Rajgir Assembly constituency is one of the 243 legislative assembly constituencies of Bihar, located in Nalanda district and forming part of the Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency. Rajgir is an SC category assembly seat, established in 1957 as a reserved constituency for Scheduled Castes, and has witnessed 16 elections to date. The constituency challenges the notion that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is solely a party for upper castes, as the BJP has won here nine times, including twice when it was known as the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Other parties like the Congress, CPI, and JD(U) have each secured two victories, while the Janata Party has won once.
Rajgir Assembly constituency comes under the Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Kaushal Kishore of Janata Dal (United) won the seat by defeating Ravi Joyti Kumar of the Indian National Congress with a margin of 16,048 votes (10.25% of the total votes).. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Kaushalendra Kumar of the JD(U) secured victory from the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat, winning by a significant margin of 559,422 votes, defeating Dr. Sandeep Saurav of the CPI(ML)(L), who polled 390,308 votes.
Rajgir 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.
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 154,334 voters in the Rajgir constituency during the 2020 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 139,740 were male and 8 were female voters. 833 belonged to the third gender. 1,207 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Rajgir in 2020 was 863 (30 men and 0 women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Rajgir constituency was 273,851. Out of this, 143,658 voters were male, 130,770 were female, and 7 belonged to a third gender. There were 1,040 valid postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Rajgir in 2015 was 5,839 ( 3,666 men and 2,173 women).
Rajgir Assembly Election 2025: Poll Date
The Rajgir constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the first phase on November 6, along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Rajgir Assembly Election 2025: Result Date
The result for Rajgir will be declared on November 14, along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Rajgir Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Janata Dal United's (JDU) Kaushal Kishore, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation's Bishwanath Chaudhary, and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Satyendra Kumar are the main candidates in the Rajgir 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), while the CPI-ML (L) has a pact with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar.
Rajgir Assembly Constituency Past Winners
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, Kaushal Kishore (JD(U)) won the Biharsharif seat by a razor-thin margin of 15,102 votes (8.26%), polling 67,191 votes (42.58%) and defeating Ravi Jyoti Kumar (INC), who secured 51,143 votes (32.41%), while Manju Devi (LJP) stood third with 11,174 votes (7.08%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Satyadeo Narain Arya (BJP) won the Biharsharif seat with a margin of 2,340 votes (1.35%), securing 56,619 votes (38.12%) ahead of Ravi Jyoti Kumar (JD(U)), who garnered 62,009 votes (41.75%). Amit Kumar Paswan (CPI) finished third with 4,668 votes (3.14%).
- 2020: Kaushal Kishore (JDU)
- 2015: Ravi Jyoti Kumar (JDU)
- 2010: Satyadeo Narain Arya (BJP)
- October 2005: Satyadeo (BJP)
- February 2005: Satyadeo (BJP)
- 2000: Satyadeo Narayan Arya (BJP)
- 1995: Satyadeo Narayan Arya (BJP)
- 1990: Chander Dev Prasad Himanshu (CPI)
- 1985: Satyadeo Narain Arya (BJP)
- 1980: Satyadeo Narayan Arya (BJP)
- 1977: Satyadeo Narain Arya (JNP)
Rajgir Voter Turnout
In the Rajgir Assembly constituency, the total number of valid votes polled in 2020 was 156,316, accounting for 53.76% of the electors, while in 2015 it was 274,435, representing 54.13% of the eligible electors.
