Sherghati Election 2025: Will RJD’s Manju Agarwal win again or will JD(U)’s Vinod Prasad Yadav make a comeback? Caste equation, booth management and public mood, whose dice will turn this time? Will the result of Sherghati assembly give a new message to the politics of Bihar?
Sherghati Assembly Election 2025: Sherghati Assembly, the mysterious seat of Bihar politics, is again ready for electoral battle. In 2020, Manju Aggarwal (RJD) registered a shocking victory on the political stage by defeating Vinod Prasad Yadav (JD-U) by a huge margin of 16,690 votes. But the 2025 elections are going to tell a different story.
Electoral history of Sherghati Assembly: Story of changing equations
Sherghati assembly seat has always been in the news due to political turmoil.
- 2010: Vinod Prasad Yadav of JD(U) defeated the Grand Alliance candidate by 7,342 votes.
- 2015: JDU’s Vinod Yadav defeated HAM’s Mukesh Kumar Yadav by a margin of only 4,834 votes.
- 2020: RJD’s Manju Aggarwal defeated Vinod Yadav by 61,804 vs 45,114 votes.
Important thing: If we look at history, Congress, JDU, RJD, JKD and independent candidates have also registered victory, whereas BJP has not been able to achieve victory till date.
Caste equation and voting board of Sherghati assembly seat
Yadav community is most influential in Sherghati assembly. Kurmi, Brahmin and Muslim voters are also decisive in changing the electoral equation. In 2020, the strength of Yadav-Muslim vote bank led RJD to victory. This time both NDA and Grand Alliance are engaged in playing the magic of caste mathematics and development issues.
Candidates and their image on Sherghati assembly seat
- Manju Aggarwal (RJD): Educated, ₹50 lakh+ assets, no serious criminal cases.
- Vinod Prasad Yadav (JD-U): Twice MLA, assets worth crores, experience of politics, strong booth network.
- Others: LJP, AIMIM, JAPL and independent candidates can have an unexpected impact on the result.
Booth strategy on Sherghati assembly seat
Every booth of Sherghati has now become a battlefield. RJD’s social networking and NDA’s booth management can become the pivot of the elections. Voters’ mood, local issues, employment, education and health facilities will be decisive this time.
Major election issues of Sherghati assembly seat
- Basic facilities like roads, electricity, water
- Agricultural crisis and farmers’ income
- Unemployment and employment opportunities
- Improvement in education and health services
- Local development and implementation of government schemes