The Nokha Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 211 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 Nokha Assembly constituency comes under Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Anita Devi of the RJD won the seat by defeating JD(U) candidate Nagendra Chandrawansi with a margin of 17,672 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, CPI(ML)L candidate Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha won from the Nokha Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1,05,858 by defeating Pawan Singh of the Independent.
Nokha 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 Nokha Assembly constituency is part of the Rohtas district.
As per data from the Election Commission there were 2,90,458 voters in the Nokha constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,53,093 voters were male and 1,37,355 were female. 10 voters belonged to the third gender. 1,448 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Nokha in 2020 was 1,013 (969 were men and 44 were women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Nokha constituency was 2,68,607, out of this, 1,44,737 voters were male and 1,23,863 were female, and seven voters belonged to a third gender. There were 1,092 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Nokha in 2015 was 565 (364 were male and 201 were women).
Nokha Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Nokha constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the second phase on November 11 along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Nokha Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for Nokha will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Nokha Constituency Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Janata Dal (United)'s Nagendra Chandravanshi, Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Anita Devi and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Nasrullah Khan are the main candidates in the Nokha constituency of Bihar. The JDU is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), 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).
Nokha Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Anita Devi won the seat with a margin of 17,672 (12.01%). She polled 65,690 votes with a vote share of 44.15%. Devi defeated JD (U) candidate Nagendra Chandrawansi, who got 48,018 (32.27%). LJP candidate Krishna Kabir stood third with 12,313 (8.28%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Anita Devi won the seat with a margin of 22,998 (16.66%). She polled 72,780 votes with a vote share of 51.62%. BJP candidate Rameshwar Prasad got 49,782 votes (35.31%) and was the runner-up. BSP candidate Rajendra Singh stood third with 4,101 votes (2.91%).
Nokha Assembly Constituency Past Winners
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1952: Raghunath Prasad Sah (Congress)
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1957: Jagdish Prasad (Congress)
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1962: Guthuli Singh (Congress)
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1967: Guthuli Singh (Congress)
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1969: Jagdish Ojha (Janata Party)
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1972: Jagdish Ojha (Congress)
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1977: Gopal Narayan Singh (Janata Party)
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1980: Jangi Singh Chaudhari (Janata Party)
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1985: Sumitra Devi (Congress)
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1990: Jangi Singh Chaudhari (Janata Dal)
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1995: Anand Mohan Singh (Janata Dal)
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2000: Rameshwar Chaurasiya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
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2005: Rameshwar Chaurasiya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
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2005: Rameshwar Chaurasiya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
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2010: Rameshwar Chaurasiya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
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2015: Anita Devi (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
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2020: Anita Devi (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
Nokha Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was 1,48,878 or 51.26% in the Nokha Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2015, the total number of valid votes in this Assembly seat was 1,41,049 or 52.51%.
