Aurangabad district of Bihar. It falls under the Karakat Lok Sabha seat of the state. It has been an RJD stronghold since 2005. RJD's Rishi Kumar won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Voting for the Obra election took place in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on October 28. The results were declared on November 10 after counting of votes.

The 2020 Assembly Elections in Bihar took place in three phases. Voting took place for the first phase in 71 constituencies on October 28. The counting of votes for all phases took place on November 10.

In Bihar elections 2015, RJD's Birendra Kumar Sinha had won the Obra seat against RLSP's Chandra Bhushan Verma. The candidates for Bihar election 2020 on the Obra constituency included Ajay Kumar of the RLSP, Rishi Kumar of the RJD and Sunil Kumar of the JDU among others.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 were the first major elections in the country amid COVID-19 outbreak. They were being seen as a three-way fight with the LJP deciding to contest the polls alone. However, the NDA emerged victorious with 125 seats.

2020 obra Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
PRAMOD SINGH CHANDRAVANSHIIND7736
RANA PRATAP SINGHBhartiya Sablog Party761
SUNIL KUMAR (Current MLA)JD(U)74067
SOM PRAKASHSwaraj Party (Loktantrik)7035
RISHI KUMAR (Current MLA)RJD63662
SUJEET KUMARJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)4066
RABINDRA NATH SHARMAVanchit Samaj Party1089
RAMRUP RAJVANSHIAkhil Hind Forward Bloc (Krantikari)1063
AJAY KUMARRLSPNA
PRAKASH CHANDRALJPNA

2015 obra Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Birendra Kumar Sinha (Current MLA)RJD56042
Chandra Bhushan VermaRLSP44646

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