187. Maner (Maner Sharif) is one of the 70 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies in Bihar. This constituency is located in the Magadh region. Bihar is located in the East region of India. This seat can be classified as: Rural and falls in the Patna district of Bihar. The reservation status of this constituency is: General. 187. Maner Assembly constituency is part of the 31. Patliputra (General) Lok Sabha constituency and can be classified as Rural. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly election, Maner voted on Thursday, November 6, 2025 and the counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.
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Maner Sharif has tombs of Sufi saints Makhdoom Yahya Maneri and Makhdoom Shah Daulat, known as Bari Dargah (the great shrine) and Chhoti Dargah (the small shrine). Important tourist centre. Copyright (c) 2019 MdAltamash/Shutterstock.
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The Sone River, also spelled Son River, is a perennial river in central India that originates near maner in Bihar. Copyright (c) 2024 Pics of Surya/Shutterstock.
Location
The geographic coordinates of Maner Assembly constituency are: 25°37'22.8"N 84°54'20.5"E. This constituency falls in Patna district of Bihar and in the Magadh region. Maner shares its borders with seven other Assembly constituencies. Other Bihar Assembly constituencies adjacent to Maner are: Sonepur, Danapur, Phulwari, Bikram, Sandesh, Barhara, Garkha. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .
There were a total of 331461 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2025 Assembly election in Maner Assembly constituency, of which 175428 were male, 156023 female and 10 of the third gender. In the 2020 Assembly elections, there were a total of 325625 registered voters, of which 171898 were male, 153719 female and 8 from the third gender. In the 2015 Assembly elections, there were a total of 300395 registered voters, of which 161448 were male, 138940 female and 1232 from the third gender. In 2010 elections, there were a total of 237337 registered voters in this constituency, of which 128175 were male and 109162 female and 750 from the third gender.
The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 1457 in 2020, 7 in 2015, and 0 in 2010.
The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2025 was 889, in 2020 it was 894, 861 in 2015, and 852 in 2010.
Poll dates
Maner 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 2 on Tuesday, November 3, 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 4 on Monday, November 1, 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.
Assembly constituency no.187. Maner comprises of the following areas of Patna district in the Magadh region of Bihar: CD Block Maner; Gram Panchayats Anandpur, Kateshar, Sikandarpur, Parev, Daulatpur Simri, Mushepur, Shri Rampur, Bihta, Dayalpur Daulatpur, Purshottampur Painathi, Bishunpura, Raghopur, Amhara, Kanchanpur Kharagpur, Sadisopur, Painal, Bela, Neora, Makhdoompur & Shri Chandpur of Bihta CD Block
This constituency covers an approximate area of 303.29 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Maner is: 25°37'22.8"N 84°54'20.5"E.
A total of seven Assembly constituencies in the state of Bihar share borders with Maner constituency, which are: Sonepur, Danapur, Phulwari, Bikram, Sandesh, Barhara, Garkha. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .
Voter turnout
According to data released by the Election Commission of India, in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in this Maner constituency was 67.76%. In 2020, this seat registered a turnout of 61.07%, while it was 59.72% in 2015, and 55.76% in 2010.
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Total voters
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Victory margin
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Bhai Virendra of RJD won in this constituency beating Nikhil Anand of BJP by a margin of 32917 votes which was 16.57% of the total votes cast. In 2015, Bhai Virendra of RJD was the winner in this seat beating Shrikant Nirala of BJP by a margin of 22828 votes which was 12.73% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2010 Assembly elections, Bhai Virendra of RJD won this seat defeating Srikant Nirala of JDU by a margin of 9601 votes which was 7.25% of the total votes polled for the seat.
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Winner vote share (%)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Bhai Virendra of RJD had a vote share of 47.44% in this seat. In the 2015 Assembly elections, Bhai Virendra of RJD got a vote share of 50.05% , In the 2010 Assembly elections, Bhai Virendra of RJD got a vote share of 43.69% in Maner.