The Dinara Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 210 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 Dinara Assembly constituency comes under Buxar Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Vijay Mandal of the RJD won the seat by defeating LJP candidate Rajendra Singh with a margin of 8,228 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, RJD candidate Sudhakar Singh won from the Buxar Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 30,091 by defeating Mithlesh Tiwari of the BJP.
Dinara 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 Dinara Assembly constituency is part of the Rohtas district.
As per data from the Election Commission there were 3,01,575 voters in the Dinara constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,59,091 voters were male and 1,42,478 were female. Six voters belonged to the third gender. 1,441 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Dinara in 2020 was 1,167 (1,117 were men and 50 were women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Dinara constituency was 2,73,684, out of this, 1,47,441 voters were male and 1,26,238 were female, and five voters belonged to a third gender. There were 774 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Dinara in 2015 was 683 (437 were male and 246 were women).
Dinara Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Dinara constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the second phase on November 11 along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Dinara Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for Dinara will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Dinara Constituency Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Rashtriya Lok Morcha's (RLM) Alok Kumar Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Shashi Shankar Kumar Alias Rajesh Yadav and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Sanjay Kumar are the main candidates in the Dinara constituency of Bihar. The RLM is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) in Bihar, while the RJD has a pact with the Congress, Left parties and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Dinara Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Vijay Kumar Mandal won the seat with a margin of 8,228 (4.87%). He polled 59,541 votes with a vote share of 34.97%. Mandal defeated LJP candidate Rajendra Singh, who got 51,313 votes (30.13%). JD(U) candidate Jai Kumar Singh stood third with 27,252 (16.0%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, JD (U) candidate Jai Kumar Singh won the seat with a margin of 2691(1.80%). He polled 64,699 votes with a vote share of 42.98%. BJP candidate Rajendra Prasad Singh got 62,008 votes (41.19%) and was the runner-up. Shiv Sena candidate Binod Kumar Choubey stood third with 4,265 votes (2.83%).
Dinara Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Vijay Kumar Mandal (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2015: Jai Kumar Singh (Janata Dal (United)
- 2010: Jai Kumar Singh (Janata Dal (United)
- 2005: Ramdhani Singh (Janata Dal (United)
- 2005: Sita Sundari Devi (Bahujan Samaj Party)
- 2000: Ramdhani Singh (Janata Dal (United)
- 1995: Ramdhani Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Ramdhani Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Lakshman Rai (Congress)
- 1980: Lakshman Rai (Congress)
- 1977: Sheopujan Singh (Janata Party)
- 1972: Ram Narain Sah (Congress)
Dinara Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was 1,70,439 or 56.52% in the Dinara Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2015, the total number of valid votes in this Assembly seat was 1,50,592 or 55.02%.
