Pirpainti Vidhan Sabha Election 2025: Will BJP repose confidence in Lalan Kumar or will Aman Kumar get the ticket? Will RJD’s Ram Vilas Paswan be able to avenge the previous defeat? The caste equation and the ups and downs in the ticket have made the election contest even more mysterious.
Pirpainti Assembly Election 2025: Pirpainti Assembly Election 2025 is one of the most important reserved seats of Bihar. This seat comes under Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency and is located on the border of Bihar-Jharkhand. The electoral history here is full of ups and downs. Sometimes the Left parties and Congress were dominant, while sometimes RJD strengthened its hold. But for the last few years, BJP has emerged as the strongest contender here.
There are about 3.77 lakh voters in this seat. In this, the number of male voters is more than 1.9 lakh and the number of female voters is more than 1.85 lakh. Talking about caste equation, here Paswan, Dalit, backward class and Yadav voters play a decisive role.
Pirpainti seat history and election results
- 1. Period before 2000: Congress and Left parties dominated here. Left party leader Ambika Prasad was considered a big face from here.
- 2. Entry of RJD in 2000: RJD captured this seat for the first time in 2000. Shobhakant Mandal became MLA from here for three consecutive times.
- 3. 2010 Elections (BJP’s first victory): For the first time in 2010, BJP’s Aman Kumar won. He defeated RJD’s Ram Vilas Paswan.
2010: BJP’s victory
- BJP (Aman Kumar)- 48,493 votes
- RJD (Ram Vilas Paswan) – 42,741 votes
- Margin of victory – 5,752 votes
2015 elections (RJD’s withdrawal)
In 2015, RJD candidate Ram Vilas Paswan won. He defeated Lalan Kumar of BJP.
- RJD- 80,058 votes
- BJP – 74,914 votes
- Margin of victory – 5,144 votes
2020 elections (withdrawal of BJP)
In 2020, BJP’s Lalan Kumar defeated RJD’s Ram Vilas Paswan.
- BJP- 96,229 votes
- RJD- 69,210 votes
- Margin of victory – 27,019 votes
Uproar over ticket in BJP
Angered by being denied ticket in 2015, Aman Kumar rebelled and contested the elections as an independent. However, the effect was less and Lalan Kumar won. Later Aman Kumar again joined BJP. Now there is a discussion in the 2025 elections whether Aman Kumar will get the ticket or the party will trust Lalan Kumar again.
Why is the 2025 match special?
- Struggle over ticket in BJP
- Ram Vilas Paswan or new face from RJD
- Left parties also have their eyes on this seat
- Caste equations and local development issues