Rajpur Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results
MLA · 2025
Santosh Kumar Nirala
Bihar Assembly Election 2025 — results
Winner
Santosh Kumar Nirala
votes
80,701
Margin
9,136(4.3%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1Santosh Kumar Nirala✓ WinnerJD(U)80,70138.19%
- 2Vishwanath RamINC71,56533.86%
- 3Lal Jee RamBSPDeposit lost20,4989.7%
- 4Dhananjay KumarJan Suraaj PartyDeposit lost12,4915.91%
- 5Shiv Kumar RamSBSPDeposit lost6,7493.19%
- 6Anil Kumar RamAazad Samaj Party (kanshi Ram)Deposit lost4,5572.16%
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- 7NOTA2,7781.31%
- 8Suraj Prakash RamSanyukt Kisan Vikas PartyDeposit lost2,7531.3%
- 9Subhash RamBhartiya Sarthak PartyDeposit lost2,5171.19%
- 10Amar PaswanRashtriya Lok Janshakti PartyDeposit lost1,7320.82%
- 11Shivji KumarJanshakti Vikas Party (democratic)Deposit lost1,6090.76%
- 12Ram Lal RamINDDeposit lost1,3870.66%
- 13Baleshwar RamRashtriya Jansambhavna PartyDeposit lost1,0170.48%
- 14Bhim RamSarvjan Sanatan PartyDeposit lost9710.46%
Deposit lost: 11 of 13 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2025
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 3,36,695
- Votes cast
- 2,11,353
- Turnout
- 62.77%
- Polling stations
- 421
incl. service voters
incl. 888 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women63.4%
1,01,540 of 1,60,165 voted on EVMs
Men61.7%
1,08,925 of 1,76,528 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 2; 0 voted.
- Candidates13
- Lost deposit11
- NOTA2,778
- Valid votes2,08,547
Frequently asked questions
Who is the MLA of Rajpur?
Santosh Kumar Nirala (JD(U)) won Rajpur in the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 with 80,701 votes.
What was the winning margin in Rajpur?
Santosh Kumar Nirala defeated Vishwanath Ram (INC) by 9,136 votes.
What was the turnout in Rajpur in 2025?
62.77% — 2,11,353 of 3,36,695 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 63.4%, men's 61.7%.
How many voters does Rajpur have?
3,36,695 electors at the 2025 election — 1,76,528 men, 1,60,165 women, 2 third gender (service voters included), and 421 polling stations.
When is the next assembly election in Rajpur?
The last general election was completed in November 2025. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2030; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.
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