The Ghosi Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 217 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 Ghosi Assembly constituency comes under the Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Ram Bali Singh Yadav of the CPI(ML)L won the seat by defeating JD(U) candidate Rahul Sharma with a margin of 17,333 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, RJD candidate Surendra Prasad Yadav won from the Jahanabad Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1,52,591 by defeating Chandeshwar Prasad of the JD(U).
Ghosi 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 Ghosi Assembly constituency is a part of the Jahanabad district.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 2,62,439 voters in the Ghosi constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,37,588 voters were male and 1,24,836 were female. 15 voters belonged to the third gender. 3,283 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Ghosi in 2020 was 1,605 (1,566 were men and 39 were women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Ghosi constituency was 2,44,310 out of this, 1,27,836 voters were male and 1,16,466 were female, and eight voters belonged to a third gender. There were 347 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Ghosi in 2015 was 716 (495 were men and 221 were women).
Ghosi Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Ghosi constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the second phase on November 11 along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Ghosi Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for Ghosi will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Ghosi Constituency Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Janata Dal (United)'s Rituraj Kumar, CPI (ML)'s Rambali Singh Yadav and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Prabhat Kumar are the main candidates in the Ghosi constituency of Bihar. The CPI(ML) is in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar, while the JDU has a pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).
Ghosi Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, CPI(ML)L candidate Ram Bali Singh Yadav won the seat with a margin of 17,333 (11.39%). He polled 74,712 votes with a vote share of 49.07%. Yadav defeated JD(U) candidate Rahul Sharma, who got 57,379 votes (37.68%). LJP candidate Rakesh Kumar Singh stood third with 4,762 votes (3.13%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, candidate Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma won the seat with a margin of 21,625 (15.30%). He polled 67,248 votes with a vote share of 47.58%. HAM (S) candidate Rahul Kumar got 45,623 votes (32.28%) and was the runner-up. CPI(ML)L candidate Rambali Yadav stood third with 10,894 votes (7.71%).
Ghosi Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 1952: Ram Chandra Yadav (Independent)
- 1962: Mithileshwar Prasad Singh (Congress)
- 1967: Ramashray Prasad Yadav (Communist Party of India)
- 1969: Kaushlendra Prasad Singh (Congress)
- 1972: Ramashray Prasad Yadav (Communist Party of India)
- 1977: Jagdish Sharma (Janata Party)
- 1980: Jagdish Sharma (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 1985: Jagdish Sharma (Congress)
- 1990: Jagdish Sharma (Congress)
- 1995: Jagdish Sharma (Congress)
- 2000: Jagdish Sharma (Independent)
- 2005: Jagdish Sharma (Independent)
- 2005: Jagdish Sharma (Janata Dal (United)
- 2009 Bypoll: Shanti Sharma (Independent)
- 2010: Rahul Sharma (Janata Dal (United)
- 2015: Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma (Janata Dal (United)
- 2020: Ram Bali Singh Yadav (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
Ghosi Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was 1,52,496 or 58.11% in the Ghosi Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2015, the total number of valid votes in this Assembly seat was 1,41,483 or 57.91%.
