Will BJP’s Gyanendra Singh Gyanu be able to register his fourth consecutive victory in the Barh Assembly elections 2025 or will the Congress-JDU-RJD alliance write a new equation on this historic seat? The competition is going to be very exciting.
Barh Assembly Election 2025: Barh Vidhan Sabha Seat has always been in the headlines in Bihar politics. This seat of Patna district is part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency. It is said that Bhumihar voters have always dominated here and this is the reason why every big party fields Bhumihar candidates on this seat.
Barh assembly seat was once a stronghold of Congress.
Before 1990, this seat used to be a stronghold of Congress, but after that Janata Dal and then NDA continuously captured it. Now the question is, whom will the voters give a chance in the Barh Assembly Election 2025?
2020 election equation: BJP’s victory, Congress’s defeat
In 2020 Barh Assembly elections, BJP candidate Gyanendra Kumar Singh (Gyanu) won. He secured 49,327 votes and defeated Congress candidate Satyendra Bahadur.
- Margin of victory – 10,240 votes.
- Gyanendra Kumar Singh (BJP) -49,327 votes (32.94%)
- Satyendra Bahadur (INC)-39,087 votes (26.01%)
- Karanveer Singh Yadav (IND)-38,406 votes
Note: The contest here was triangular, but BJP secured victory by taking the lead in the last round.
2015 elections: BJP vs JDU clash
In 2015, BJP’s Gyanendra Kumar Singh once again won the Barh seat.
- Gyanendra Kumar Singh (BJP) – 63,989 votes
- Manoj Kumar (JDU) – 55,630 votes
- Margin of victory – 8,359 votes
Note: This election saw a direct contest between BJP and JDU.
2010 elections: JDU’s dominance
In 2010, JDU candidate Gyanendra Kumar Singh had won here.
- Gyanendra Kumar Singh (JDU) – 53,129 votes
- Vijay Krishna (RJD)- 33,734 votes
- Margin of victory – 19,395 votes
Voter equation of Barh Assembly
Total Voters (2020)- 2,80,165
- Scheduled Caste – 53,427 (19.07%)
- Scheduled Tribe- 420 (0.15%)
- Muslim voters – 9,245 (3.3%)
- Rural voters- 85.15%
- Urban voters- 14.85%
Note: It is clear that the inclination of the rural and Bhumihar society plays a big role in deciding the outcome here.
Flood Assembly equation in 2025
Now the question in the 2025 Barh Assembly elections is whether BJP’s Gyanendra Singh ‘Gyanu’ will score a hat-trick, or will Congress-JDU-RJD together challenge him?