JHANJHARPUR
Assembly seat no. 38 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called JHANJHARPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2025
Nitish Mishra
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2025
54,849
28.40% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
CPIRam Narayan Yadav
- Votes
- 53,109
- Vote share
- 27.50%
- Behind by
- 54,849
Electors
3,20,142
Total votes polled
1,93,156
Valid votes
1,93,156
NOTA votes
3,112
1.61% of votes polled
Turnout
60.3%
Full result, 2025
13 candidates · 1,93,156 valid votes
Nitish MishraBJPwon
1,07,958
55.9%
Ram Narayan YadavCPI
53,109
27.5%
Keshavchandra BhandariJNSRJP
11,563
6.0%
Krishna Kumar SahuIND
4,513
2.3%
Deo Kant JhaAAAP
2,347
1.2%
Abdul IrfanIND
1,992
1.0%
Krishna Narayan JhaIND
1,675
0.9%
Om Prakash PoddarIND
1,670
0.9%
Birendra Kumar SinghBSP
1,615
0.8%
Ramnarayan SahuVAP
1,265
0.7%
Umar Aftab AfsarIND
1,029
0.5%
Vijay Kumar MandalSUCI
748
0.4%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nitish Mishra | BJP | 1,07,958 | 55.89% | Ram Narayan Yadav | 54,849 |
| 2020 | NITISH MISHRA | BJP | 94,854 | 52.47% | RAM NARAYAN YADAV | 41,788 |
| 2015 | GULAB YADAV | RJD | 64,320 | 40.73% | NITISH MISHRA | 834 |
| 2010 | NITISH MISHRA | JD(U) | 57,652 | 49.15% | JAGAT NARAYAN SINGH | 20,681 |
| Nov 2005 | NITISH MISHRA | JD(U) | 41,004 | 46.95% | RAM AUTAR CHAUDHARY | 16,660 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above