DARBHANGA RURAL
Assembly seat no. 82 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1977.
Winner, 2025
Rajesh Kumar Mandal
JD(U)
Elections held
12
1977–2025
Most successful party
RJD
won 6 of 12
Margin, 2025
18,392
10.05% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
RJDLalit Kumar Yadav
- Votes
- 62,232
- Vote share
- 34.00%
- Behind by
- 18,392
Electors
2,90,287
Total votes polled
1,83,048
Valid votes
1,83,048
NOTA votes
4,516
2.47% of votes polled
Turnout
63.1%
Full result, 2025
13 candidates · 1,83,048 valid votes
Rajesh Kumar MandalJD(U)won
80,624
44.0%
Lalit Kumar YadavRJD
62,232
34.0%
Md Jalaluddin SahilAIMIM
17,008
9.3%
Shyam PaswanIND
4,638
2.5%
Shoaib Ahmed KhanJNSRJP
3,814
2.1%
Ram Sukamar YadavIND
2,901
1.6%
Jai Kishun SahniIND
2,330
1.3%
Jagat Narayan NayakBSP
2,118
1.2%
Mohammad KalamBJNJGD
744
0.4%
Abdul QuddusIND
639
0.3%
Uday Chandra ChaupalIND
585
0.3%
Pradeep Kumar MishraAJPP
472
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rajesh Kumar Mandal | JD(U) | 80,624 | 44.05% | Lalit Kumar Yadav | 18,392 |
| 2020 | Lalit Kumar Yadav | RJD | 64,929 | 41.26% | FARAZ FATMI | 2,141 |
| 2015 | LALIT KUMAR YADAV | RJD | 70,557 | 51.38% | NAUSHAD AHMAD | 34,491 |
| 2010 | LALIT KUMAR YADAV | RJD | 29,776 | 29.27% | ASHRAF HUSSAIN | 3,676 |
| Nov 2005 | PITAMBER PASWAN | RJD | 31,258 | 37.03% | RAM CHANDRA PASWAN | 10,394 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
