The Dehri Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 212 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat and it is 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 Dehri Assembly constituency comes under Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Fateh Bahadur Singh of the RJD won the seat by defeating BJP candidate Satyanarayan Singh with a margin of 464 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, CPI(ML)L candidate Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha won from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1,05,858 by defeating Pawan Singh of the Independent. In 2015, RJD candidate Mohammad Illiyas Hussain registered a win in the Dehri constituency. In 2010, Independent candidate Jyoti Rashmi registered his victory from the seat.
Dehri Assembly 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 Dehri Assembly constituency is part of the Rohtas district.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 2,94,837 voters in the Dehri constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,54,222 voters were male and 1,40,609 were female. Six voters belonged to the third gender. 1,455 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Dehri in 2020 was 885 ( 846 were men and 39 were women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Dehri constituency was 2,72,992, out of this, 1,47,751 voters were male and 1,25,237 were female, and four voters belonged to a third gender. There were 1,130 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Dehri in 2015 was 372 (278 were male and 94 were women).
Dehri Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Dehri constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the second phase on November 11 along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Dehri Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for Dehri will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Dehri Constituency Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)'s (LJP(RV)) Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Guddu Kumar Chandrawanshi and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Pradeep Lallan Singh are the main candidates in the Dehri constituency of Bihar. The LJP(RV) is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) in Bihar, while the RJD has a pact with the Congress, Left parties and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Dehri Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Fateh Bahadur Singh won the seat with a margin of 464 (0.3%). He polled 64,567 votes with a vote share of 41.57%. Singh defeated BJP candidate Satyanarayan Singh, who got 64,103 (41.27%). Rashtra Sewa Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Joshi stood third with 9,070 (5.84%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Mohammad Illiyas Hussain won the seat with a margin of 3898 (2.766%). He polled 49,402 votes with a vote share of 33.92%. RLSP candidate Jitendra Kumar got 45,504 votes (31.24%) and was the runner-up. Rashtra Sewa Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar stood third with 29,541 votes (20.28%).
Dehri Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 1967: Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (Congress)
- 1969: Riyasat Karim (Congress)
- 1972: Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (Congress)
- 1977: Basawon Singh (Janata Party)
- 1980: Mohammad Iliyas Husaain (Janata Party-SC)
- 1985: Khalid Anwar Ansari (Congress)
- 1990: Mohammad Iliyas Hussain (Janata Dal)
- 1995: Mohammad Iliyas Hussain (Janata Dal)
- 2000: Mohammad Iliyas Hussain (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- February, 2005: Mohammad Iliyas Hussain (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- October, 2005: Pradeep Joshi (Independent)
- 2010: Jyoti Rashmi (Independent)
- 2015: Mohammad Iliyas Hussain (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2020: Fateh Bahadur Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
Dehri Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was 1,55,456 or 52.73% in the Dehri Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2015, the total number of valid votes in this Assembly seat was 1,45,774 or 53.40%.
