AMARPUR
Assembly seat no. 159 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2025
Jayant Raj
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 4 of 16
Margin, 2025
33,221
17.10% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
INCJitendra Singh
- Votes
- 70,723
- Vote share
- 36.41%
- Behind by
- 33,221
Electors
2,98,837
Total votes polled
1,94,247
Valid votes
1,94,247
NOTA votes
6,017
3.10% of votes polled
Turnout
65.0%
Full result, 2025
11 candidates · 1,94,247 valid votes
Jayant RajJD(U)won
1,03,944
53.5%
Jitendra SinghINC
70,723
36.4%
Sujata VaidyaJNSRJP
4,789
2.5%
Ritesh Kumar JhaIND
2,406
1.2%
Md Zakir HossainAAAP
2,221
1.1%
Roshan Kumar SinghBSP
1,515
0.8%
Mohmmad FurkanIND
830
0.4%
Nazrana PraweenIND
558
0.3%
Naresh Chandra YadavenduIND
455
0.2%
Anil Kumar SinghNCP
397
0.2%
Tripuranand YadavIND
392
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jayant Raj | JD(U) | 1,03,944 | 53.51% | Jitendra Singh | 33,221 |
| 2020 | Jayant Raj | JD(U) | 54,308 | 33.13% | Jitendra Singh | 3,114 |
| 2015 | JANARDAN MANJHI | JD(U) | 73,707 | 47.89% | MRINAL SHEKHAR | 11,773 |
| 2010 | JANARDAN MANJHI | JD(U) | 47,300 | 40.78% | SURENDRA PRASAD SINGH | 18,007 |
| Nov 2005 | SURENDRA PRASAD SINGH | RJD | 33,679 | 38.11% | BEDANAND SINGH | 2,401 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
