Samrat Choudhary

Samrat Choudhary (born 16 November 1968) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar since 15 April 2026. He has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Tarapur Assembly constituency since 2025 and previously served as deputy chief minister of Bihar in the Nitish Kumar government from 2024 to 2026. Choudhary is the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member to serve as Chief Minister of Bihar. He was previously associated with Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United). Choudhary was also a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 2014 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2025. In addition, he previously represented Parbatta in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2014, and served as the party president of BJP Bihar state unit from March 2023 to 25 July 2024. In 2022, he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council.

Infobox

Governor

Syed Ata Hasnain

Deputy

Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Bijendra Prasad Yadav

Departments

List •General Administration •Home •Cabinet Secretariat •Civil Aviation •Vigilance •Election Departments not allotted to any minister

Preceded by

Vidya Sagar Nishad

Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar

Succeeded by

Ramanand Prasad Singh

Constituency

Parbatta

Born

(1968-11-16) 16 November 1968 Lakhanpur, Bihar, India

Party

BJP (since 2017)

Other political affiliations

JD(U) (2014-2017) RJD (1999-2014) SAP (1990-1999)

Spouse

Mamta Kumari

Children

Parents

Shakuni Choudhary (father) Parvati Devi (mother)

Education

Madurai Kamaraj University

Occupation

Politician

Tables

Bihar Legislative Assembly · Electoral performance

2000

Year

2000

Constituency

Parbatta

Party

RJD

Votes

48,202

Votes in %

34 %

Opponent

Ramanand Prasad Singh

Opponent Party

IND

Votes

35,425

Votes in %

25 %

Margin

12,777

Margin in %

9 %

Result

Won

2010

Year

2010

Party

60,428

Party

42 %

Votes in %

JDU

Opponent

59,620

Opponent Party

42 %

Opponent Party

808

Votes

0 %

Votes in %

Won

2025

Year

2025

Constituency

Tarapur

Party

BJP

Votes

122,480

Votes in %

56 %

Opponent

Arun Kumar Shah

Opponent Party

RJD

Votes

76,637

Votes in %

35 %

Margin

45,843

Margin in %

21 %

Result

Won

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	Votes in %	Opponent	Opponent Party		Votes	Votes in %	Margin	Margin in %	Result
2000	Parbatta		RJD	48,202	34 %	Ramanand Prasad Singh		IND	35,425	25 %	12,777	9 %	Won
2010	Parbatta		RJD	60,428	42 %	Ramanand Prasad Singh		JDU	59,620	42 %	808	0 %	Won
2025	Tarapur		BJP	122,480	56 %	Arun Kumar Shah		RJD	76,637	35 %	45,843	21 %	Won

Bihar Legislative Council · Electoral performance

2014

Year

2014

Election

Bihar Legislative Council

Result

Elected

2020

Year

2020

Election

Bihar Legislative Council

Result

Elected

Notes

Unopposed

Year	Election	Result	Notes
2014	Bihar Legislative Council	Elected
2020	Bihar Legislative Council	Elected	Unopposed

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Preceded byNitish Kumar

Political offices

Preceded byNitish Kumar

Political offices

Chief Minister of Bihar 2026 – present

Political offices

Incumbent

Political offices
Preceded byNitish Kumar	Chief Minister of Bihar 2026 – present	Incumbent