Rajpur
Assembly Constituency, Bihar
202. Rajpur is one of the 70 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies in Bihar. This constituency is located in the Bhojpur region. Bihar is located in the East region of India. This seat can be classified as: Rural and falls in the Buxar district of Bihar. The reservation status of this constituency is: Scheduled Caste. 202. Rajpur Assembly constituency is part of the 33. Buxar (General) Lok Sabha constituency and can be classified as Rural. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly election, Rajpur voted on Thursday, November 6, 2025 and the counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.
Location
The geographic coordinates of Rajpur Assembly constituency are: 25°24'54.7"N 83°56'29.0"E. This constituency falls in Buxar district of Bihar and in the Bhojpur region. Rajpur shares its borders with four other Assembly constituencies. Other Bihar Assembly constituencies adjacent to Rajpur are: Dumraon, Dinara, Kargahar, Ramgarh. This constituency shares an inter-state border with Uttar Pradesh.
2025
Rajpur Assembly election results
2020
Rajpur Assembly election results
2015
Rajpur (SC) Assembly election results
2010
Rajpur (SC) Assembly election results
Demographic profile
There were a total of 334979 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2025 Assembly election in Rajpur Assembly constituency, of which 175232 were male, 159745 female and 2 of the third gender. In the 2020 Assembly elections, there were a total of 324038 registered voters, of which 170843 were male, 153195 female and 0 from the third gender. In the 2015 Assembly elections, there were a total of 306125 registered voters, of which 162141 were male, 143983 female and 1024 from the third gender. In 2010 elections, there were a total of 254505 registered voters in this constituency, of which 136167 were male and 118338 female and 718 from the third gender.
The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 822 in 2020, 1 in 2015, and 0 in 2010.
The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2025 was 912, in 2020 it was 897, 888 in 2015, and 869 in 2010.
Poll dates
Rajpur Assembly constituency will go to the polls in Phase 1 of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.
In the 2020 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 1 on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 and the results were declared on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
In the 2015 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 3 on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 and the results were declared on Sunday, November 8, 2015.
In the 2010 polls, this constituency voted in Phase 6 on Saturday, November 20, 2010 and the results were declared on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.
Election Trivia
The Election Commission of India is undertaking a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for electoral rolls in Bihar for the first time since 2003. This drive aims at cleaning up the voter list by removing ineligible, non-existent and duplicate registered voters in the state.
Extent
Assembly constituency no.202. Rajpur comprises of the following areas of Buxar district in the Bhojpur region of Bihar: CD Blocks Rajpur & Itarhi; Gram Panchayats Ataon, Kanjharua, Mathila, Mugaon, Kasian & Koransarai of Dumraon CD Block.
This constituency covers an approximate area of 485.17 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Rajpur is: 25°24'54.7"N 83°56'29.0"E.
A total of four Assembly constituencies in the state of Bihar share borders with Rajpur constituency, which are: Dumraon, Dinara, Kargahar, Ramgarh. This constituency shares an inter-state border with Uttar Pradesh.
Voter turnout
According to data released by the Election Commission of India, in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in this Rajpur constituency was 62.36%. In 2020, this seat registered a turnout of 57.01%, while it was 57.54% in 2015, and 54.17% in 2010.
Victory margin
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Vishwanath Ram of INC won in this constituency beating Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU by a margin of 21204 votes which was 11.49% of the total votes cast. In 2015, Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU was the winner in this seat beating Bishawnath Ram of BJP by a margin of 32788 votes which was 18.68% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2010 Assembly elections, Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU won this seat defeating Chhedi Lal Ram of LJP by a margin of 15239 votes which was 11.06% of the total votes polled for the seat.
Winner vote share (%)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Vishwanath Ram of INC had a vote share of 36.76% in this seat. In the 2015 Assembly elections, Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU got a vote share of 47.96% , In the 2010 Assembly elections, Santosh Kumar Nirala of JDU got a vote share of 39.76% in Rajpur.
- First Published: August 29, 2025, 05:40 IST
- Last Updated: November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM IST