The equation of Begusarai Assembly Elections 2025 is very complicated. BJP won in 2010, Congress counterattacked in 2015 and BJP made a comeback in 2020. Now the question is – will BJP be able to save the fort this time or will Congress make a big upset?
Begusarai Assembly Election 2025: All eyes are on Begusarai Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Election 2025. This seat is considered to be the most important seat of Begusarai district, where the electoral history is as interesting as it is mysterious. Begusarai, once called the “Moscow of Bihar”, has now become a stronghold of the BJP. But the question is – will this stronghold remain safe in 2025 or will Congress (INC) and other parties pull off a major upset?
Elections 2020: Close victory of BJP or defeat of Congress?
In the 2020 Assembly elections (Begusarai Vidhan Sabha Election 2020), BJP candidate Kundan Kumar defeated Congress’s Amita Bhushan by a very narrow margin of 4,554 votes.
- Kundan Kumar (BJP)- 74,217 votes
- Amita Bhushan (INC) – 69,663 votes
- Rajesh Kumar (IND) – 18,002 votes
Note: It would not be wrong to say here that the 2020 elections were full of suspense and thrill.
2015: Congress’ dominance
Congress had given a big blow to BJP in the 2015 assembly elections.
- Amita Bhushan (INC)- 83,521 votes
- Surendra Mehta (BJP) – 66,990 votes
Note: Congress’s victory by a margin of about 16,531 votes had surprised everyone.
2010: BJP’s comeback
In 2010, BJP had won this seat.
- Surendra Mehta (BJP) – 50,602 votes
- Upendra Prasad Singh (LJP) – 30,984 votes
Note: The victory by a margin of about 19,618 votes had given a strong hold to the BJP.
Will there be a big upheaval in 2025?
- There are a total of 3,36,598 voters in Begusarai Assembly seat, out of which male voters are 1,67,593, female voters are 1,43,973 and 9 transgender voters.
- Here 13.9% Muslim voters, 15.67% Scheduled Caste and about 23% urban voters decide the electoral equation.
Now the question is – will BJP strengthen its hold again? Or will Congress make a big blast like in 2015?
To whom will the public give the mandate?
History is witness that every election on Begusarai seat writes a different story. Sometimes Congress wins, sometimes BJP wins. The 2025 elections are equally mysterious.