Arwal is assembly constituency number 214 in Bihar, in Jehanabad district, and one of the segments of the Jahanabad Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Manoj Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.7% of the vote, 14,093 votes ahead of Mahanand Singh (CPI(ML)(L)).
- 01Manoj KumarBJP79,85446.66%
- 02Mahanand SinghCPI(ML)(L)65,76138.43%
- 03Veerendra Prasad Alias Veerendra KumarIndependent3,8792.27%
- 04Shekhar RamBSP3,7192.17%
- 05Kunti DeviJNSRJP3,3761.97%
- 10 other candidates · 13,095 votesNOTA · 1,451 (0.85%)
Margin 14,093 votes · 8.24% of valid votes
All 15 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,71,135 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manoj KumarMale · 49 yrs | BJP | 79,854 | 46.66% |
| 2 | Mahanand SinghMale · 62 yrs | CPI(ML)(L) | 65,761 | 38.43% |
| 3 | Veerendra Prasad Alias Veerendra KumarMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 3,879 | 2.27% |
| 4 | Shekhar RamMale · 40 yrs · SC | BSP | 3,719 | 2.17% |
| 5 | Kunti DeviFemale · 45 yrs | JNSRJP | 3,376 | 1.97% |
| 6 | Pancham KumarMale · 29 yrs · SC | SBSP | 3,176 | 1.86% |
| 7 | Satyendra Prasad SharmaMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 2,726 | 1.59% |
| 8 | Divya BhartiFemale · 26 yrs | RASLJP | 1,724 | 1.01% |
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| 9 | Amitesh KumarMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 1,617 | 0.94% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,451 | 0.85% |
| 10 | Manoj Kumar SantoshMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 1,439 | 0.84% |
| 11 | Arun KumarMale · 30 yrs | JNSKJNDL | 804 | 0.47% |
| 12 | Chandra Shekhar YadavMale · 62 yrs | Independent | 566 | 0.33% |
| 13 | Kajal DeviFemale · 36 yrs | Independent | 436 | 0.25% |
| 14 | Vikash KumarMale · 32 yrs | DJHP | 343 | 0.20% |
| 15 | Mansur AlamMale · 38 yrs | AJPP | 264 | 0.15% |
The seat changed hands: CPI(ML)(L) won in 2020, BJP in 2025.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Arwal result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maha Nand Singh | CPI(ML)(L) | 68,286 | 47.18% |
| 2 | Dipak Kumar Sharma | BJP | 48,336 | 33.40% |
| 3 | Subhash Chandra Yadav | RLSP | 7,941 | 5.49% |
| 4 | Mohan Kumar | JP | 2,594 | 1.79% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,372 | 1.64% |
| 5 | Ajay Kumar | Independent | 2,342 | 1.62% |
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| 6 | Anita Kumari | Independent | 1,498 | 1.03% |
| 7 | Vimala Kumari | BHRTSBLP | 1,337 | 0.92% |
| 8 | Abhishek Ranjan | JAPL | 1,309 | 0.90% |
| 9 | Krishna Kishore | JD(S) | 945 | 0.65% |
| 10 | Anil Kumar Pandit | RSWD | 911 | 0.63% |
| 11 | Sikandar Kumar | JRJP | 911 | 0.63% |
| 12 | Shah Imran Ahmad | Independent | 812 | 0.56% |
| 13 | Subhash Sharma | APKSP | 792 | 0.55% |
| 14 | Kameshwar Thakur | BMUP | 652 | 0.45% |
| 15 | Sanjay Kumar | AHFBK | 636 | 0.44% |
| 16 | Gorakh Rajwar | Independent | 530 | 0.37% |
| 17 | Aunrag Kumar | PPID | 500 | 0.35% |
| 18 | Vimlesh Kumar | pms | 466 | 0.32% |
| 19 | Bhim Paswan | Independent | 444 | 0.31% |
| 20 | Md Shabbir Alam | BHULKD | 363 | 0.25% |
| 21 | Kumar Gaurav | Independent | 263 | 0.18% |
| 22 | Vikash Kumar | Independent | 260 | 0.18% |
| 23 | Shashi Bhushan Sinha | Independent | 240 | 0.17% |
Arwal result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravindra Singh | RJD | 55,295 | 42.62% |
