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Assembly seat no. 171 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

Winner, 2025
Jitendra Kumar
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2025
40,708
23.44% of valid votes

Result, 2025

Winner
Votes
90,542
Vote share
52.13%
Margin
40,708
Runner-up
RJDRavi Ranjan Kumar
Votes
49,834
Vote share
28.69%
Behind by
40,708
Electors
3,04,992
Total votes polled
1,73,699
Valid votes
1,73,699
NOTA votes
6,550
3.77% of votes polled
Turnout
57.0%

Full result, 2025

7 candidates · 1,73,699 valid votes

2025 election →
Jitendra KumarJD(U)won
90,542
52.1%
Ravi Ranjan KumarRJD
49,834
28.7%
Lata SinghJNSRJP
15,962
9.2%
Himanshu Kumar PaswanASPKR
4,755
2.7%
Shabnam LataIND
2,316
1.3%
Banvari KumarBSP
1,946
1.1%
Deepak Kumar VidyarthiSUCI
1,794
1.0%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 16 elections

View all 16
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2025Jitendra KumarJD(U)90,54252.13%Ravi Ranjan Kumar40,708
2020JITENDRA KUMARJD(U)51,52535.75%ANIL KUMAR11,600
2015JITENDRA KUMARJD(U)58,90844.29%CHHOTE LAL YADAV10,444
2010JITENDRA KUMARJD(U)54,17650.64%KAPILDEV PRASAD SINGH19,570
Nov 2005JITENDRA KUMARJD(U)40,47455.55%DR. PUSPANJAY15,486

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%21%43%64%85%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Turnout

Winning margin

0%8%17%25%34%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Margin

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