JHAJHA
Assembly seat no. 242 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2025
Damodar Rawat
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 5 of 16
Margin, 2025
4,262
1.75% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
RJDJay Prakash Narayan Yadav
- Votes
- 1,04,055
- Vote share
- 42.67%
- Behind by
- 4,262
Electors
3,39,867
Total votes polled
2,43,866
Valid votes
2,43,866
NOTA votes
4,619
1.89% of votes polled
Turnout
71.8%
Full result, 2025
9 candidates · 2,43,866 valid votes
Damodar RawatJD(U)won
1,08,317
44.4%
Jay Prakash Narayan YadavRJD
1,04,055
42.7%
Mohammad IrfanIND
9,578
3.9%
Nilendu Dutta MisharaJNSRJP
6,148
2.5%
Amarjeet Kumar SinghNPEP
3,278
1.3%
Ravindra YadavIND
3,141
1.3%
Shivaraj YadavBSP
2,007
0.8%
Nemo DeviIND
1,759
0.7%
Kedar Kumar MandalAPNJNTP
964
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Damodar Rawat | JD(U) | 1,08,317 | 44.42% | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | 4,262 |
| 2020 | DAMODAR RAWAT | JD(U) | 76,972 | 39.55% | RAJENDRA PRASAD | 1,679 |
| 2015 | RABINDRA YADAV | BJP | 65,537 | 40.04% | DAMODAR RAWAT | 22,086 |
| 2010 | DAMODAR RAWAT | JD(U) | 48,080 | 38.74% | BINOD PRASAD YADAV | 10,204 |
| Nov 2005 | DAMODAR RAWAT | JD(U) | 37,789 | 44.66% | RASHID AHMAD | 12,344 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above