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Assembly constituency 229 · Bihar · SC

Bodh Gaya is assembly constituency number 229 in Bihar, in Gaya district, and one of the segments of the Gaya Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Kumar Sarvjeet of the Rashtriya Janata Dal won with 43.4% of the vote, 881 votes ahead of Shyamdeo Paswan (LJPRV).

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Bodh Gaya · 2025AC 229
  1. 01
    Kumar Sarvjeet
    RJD
    1,00,236
    43.38%
  2. 02
    Shyamdeo Paswan
    LJPRV
    99,355
    43.00%
  3. 03
    Nandlal Kumar
    Independent
    10,181
    4.41%
  4. 04
    Lakshman Manjhi
    JNSRJP
    4,024
    1.74%
  5. 05
    Ashok Kumar Paswan
    VVCIP
    3,675
    1.59%
  6. 5 other candidates · 7,642 votesNOTA · 5,960 (2.58%)

Margin 881 votes · 0.38% of valid votes

3,29,813
Registered electors
2025 election
70.1%
Turnout
+8.7 pts vs 2020
881
Victory margin
0.4% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,31,073 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bodh Gaya 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kumar SarvjeetMale · 50 yrs · SCRJD1,00,236
43.38%
2Shyamdeo PaswanMale · 53 yrs · SCLJPRV99,355
43.00%
3Nandlal KumarMale · 39 yrs · SCIndependent10,181
4.41%
—NOTANOTA5,960
2.58%
4Lakshman ManjhiMale · 36 yrs · SCJNSRJP4,024
1.74%
5Ashok Kumar PaswanMale · 42 yrs · SCVVCIP3,675
1.59%
6Ramswrup RishiyasanMale · 57 yrs · SCIndependent3,327
1.44%
7Uday DasMale · 39 yrs · SCPPID1,543
0.67%
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8Kumar PardeepMale · 25 yrs · SCIndependent1,114
0.48%
9Virendra Rajvanshi Alias Bigendra KumarMale · 47 yrs · SCSBSP1,005
0.43%
10Sugiya DeviFemale · 44 yrs · SCMOSP653
0.28%
Past results

RJD held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025RJD 43.4%LJPRV 43.0%BJP 39.4%RLSP 4.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Kumar SarvjeetRJD · 43.4% · margin 881Turnout70.1%
2020Kumar SarvjeetRJD · 41.8% · margin 4,708Turnout61.4%
2015Kumar SarvjeetRJD · 50.0% · margin 30,473Turnout57.2%
2010Shyam Deo PaswanBJP · 44.4% · margin 11,213Turnout51.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Bodh Gaya result 2020

Bodh Gaya 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kumar SarvjeetRJD80,926
41.84%
2Hari ManjhiBJP76,218
39.40%
3Ajay PaswanRLSP9,311
4.81%
4Pramila KumariIndependent3,593
1.86%
5Satyendra KumarMOSP3,438
1.78%
6Ravindra RajwanshiIndependent2,546
1.32%
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—NOTANOTA2,500
1.29%
7Suresh PaswanNCP2,115
1.09%
8Kailash BhuiyanAPKSP2,062
1.07%
9Sanjay Kumar ChoudharyBHULKD1,998
1.03%
10Dilip Kumar ChoudharyRJnJnP1,919
0.99%
11Om Prakash PaswanIndependent1,483
0.77%
12Sima KumariIndependent1,300
0.67%
13Vijay PaswanSaBP1,210
0.63%
14Vijay Kumar ChoudharyJDR1,044
0.54%
15Bed PrakashPPID791
0.41%
16Mahaveer ManjhiBHAIP551
0.28%
17Bindu Vikash AtalJRJP429
0.22%

Bodh Gaya result 2015

Bodh Gaya 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kumar SarvjeetRJD82,656
49.98%
2Shyamdeo PaswanBJP52,183
31.55%
—NOTANOTA5,772
3.49%

Bodh Gaya result 2010

Bodh Gaya 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shyam Deo PaswanBJP54,160
44.39%
2Kumar SarvjeetLJP42,947
35.20%
3Kapil ChoudharyNCP4,737
3.88%
4Rajkumar ManjhiIndependent3,709
3.04%
5Fulchand ManjhiBSP3,473
2.85%
6Devendra PratapIndependent3,309
2.71%
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7Balik RamINC3,180
2.61%
8Indradeo Kumar ManjhiJPS2,972
2.44%
9Kailash BhuiyanIndependent2,104
1.72%
10Suresh ManjhiSP1,422
1.17%
Map

Bodh Gaya 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 Gaya district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Bodh Gaya is one of the assembly segments of Gaya. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Gaya candidates.

  • Jitan Ram ManjhiHAMS91,083 51.4%
  • Kumar SarvjeetRJD73,944 41.7%
  • Devendra PratapIndependent2,231 1.3%
  • Sushma KumariBSP2,126 1.2%
  • Dheerendra PrasadLSWP1,254 0.7%

In the assembly election RJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, HAMS led here by 17,139 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bodh Gaya.

Who won the Bodh Gaya assembly seat in 2025?

Kumar Sarvjeet of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won Bodh Gaya in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,00,236 votes, which was 43.38% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bodh Gaya?

The margin was 881 votes (0.38% of valid votes). The runner-up was Shyamdeo Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) with 99,355 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bodh Gaya in 2025?

Turnout was 70.11%: 2,31,218 of 3,29,813 registered electors voted, across 414 polling stations. That is 8.7 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bodh Gaya part of?

Bodh Gaya is an assembly segment of the Gaya Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Jitan Ram Manjhi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bodh Gaya a reserved constituency?

Yes. Bodh Gaya is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Bodh Gaya?

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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