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Assembly constituency 21 · Bihar

Dhaka is assembly constituency number 21 in Bihar, in Purba Champaran district, and one of the segments of the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Faisal Rahman of the Rashtriya Janata Dal won with 45.7% of the vote, 178 votes ahead of Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (BJP).

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Dhaka · 2025AC 21
  1. 01
    Faisal Rahman
    RJD
    1,12,727
    45.72%
  2. 02
    Pawan Kumar Jaiswal
    BJP
    1,12,549
    45.64%
  3. 03
    Doctor L. B. Prasad
    JNSRJP
    8,347
    3.39%
  4. 04
    Rana Ranjit
    AIMIM
    5,730
    2.32%
  5. 05
    Subodh Kumar
    Independent
    1,685
    0.68%
  6. 5 other candidates · 2,495 votesNOTA · 3,047 (1.24%)

Margin 178 votes · 0.07% of valid votes

3,35,844
Registered electors
2025 election
73.5%
Turnout
+8.7 pts vs 2020
178
Victory margin
0.1% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,46,580 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dhaka 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Faisal RahmanMale · 40 yrsRJD1,12,727
45.72%
2Pawan Kumar JaiswalMale · 48 yrsBJP1,12,549
45.64%
3Doctor L. B. PrasadMale · 54 yrsJNSRJP8,347
3.39%
4Rana RanjitMale · 38 yrsAIMIM5,730
2.32%
—NOTANOTA3,047
1.24%
5Subodh KumarMale · 29 yrsIndependent1,685
0.68%
6Madhusudan KumarMale · 26 yrsAAP912
0.37%
7Md SalimMale · 33 yrsIndependent495
0.20%
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8Nagina PaswanMale · 47 yrs · SCRJBP477
0.19%
9Sikandar BhartiMale · 45 yrs · SCBSP396
0.16%
10Kedar RamMale · 43 yrsNYKP215
0.09%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2020, RJD in 2025.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025RJD 45.7%BJP 45.6%JNSRJP 3.4%RLSP 5.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Faisal RahmanRJD · 45.7% · margin 178Turnout73.5%
2020Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP · 48.0% · margin 10,114Turnout64.8%
2015Faisal RahmanRJD · 47.0% · margin 19,197Turnout65.3%
2010Pawan Kumar JaiswalIndependent · 38.0% · margin 1,649Turnout54.8%

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

Dhaka result 2020

Dhaka 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP99,792
48.01%
2Faisal RahmanRJD89,678
43.15%
3Ram Pukar SinhaRLSP10,932
5.26%
—NOTANOTA2,965
1.43%
4Md Salim MansuriIndependent1,313
0.63%
5Abhijit SinghJAPL966
0.46%
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6Dr. Rajan JaiswalTPLRSP875
0.42%
7Chandradip KumarIndependent570
0.27%
8Md. Kasim AnsariIndependent499
0.24%
9Ramkrit PaswanJNSNGHDL250
0.12%

Dhaka result 2015

Dhaka 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Faisal RahmanRJD87,458
46.97%
2Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP68,261
36.66%
3Ram Pukar SinhaIndependent20,160
10.83%
—NOTANOTA2,548
1.37%
4Nek MohammadNCP1,868
1.00%
5Manjur AhmadIndependent1,637
0.88%
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6Ramkrit PaswanBSP1,434
0.77%
7Veerchandra PrasadRPP985
0.53%
8Prabhu NarainIndependent952
0.51%
9Mohmmad AlamGJDS480
0.26%
10Anil Kumar MehataIndependent431
0.23%

Dhaka result 2010

Dhaka 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pawan Kumar JaiswalIndependent48,100
37.98%
2Faisal RahmanJD(U)46,451
36.68%
3Nek MohammedLJP13,418
10.60%
4Abdul Hamid AnsariINC4,464
3.53%
5Jaimangal PrasadBSP4,385
3.46%
6Bindeshwari PrasadCPI3,504
2.77%
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7Neka MahamadIndependent2,221
1.75%
8Subhas Kumar SinghSJP(R)1,386
1.09%
9Dharam Dev RaiSMBHP1,258
0.99%
10Jawahar Lal PrasadSP914
0.72%
11Zainab Ahmad NabiNCP534
0.42%
Map

Dhaka 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 Purba Champaran 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

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

  • Ritu JaiswalRJD92,058 48.0%
  • Lovely AnandJD(U)79,240 41.3%
  • Akhileshwar ShrivaishanvIndependent9,039 4.7%
  • Kanhaiya KumarIndependent3,243 1.7%
  • Rana RanjitAIMIM2,595 1.4%

In the assembly election RJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, RJD led here by 12,818 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dhaka.

Who won the Dhaka assembly seat in 2025?

Faisal Rahman of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won Dhaka in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,12,727 votes, which was 45.72% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dhaka?

The margin was 178 votes (0.07% of valid votes). The runner-up was Pawan Kumar Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 1,12,549 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dhaka in 2025?

Turnout was 73.46%: 2,46,699 of 3,35,844 registered electors voted, across 381 polling stations. That is 8.7 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dhaka part of?

Dhaka is an assembly segment of the Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ritu Jaiswal got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Dhaka a reserved constituency?

No. Dhaka is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Dhaka?

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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