BARURAJ
Assembly seat no. 96 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2025
Arun Kumar Singh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
RJD
won 3 of 16
Margin, 2025
29,052
14.14% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
VSIPRakesh Kumar
- Votes
- 67,827
- Vote share
- 33.00%
- Behind by
- 29,052
Electors
2,78,389
Total votes polled
2,05,509
Valid votes
2,05,509
NOTA votes
4,926
2.40% of votes polled
Turnout
73.8%
Full result, 2025
12 candidates · 2,05,509 valid votes
Arun Kumar SinghBJPwon
96,879
47.1%
Rakesh KumarVSIP
67,827
33.0%
Hiralal KhariyaJNSRJP
19,935
9.7%
Awadhesh Kumar GuptaIND
4,857
2.4%
Nasima KhatoonBSP
2,944
1.4%
Vidhalal SahniLCD
2,035
1.0%
Santosh KumarIND
1,682
0.8%
Sanjay Kumar PaswanRASLJP
1,578
0.8%
Rajesh Kumar SahIND
997
0.5%
Rajesh KumarIND
704
0.3%
Madhav BhaktaSUCI
633
0.3%
Md. AnzarRUC
512
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arun Kumar Singh | BJP | 96,879 | 47.14% | Rakesh Kumar | 29,052 |
| 2020 | Arun Kumar Singh | BJP | 87,407 | 49.47% | Nand Kumar Rai | 43,654 |
| 2015 | NAND KUMAR RAI | RJD | 68,011 | 43.62% | ARUN KUMAR SINGH | 4,909 |
| 2010 | BRIJ KISHOR SINGH | RJD | 42,783 | 37.98% | NAND KUMAR RAI | 14,317 |
| Nov 2005 | SHASHI KUMAR RAY | JD(U) | 32,992 | 33.90% | BRIJ KISHOR SINGH | 2,974 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
