The Brahampur Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 199 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Janata Dal United (JDU), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress are the main parties in the state. The Brahampur Assembly constituency comes under the Buxar Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Shambhu Nath Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won the seat by defeating Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate Hulas Pandey with a margin of 51,141 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Sudhakar Singh won from the Buxar Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 30,091 votes by defeating Mithilesh Tiwari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Brahampur Constituency Demographic Profile
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is being implemented in accordance with the Election Commission of India's order before the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. The objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise. The last intensive revision in Bihar was conducted by the Commission in the year 2003. The Brahampur Assembly constituency is a part of the Buxar district.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 3,40,864 voters in the Brahampur constituency during the 2020 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,83,864 were male and 1,56,999 were female voters. Only one voter belonged to the third gender. 2,490 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Brahampur in 2020 was 3,530 (3,427 men and 103 women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Brahampur constituency was 3,16,046. Out of this, 1,71,131 voters were male, 1,44,912 were female, and three belonged to a third gender. There were 476 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Brahampur in 2015 was 2,521 (2,291 men and 230 women).
Brahampur Assembly Election 2025: Poll Date
The Brahampur constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the first phase on November 6 along with the other 120 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Brahampur Assembly Election 2025: Result Date
The result for Brahampur will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Brahampur Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Shambhu Nath Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party's (Ram Vilas) Hulas Pande are the main candidates in the Brahampur constituency of Bihar. The RJD is in alliance with the Congress, Left parties and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), while the LJP-RV has a pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) in Bihar.
Brahampur Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Shambhu Nath Yadav won the Brahampur seat with a margin of 51,141 votes (27.86%). He polled 90,176 votes with a vote share of 48.64%. He defeated Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate Hulas Pandey, who got 39,035 votes (21.05%). Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate Jairaj Chaudhary stood third with 21,355 votes (13.64%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Shambhu Nath Yadav won the Brahampur seat with a margin of 30,776 votes (17.26%). He polled 94,079 votes with a vote share of 52.00%. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Vivek Thakur got 63,303 votes (34.99%) and was the runner-up. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Ajit Chaudhary stood third with 5,690 votes (3.15%).
Brahampur Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Shambhu Nath Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2015: Shambhu Nath Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2010: Dilmarni Devi (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- October, 2005: Ajit Chaudhary (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- February, 2005: Ajit Chaudhary (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2000: Ajit Chaudhary (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 1995: Ajit Chaudhary (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Swami Nath Tewary (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 1985: Rishi Kesh Tiwari (Congress)
- 1980: Rishi Kesh Tiwari (Congress)
- 1977: Ramakant Thakur (Janata Party)
Brahampur Voter Turnout
In 2020, the total number of valid votes polled in the Brahampur Assembly constituency was 1,85,803 or 54.51 per cent. In 2015, the total number of valid votes polled in the Assembly elections was 1,80,955 or 57.26 per cent.
