Darbhanga is assembly constituency number 83 in Bihar, in Darbhanga district, and one of the segments of the Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Sanjay Saraogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.7% of the vote, 24,593 votes ahead of Umesh Sahani (VSIP).
- 01Sanjay SaraogiBJP97,45349.66%
- 02Umesh SahaniVSIP72,86037.13%
- 03R K MishraJNSRJP11,7585.99%
- 04Nafisul HaqueIndependent2,3141.18%
- 05Md Shaquib NajmiABHSLP1,8560.95%
- 8 other candidates · 8,527 votesNOTA · 1,468 (0.75%)
Margin 24,593 votes · 12.53% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,96,236 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay SaraogiMale · 55 yrs | BJP | 97,453 | 49.66% |
| 2 | Umesh SahaniMale · 59 yrs | VSIP | 72,860 | 37.13% |
| 3 | R K MishraMale · 64 yrs | JNSRJP | 11,758 | 5.99% |
| 4 | Nafisul HaqueMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 2,314 | 1.18% |
| 5 | Md Shaquib NajmiMale · 30 yrs | ABHSLP | 1,856 | 0.95% |
| 6 | Abhishek Kumar JhaMale · 29 yrs | MTLWDP | 1,628 | 0.83% |
| 7 | Ashish RanjanMale · 30 yrs · SC | AJPP | 1,513 | 0.77% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,468 | 0.75% |
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| 8 | Pushpam PriyaFemale · 38 yrs | TPLRSP | 1,403 | 0.71% |
| 9 | Sujeet Kumar ChaudharyMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 1,363 | 0.69% |
| 10 | Durga Nanda Mahavir NayakMale · 52 yrs | BSP | 953 | 0.49% |
| 11 | Ranjeet Kumar RamMale · 38 yrs · SC | WAP | 852 | 0.43% |
| 12 | Amajad KhanMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 470 | 0.24% |
| 13 | Mojahid AlamMale · 47 yrs | SUCI | 345 | 0.18% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Darbhanga result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Saraogi | BJP | 84,144 | 49.32% |
| 2 | Amar Nath Gami | RJD | 73,505 | 43.08% |
| 3 | Shankar Kumar Jha | Independent | 2,757 | 1.62% |
| 4 | Mahendra Lal Das | Independent | 2,152 | 1.26% |
| 5 | Sujeet Kumar Chaudhary | JP | 2,093 | 1.23% |
| 6 | Mithilesh Chandra Sahni | Independent | 1,348 | 0.79% |
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| 7 | Siya Ram Paswan | JAPL | 1,045 | 0.61% |
| 8 | Md. Amjad Khan | SJDD | 710 | 0.42% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 669 | 0.39% |
| 9 | Nooruddin Zangi | SDPI | 523 | 0.31% |
| 10 | Sanjay Kumar Roy | RAUNTP | 257 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Santosh Kumar Purve | RSTJNVKSP | 238 | 0.14% |
| 12 | Vijayshree Prasad | RPPRINAT | 212 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Sanjay Kumar Jha | Independent | 170 | 0.10% |
| 14 | Raushendra Kumar | BHRTLKCHTP | 159 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Mohammad Mojahid | SUCI | 157 | 0.09% |
| 16 | Md. Pintu Khan | LOKJANP | 135 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Raj Kumar Mahto | YKP | 119 | 0.07% |
| 18 | Lal Babu Mahto | AIFB | 117 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Mahendra Kumar Paswan | BGMP | 96 | 0.06% |
Darbhanga result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Saraogi | BJP | 77,776 | 47.66% |
| 2 | Om Prakash Kheria | RJD | 70,316 | 43.09% |
| 3 | Jagadish Sah | Independent | 3,609 | 2.21% |
| 4 | Nilam Devi Urf Nilam Dutta | Independent | 3,106 | 1.90% |
| 5 | Avinash Kumar Thakur | CPI(M) | 2,223 | 1.36% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,216 | 0.75% |
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| 6 | Durganand Mahavir Nayak | BSP | 1,000 | 0.61% |
| 7 | Nikhil Kumar Jha | Independent | 901 | 0.55% |
| 8 | Md. Irshad Hussain | NJPI | 734 | 0.45% |
| 9 | Ameena Khatoon | NCP | 517 | 0.32% |
| 10 | Kumar Krishna Kanhaiya | Independent | 458 | 0.28% |
| 11 | Bharat Yadav | Independent | 457 | 0.28% |
| 12 | Md.vasim Ahmad | SP | 277 | 0.17% |
| 13 | Vijay Shree Prasad | RPI(A) | 244 | 0.15% |
| 14 | Mahendra Lal Das | BJND | 180 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Kumar Anand Mohan | LAD | 173 | 0.11% |
Darbhanga result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Saraogi | BJP | 64,136 | 54.08% |
| 2 | Sultan Ahmad | RJD | 36,582 | 30.85% |
| 3 | Qamrul Hassan | INC | 7,561 | 6.38% |
| 4 | Bijay Shankar Choudhary | Independent | 2,768 | 2.33% |
| 5 | Navin Khattik | JD(S) | 1,487 | 1.25% |
| 6 | Krishna Kumar Suman Yadav | SP | 1,333 | 1.12% |
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| 7 | Rabindra Kumar Dutta | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,154 | 0.97% |
| 8 | Durganand Mahavir Nayak | Independent | 1,033 | 0.87% |
| 9 | Lalbabu Mahto | BEP(R) | 980 | 0.83% |
| 10 | Rakesh Nath Jha | BSP | 962 | 0.81% |
| 11 | Bharat Yadav | Independent | 600 | 0.51% |
Darbhanga 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 Darbhanga district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Darbhanga is one of the assembly segments of Darbhanga. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Darbhanga candidates.
- Gopal Jee ThakurBJP1,02,341 58.9%
- Lalit Kumar YadavRJD67,130 38.6%
- Saroj Chaudharymimm1,596 0.9%
- Durgananda Mahavir NayakBSP873 0.5%
- Mithilesh MahtoIndependent593 0.3%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 35,211 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Darbhanga.
Who won the Darbhanga assembly seat in 2025?
Sanjay Saraogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Darbhanga in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 97,453 votes, which was 49.66% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Darbhanga?
The margin was 24,593 votes (12.53% of valid votes). The runner-up was Umesh Sahani of the Vikassheel Insaan Party with 72,860 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Darbhanga in 2025?
Turnout was 60.30%: 1,96,291 of 3,25,503 registered electors voted, across 354 polling stations. That is 4.5 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Darbhanga part of?
Darbhanga is an assembly segment of the Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Gopal Jee Thakur got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Darbhanga a reserved constituency?
No. Darbhanga is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Darbhanga?
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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