Arrah is assembly constituency number 194 in Bihar, in Bhojpur district, and one of the segments of the Arrah Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Sanjay Singh (tiger) of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 51.0% of the vote, 19,581 votes ahead of Quyamuddin Ansari (CPI(ML)(L)).
- 01Sanjay Singh (tiger)BJP94,20150.98%
- 02Quyamuddin AnsariCPI(ML)(L)74,62040.38%
- 03Dr. Vijay Kumar GuptaJNSRJP5,8003.14%
- 04Amardeep Kumar JaiIndependent1,1830.64%
- 05Mritunjay BhardwajBSP1,0980.59%
- 8 other candidates · 3,722 votesNOTA · 4,154 (2.25%)
Margin 19,581 votes · 10.60% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,84,778 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Singh (tiger)Male · 55 yrs | BJP | 94,201 | 50.98% |
| 2 | Quyamuddin AnsariMale · 50 yrs | CPI(ML)(L) | 74,620 | 40.38% |
| 3 | Dr. Vijay Kumar GuptaMale · 48 yrs | JNSRJP | 5,800 | 3.14% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,154 | 2.25% |
| 4 | Amardeep Kumar JaiMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 1,183 | 0.64% |
| 5 | Mritunjay BhardwajMale · 49 yrs | BSP | 1,098 | 0.59% |
| 6 | Arun Kumar SinghMale · 64 yrs | BTMSP | 908 | 0.49% |
| 7 | Md. Sarfaraj AnsariMale · 47 yrs | PPID | 679 | 0.37% |
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| 8 | SachinMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 644 | 0.35% |
| 9 | Ram Prakash PandeyMale · 46 yrs | ABJS | 384 | 0.21% |
| 10 | Rajesh SharmaMale · 49 yrs | GNTKSP | 337 | 0.18% |
| 11 | Gorakh RamMale · 57 yrs · SC | BJPUAJNMRC | 322 | 0.17% |
| 12 | Raj Kishor SharmaMale · 62 yrs | JNTRAAWJP | 268 | 0.15% |
| 13 | Dharmatma SharmaMale · 65 yrs | SUCI | 180 | 0.10% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Arrah result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 71,781 | 45.05% |
| 2 | Quyamuddin Ansari | CPI(ML)(L) | 68,779 | 43.17% |
| 3 | Hakim Prasad | Independent | 4,360 | 2.74% |
| 4 | Sheodas Singh | Independent | 2,991 | 1.88% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,811 | 1.76% |
| 5 | Brajesh Kumar Singh | JAPL | 1,221 | 0.77% |
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| 6 | Praveen Kumar Singh | RLSP | 1,160 | 0.73% |
| 7 | Gorakh Ram | VPI | 1,125 | 0.71% |
| 8 | Dilip Kumar Singh | RSTJLKPS | 1,003 | 0.63% |
| 9 | Anil Kumar Singh | JP | 716 | 0.45% |
| 10 | Shabana | Independent | 698 | 0.44% |
| 11 | Kajal Kumari | AKHDBRYVP | 631 | 0.40% |
| 12 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Independent | 631 | 0.40% |
| 13 | Sanjay Shekhar Shukla | Independent | 609 | 0.38% |
| 14 | Shobhnath Yadav | Independent | 457 | 0.29% |
| 15 | Kumar Ashutosh | Independent | 359 | 0.23% |
Arrah result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Nawaz Alam | RJD | 70,004 | 44.94% |
| 2 | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 69,338 | 44.51% |
| 3 | Kyamuddin Ansari | CPI(ML)(L) | 5,035 | 3.23% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,203 | 2.06% |
| 4 | Jitendra Kumar | Independent | 1,710 | 1.10% |
| 5 | Rajkishor Sharma | Independent | 1,221 | 0.78% |
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| 6 | Priya Ranjan Prasad Srivastava | SASAPT | 1,175 | 0.75% |
| 7 | Ajay Kumar Pathak | ABJS | 1,015 | 0.65% |
| 8 | Sidhnath Rai | SP | 875 | 0.56% |
| 9 | Krishna Mishra | BSP | 839 | 0.54% |
| 10 | Kameshwar Singh | Independent | 717 | 0.46% |
| 11 | Umeshwar Mishra | BAJAP | 655 | 0.42% |
Arrah result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 56,504 | 49.81% |
| 2 | Shree Kumar Singh | LJP | 37,564 | 33.11% |
| 3 | Meena Tiwari | CPI(ML)(L) | 5,314 | 4.68% |
| 4 | Md. Jawed Iqbal | INC | 2,717 | 2.39% |
| 5 | Bharat Singh Sahyogi | Independent | 1,855 | 1.64% |
| 6 | Mohammad Nasim | Independent | 1,175 | 1.04% |
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| 7 | Rabish Kumar | BSP | 1,041 | 0.92% |
| 8 | Vishwanath Prasad | ABAPSMP | 1,004 | 0.88% |
| 9 | Awdhesh Yadav | Independent | 892 | 0.79% |
| 10 | Mangal Singh | NCP | 851 | 0.75% |
| 11 | Umeshwar Mishra | BHAJP | 814 | 0.72% |
| 12 | Ram Naresh Prasad | JKM | 723 | 0.64% |
| 13 | Vijay Kumar | Independent | 504 | 0.44% |
| 14 | Samridh Deepak | RSP | 478 | 0.42% |
| 15 | Bharat Bhushan Panday | ABJS | 455 | 0.40% |
| 16 | Jyoti Kalash | Independent | 373 | 0.33% |
| 17 | Rahul Kumar | Independent | 366 | 0.32% |
| 18 | Khagendra Kumar | SP | 336 | 0.30% |
| 19 | Bablu Singh | JMBP | 246 | 0.22% |
| 20 | Ram Dinesh Singh | Independent | 238 | 0.21% |
Arrah outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Bhojpur district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Arrah is one of the assembly segments of Arrah. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Arrah candidates.
- R. K. SinghBJP82,324 50.0%
- Sudama PrasadCPI(ML)(L)74,053 45.0%
- Virendra Kumar SinghIndependent2,530 1.5%
- Shiv Das SinghIndependent1,245 0.8%
- Lal Badsah SinghBSP939 0.6%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 8,271 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Arrah.
Who won the Arrah assembly seat in 2025?
Sanjay Singh (tiger) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Arrah in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 94,201 votes, which was 50.98% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Arrah?
The margin was 19,581 votes (10.60% of valid votes). The runner-up was Quyamuddin Ansari of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) with 74,620 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Arrah in 2025?
Turnout was 56.42%: 1,84,815 of 3,27,553 registered electors voted, across 371 polling stations. That is 8.0 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Arrah part of?
Arrah is an assembly segment of the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, R. K. Singh got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Arrah a reserved constituency?
No. Arrah is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Arrah?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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