DHAKA
Assembly seat no. 21 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2025
Faisal Rahman
RJD
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
BJP
won 5 of 16
Margin, 2025
178
0.07% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
BJPPawan Kumar Jaiswal
- Votes
- 1,12,549
- Vote share
- 45.64%
- Behind by
- 178
Electors
3,35,844
Total votes polled
2,46,580
Valid votes
2,46,580
NOTA votes
3,047
1.24% of votes polled
Turnout
73.4%
Full result, 2025
10 candidates · 2,46,580 valid votes
Faisal RahmanRJDwon
1,12,727
45.7%
Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP
1,12,549
45.6%
Doctor L. B. PrasadJNSRJP
8,347
3.4%
Rana RanjitAIMIM
5,730
2.3%
Subodh KumarIND
1,685
0.7%
Madhusudan KumarAAAP
912
0.4%
Md SalimIND
495
0.2%
Nagina PaswanRJBP
477
0.2%
Sikandar BhartiBSP
396
0.2%
Kedar RamNYKP
215
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Faisal Rahman | RJD | 1,12,727 | 45.72% | Pawan Kumar Jaiswal | 178 |
| 2020 | PAWAN KUMAR JAISWAL | BJP | 99,792 | 48.01% | FAISAL RAHMAN | 10,114 |
| 2015 | FAISAL RAHMAN | RJD | 87,458 | 46.97% | PAWAN KUMAR JAISWAL | 19,197 |
| 2010 | PAWAN KUMAR JAISWAL | IND | 48,100 | 37.98% | FAISAL RAHMAN | 1,649 |
| Nov 2005 | AWANEESH KUMAR SINGH | BJP | 33,162 | 32.36% | BHAI PAWAN JAISWAL | 2,690 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above