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Munger

Assembly Constituency, Bihar

Kumar Pranay

BJP | Munger | Bihar

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165. Munger (Monghyr) is one of the 70 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies in Bihar. This constituency is located in the Bhagalpur region. Bihar is located in the East region of India. This seat can be classified as: Semi-Urban and falls in the Munger district of Bihar. The reservation status of this constituency is: General. 165. Munger Assembly constituency is part of the 28. Munger (General) Lok Sabha constituency and can be classified as Semi-Urban. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly election, Munger voted on Thursday, November 6, 2025 and the counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.

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    Mountains view scenery at Munger Bihar. Copyright (c) 2023 Prince2850/Shutterstock.
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    Mountains view scenery at Munger Bihar. Copyright (c) 2023 Prince2850/Shutterstock.

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    RiverBanks of Ganga/Ganga Ghat at Munger Bihar. Copyright (c) 2017 Amit Kumar Photography/Shutterstock.
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    RiverBanks of Ganga/Ganga Ghat at Munger Bihar. Copyright (c) 2017 Amit Kumar Photography/Shutterstock.

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    Very old lord Ganesha statue in Dhapri village of Munger district Bihar the locals says the temple is more than 120 yrs old. Copyright (c) 2019 Ishaan_0729/Shutterstock.
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    Very old lord Ganesha statue in Dhapri village of Munger district Bihar the locals says the temple is more than 120 yrs old. Copyright (c) 2019 Ishaan_0729/Shutterstock.

Location

The geographic coordinates of Munger Assembly constituency are: 25°20'49.6"N 86°32'08.2"E. This constituency falls in Munger district of Bihar and in the Bhagalpur region. Munger shares its borders with nine other Assembly constituencies. Other Bihar Assembly constituencies adjacent to Munger are: Khagaria, Beldaur, Parbatta, Sultanganj, Tararpur, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Mathihani, Sahebpur Kamal. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .
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2025

Munger Assembly election results

PartyParty votes polledVotes %Candidate name
BJP----
Kumar Pranay
Winner
Margin : (%)
Winner
IND----Raja Keshri
IND----Rakesh Kumar
IND----Jamuna Lal Srivastava
IND----Santosh Kumar Mandal
AIMIM----Monazir Hassan
RJD----Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi
IND----Krishna Mandal
SUCIC----Vikash Kumar Arya
BSP----Ranvir Sahani
2020

Munger Assembly election results

2015

Munger Assembly election results

2010

Munger Assembly election results

Demographic profile

There were a total of 338887 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2025 Assembly election in Munger Assembly constituency, of which 179511 were male, 159357 female and 19 of the third gender. In the 2020 Assembly elections, there were a total of 339048 registered voters, of which 183885 were male, 155135 female and 28 from the third gender. In the 2015 Assembly elections, there were a total of 311957 registered voters, of which 170178 were male, 141751 female and 370 from the third gender. In 2010 elections, there were a total of 268850 registered voters in this constituency, of which 148214 were male and 120636 female and 757 from the third gender.

The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 2136 in 2020, 28 in 2015, and 0 in 2010.

The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2025 was 888, in 2020 it was 844, 833 in 2015, and 814 in 2010.

Poll dates

Munger 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 1 on Monday, October 12, 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.

Extent

Assembly constituency no.165. Munger comprises of the following areas of Munger district in the Bhagalpur region of Bihar: CD Blocks Sadar Munger & Bariarpur

This constituency covers an approximate area of 393.03 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Munger is: 25°20'49.6"N 86°32'08.2"E.

A total of nine Assembly constituencies in the state of Bihar share borders with Munger constituency, which are: Khagaria, Beldaur, Parbatta, Sultanganj, Tararpur, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Mathihani, Sahebpur Kamal. 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 Munger constituency was 61.94%. In 2020, this seat registered a turnout of 49.03%, while it was 54.26% in 2015, and 48.22% in 2010.
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Total voters

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Victory margin

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Pranav Kumar of BJP won in this constituency beating Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi of RJD by a margin of 1244 votes which was 0.75% of the total votes cast. In 2015, Vijay Kumar ''Vijay'' of RJD was the winner in this seat beating Pranav Kumar of BJP by a margin of 4365 votes which was 2.58% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2010 Assembly elections, Anant Kumar Satyarthy of JDU won this seat defeating Shabnam Perwin of RJD by a margin of 17613 votes which was 13.59% of the total votes polled for the seat.
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Winner vote share (%)

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Pranav Kumar of BJP had a vote share of 45.74% in this seat. In the 2015 Assembly elections, Vijay Kumar ''Vijay'' of RJD got a vote share of 45.63% , In the 2010 Assembly elections, Anant Kumar Satyarthy of JDU got a vote share of 42.49% in Munger.
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  • First Published: August 29, 2025, 05:40 IST
  • Last Updated: November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM IST

165. Munger


CONSTITUENCY DETAILS
Reservation status :General
State :Bihar
District(s) :Munger
Region (India) :East
Region (State) :Bhagalpur
Lok Sabha constituency :Munger
Alternate name :Monghyr
2025 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Voter turnout (%) :61.94
Total voters :3,38,887
Male voters :1,79,511
Female voters :1,59,357
Third gender voters :19
Electorate gender ratio :888
Poll phase :1
Poll date :November 6, 2025
Results (Counting of votes) :November 14, 2025
Number of candidates :11

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name202520202015
AmourAIMIMAIMIMINC
DhamdahaJDUJDUJDU
TeghraBJPCPIRJD
TarariBJPCPIMLLCPIMLL
JagdishpurJDURJDRJD
BarharaBJPBJPRJD
AgiaonBJPCPIMLLJDU
GopalganjBJPBJPBJP
KochadhamanAIMIMAIMIMJDU
ArrahBJPBJPRJD