Cheria Election Results 2025: Sushil Kumar Vs Abhishek Anand—Who's Winning?

Counting is underway for the Cheria seat in Bihar, where Sushil Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal is facing Abhishek Anand of Janata Dal (United). The counting of votes for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 began at 8 am today, Nov. 14. The electoral battle is seen as a veritable referendum on the eastern state’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Voting in Bihar were held in two phases — on Nov. 6 and Nov. 11. Notably, the poll of exit polls showed that the National Democratic Alliance is set to retain power, against the Opposition's Mahagathbandhan bloc. The exit poll trends predicted NDA is set to secure a clear mandate, as the halfway-majority mark stands at 122 in the 243-member assembly.

Cheria-Bariapur is a community development block in Bihar’s Begusarai district. It is located 22 km from the district headquarters Begusarai. The state capital, Patna, is 120 km away. The major occupation of people in Cheria is farming as the low-lying area, despite prone to floods, is fertile.

During the 2020 assembly elections, RJD's Raj Banshi Mahto won the Cheria seat with 68,635 votes against JD (U)'s Kumari Manju Verma, who then secured 27,738 votes. This year, RJD is fielding Sushil Kumar while Abhishek Anand is in fray on a JD(U) ticket. Other candidates from the INDIA block and the Jan Suraaj Party are also in fray from the Cheria seat.

This year, Bihar sees a high-stakes political battle between the National Democratic Alliance and the current opposition bloc Mahagathbandhan alliance. NDA includes the BJP, JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Mahagathbandhan includes RJD, Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP). Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj has staked claims to all 243 seats in the state.

Bihar's voter turnout for the second and final phase of the 2025 legislative assembly elections stood at 68.76%, according to provisional data shared by the Election Commission of India on Nov. 11. The turnout surpassed record-high of 64.66% registered in the first phase of voting on Nov. 6.

The total Bihar voter turnout for both phases stood at approximately 66.91%, with women voting more than men. The total turnout for female voters for both phases was seen at 71.6%, while that for male voters was at 62.8%.