East Champaran, October 31 (IANS). Chiraiya seat of East Champaran is considered a strong stronghold of BJP in Bihar Assembly elections 2025, where irrigation, flood control and migration are the major issues. Chiraiya is a seat with an agriculture-based economy. Bagmati river is a boon but lack of irrigation is bothering the farmers. This helps during the rainy season, but the rest of the time there is a lack of water storage and distribution. Youth migrate to Delhi, Mumbai and Punjab in search of work. Education, health and road connectivity are poor. Being close to the India-Nepal border, there are also problems with smuggling and illegal entry. Chiraiya Assembly Constituency came into being after delimitation in 2008. It includes Chiraiya and Patahi blocks. So far three elections have been held (2010, 2015, 2020) and BJP has won all three times. In 2010, Avnish Kumar Singh defeated RJD by 14,828 votes. By suspending Singh for opposing Narendra Modi’s PM candidacy in 2015, BJP gave an opportunity to Lal Babu Prasad Gupta. Despite JDU’s split from NDA and alliance with RJD, Gupta saved the victory by 4,374 votes. Gupta defeated RJD by 16,874 votes when JDU returned to NDA in 2020. In 2025, BJP once again expressed confidence in Lal Babu Prasad Gupta. Chiraiya also shows the strength of the BJP-JDU alliance in the East Champaran Lok Sabha seat. In this, JDU got a lead of 21,888 votes in 2009, 4,374 in 2014, 54,972 in 2019 and 8,490 votes in 2024. If we look at the geographical location, the major centers are the district headquarters Motihari (2520 km), Kmiya Raxka (25 km), Kmiya Raxa (25 km) (40 km) and Muzaffarpur (90 km). On the Nepal side, Birgunj, Gaur and Janakpur are nearby. According to the Election Commission data, the total population of the area is 5,08,987, of which 2,68,201 are males and 2,40,786 are females. The number of voters is 2,98,789, which includes 1,58,968 men, 1,39,810 women and 11 third gender voters. In 2020, 56.64 percent voted here. Irrigation, flood control, migration, industry, education and health are the major issues for the people here. –IANS SCH/DKP