Will JDU’s Meena Kamat maintain her lead in the Babubarhi Assembly elections 2025 or will RJD’s Umakant Yadav change the equation of victory in the election field? The contest is going to be very exciting and interesting for the voters.
Babubarhi Assembly Election 2025: Babubarhi Vidhan Sabha Seat of Bihar is located in Madhubani district and is part of Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency. This is a general category seat and the Scheduled Caste voters here are 44,789 (14.25%). Also, Muslim voters are around 35,517 (11.3%) and the total voter count is around 3,14,309. This seat has always been dominated by rural voters.
In the 2020 assembly elections, JDU’s Meena Kamat won and defeated RJD’s Umakant Yadav. The question is, will JDU be able to maintain its strong hold in the 2025 Babubarhi elections or will RJD make a comeback?
2020 election data: JDU’s dominance
In 2020, there was a close contest between JDU’s Meena Kamat and RJD’s Umakant Yadav on Babubarhi assembly seat.
Result
- Meena Kamat (JD(U))-77,367 votes
- Umakant Yadav (RJD) -65,879 votes
- Mahendra Prasad Singh (RLSP)-11,759 votes
- Amarnath Prasad (LJP)-9,818 votes
- Margin of victory – 11,488 votes.
Important thing: Meena Kamat retained the seat for JDU by maintaining its lead in total voting at 61.01%.
2015: JDU’s victory and vote difference
In 2015 also, JDU’s Kapildev Kamat won.
- Kapildev Kamat (JD(U)) -61,486 votes
- Binod Kumar Singh (LJP) – 41,219 votes
- Margin of victory-20,267 votes.
Note: JDU won this election with a clear majority and left RJD/LJP behind.
2010: RJD returns
In 2010, Uma Kant Yadav (RJD) won from Babubarhi seat.
- Uma Kant Yadav (RJD)-51,772 votes
- Kapildev Kamat (JD(U))-46,859 votes
- Margin of victory – 4,913 votes.
Note: RJD had given a tough fight to JDU in this election, but the difference was not much.
voting and voter equation
- Total voters: 3,14,309
- Scheduled Caste: 44,789 (14.25%)
- Scheduled Tribe: 157 (0.05%)
- Muslim voters: 35,517 (11.3%)
- Rural voters: almost 100%
Note: Voting percentage in 2020 -61.01%, 2019 Parliament election-59.42%, 2015 Assembly election-57.77%.
2025 election challenge
RJD, LJP and other candidates are challenging JDU’s Meena Kamat in the 2025 Babubarhi assembly elections. Will Meena Kamat maintain her hold or will RJD make a comeback here? The election equation is going to be very interesting and full of mystery.