SULTANGANJ
Assembly seat no. 157 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1962.
Winner, 2020
Lalit Narayan Mandal
JD(U)
Elections held
13
1962–2025
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 6 of 13
Margin, 2020
11,565
6.76% of valid votes
Result, 2020
Runner-up
INCLalan Kumar
- Votes
- 61,258
- Vote share
- 35.82%
- Behind by
- 11,565
Electors
3,28,314
Total votes polled
1,71,037
Valid votes
1,71,037
NOTA votes
4,719
2.76% of votes polled
Turnout
52.1%
Full result, 2020
13 candidates · 1,71,037 valid votes
Lalit Narayan MandalJD(U)won
72,823
42.6%
Lalan KumarINC
61,258
35.8%
Nilam DeviLJP
10,222
6.0%
Himanshu Prasad @ Himanshu KumarRLSP
5,713
3.3%
Ravi Suman Kumar @ Arun MandalBHRTSBLP
4,692
2.7%
Ramanand PaswanIND
2,860
1.7%
Rajan KumarIND
2,389
1.4%
Raj KumarIND
1,514
0.9%
Kiran MishraIND
1,303
0.8%
Naresh DasSUCI
1,106
0.7%
Madhu PriyaIND
932
0.5%
Pankaj KumarJDR
778
0.5%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lalit Narayan Mandal | JD(U) | 1,08,712 | 51.81% | Chandan Kumar Alias Chandan Kumar Sinha | 31,136 |
| 2020 | Lalit Narayan Mandal | JD(U) | 72,823 | 42.58% | Lalan Kumar | 11,565 |
| 2015 | SUBODH ROY | JD(U) | 63,345 | 40.94% | HIMANSHU PRASAD | 14,033 |
| 2010 | SUBODH RAI | JD(U) | 34,652 | 28.05% | RAMAVATAR MANDAL | 4,845 |
| Nov 2005 | SUDHANSHU SHEKHAR BHASKAR | JD(U) | 48,063 | 46.55% | GANESH PASWAN | 11,696 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