| 2 | Chitranjan Kumar | BJP | 37,485 | 28.90% |
| 3 | Mahanand Prasad | CPI(ML)(L) | 21,354 | 16.46% |
| 4 | Raunak | JAPL | 3,650 | 2.81% |
| 5 | Arjun Thakur | BSP | 2,584 | 1.99% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,574 | 1.98% |
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| 6 | Amrendra Kumar | SP | 1,702 | 1.31% |
| 7 | Virendra Kumar | Independent | 1,343 | 1.04% |
| 8 | Sikandar Kumar | Independent | 1,312 | 1.01% |
| 9 | Manoj Kumar ''''santosh'''' | Independent | 882 | 0.68% |
| 10 | Lalit Mohan Singh | AVIRP | 774 | 0.60% |
| 11 | Prabhat Kumar | RSPTY | 770 | 0.59% |
Arwal result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitranjan Kumar | BJP | 23,984 | 25.31% |
| 2 | Mahanand Prasad | CPI(ML)(L) | 19,782 | 20.88% |
| 3 | Dular Chand Singh | LJP | 15,513 | 16.37% |
| 4 | Dhananjay Kumar | INC | 5,196 | 5.48% |
| 5 | Arvind Patel | BSP | 4,548 | 4.80% |
| 6 | Nityanand Singh | Independent | 4,541 | 4.79% |
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| 7 | Bhuneshwar Pathak | Independent | 2,622 | 2.77% |
| 8 | Shah Imran Ahmed | NCP | 2,595 | 2.74% |
| 9 | Ranjeet Kumar | ANC | 2,534 | 2.67% |
| 10 | Dr. Arvind Kumar | Independent | 2,171 | 2.29% |
| 11 | Nand Kishore Singh | Independent | 1,862 | 1.96% |
| 12 | Rambali Singh | JD(S) | 1,724 | 1.82% |
| 13 | Pranav Prakash | Independent | 1,586 | 1.67% |
| 14 | Subhash Chandra Yadav | Independent | 1,519 | 1.60% |
| 15 | Manoj Kumar Santosh | Independent | 1,136 | 1.20% |
| 16 | Budhhu Ram Singh | SHSP | 1,055 | 1.11% |
| 17 | Shashi Ranjan Kumar | SJP(R) | 703 | 0.74% |
| 18 | Ravindra Singh | Independent | 572 | 0.60% |
| 19 | Kamal Prasad | IJP | 403 | 0.43% |
| 20 | Shyam Kishore Singh | Independent | 396 | 0.42% |
| 21 | Ram Sinhasan Singh | ABAS | 318 | 0.34% |
Arwal 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 Jehanabad district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Arwal is one of the assembly segments of Jahanabad. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Jahanabad candidates.
- Surendra Prasad YadavRJD68,912 75.4%
- Arun KumarBSP9,227 10.1%
- Minta DeviIndependent2,456 2.7%
- Munilal YadavIndependent2,388 2.6%
- Ashutosh KumarRJnJnP1,870 2.0%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, RJD led here by 59,685 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Arwal.
Who won the Arwal assembly seat in 2025?
Manoj Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Arwal in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 79,854 votes, which was 46.66% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Arwal?
The margin was 14,093 votes (8.24% of valid votes). The runner-up was Mahanand Singh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) with 65,761 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Arwal in 2025?
Turnout was 63.79%: 1,71,228 of 2,68,421 registered electors voted, across 325 polling stations. That is 7.7 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Arwal part of?
Arwal is an assembly segment of the Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Surendra Prasad Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Arwal a reserved constituency?
No. Arwal is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Arwal?
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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