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Assembly constituency 48 · Bihar

Forbesganj is assembly constituency number 48 in Bihar, in Araria district, and one of the segments of the Araria Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Manoj Bishwas of the Indian National Congress won with 47.8% of the vote, 221 votes ahead of Vidya Sagar Keshari (BJP).

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Forbesganj · 2025AC 48
  1. 01
    Manoj Bishwas
    INC
    1,20,114
    47.77%
  2. 02
    Vidya Sagar Keshari
    BJP
    1,19,893
    47.68%
  3. 03
    Fatma Khatun
    RJBP
    2,151
    0.86%
  4. 04
    Raja Raman Bhaskar
    Independent
    1,759
    0.70%
  5. 05
    Subhash Chandra Agrawal
    Independent
    1,325
    0.53%
  6. 8 other candidates · 3,083 votesNOTA · 3,114 (1.24%)

Margin 221 votes · 0.09% of valid votes

3,60,102
Registered electors
2025 election
69.8%
Turnout
+9.3 pts vs 2020
221
Victory margin
0.1% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,51,439 valid votes, NOTA included.

Forbesganj 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manoj BishwasMale · 38 yrsINC1,20,114
47.77%
2Vidya Sagar KeshariMale · 63 yrsBJP1,19,893
47.68%
—NOTANOTA3,114
1.24%
3Fatma KhatunFemale · 47 yrsRJBP2,151
0.86%
4Raja Raman BhaskarMale · 41 yrsIndependent1,759
0.70%
5Subhash Chandra AgrawalMale · 72 yrsIndependent1,325
0.53%
6Mohammad Ekramul HaqueMale · 66 yrsJNSRJP977
0.39%
7Subhan AnsariMale · 50 yrsIndependent627
0.25%
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8Abha RaniFemale · 53 yrsIndependent386
0.15%
9Rajesh Kumar GuptaMale · 48 yrsIndependent279
0.11%
10Manoj SadaMale · 61 yrs · SCIndependent231
0.09%
11Giranand KumarMale · 32 yrsIndependent211
0.08%
12Najia IkbalFemale · 34 yrsIndependent191
0.08%
13Pradeep Priy MehtaMale · 61 yrsIndependent181
0.07%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025INC 47.8%BJP 47.7%RJBP 0.9%RJD 32.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Manoj BishwasINC · 47.8% · margin 221Turnout69.8%
2020Vidya Sagar KeshariBJP · 49.5% · margin 19,702Turnout60.6%
2015Vidya Sagar KeshriBJP · 46.2% · margin 25,238Turnout62.0%
2010Padam Parag Roy 'venu'BJP · 48.9% · margin 26,827Turnout59.6%

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

Forbesganj result 2020

Forbesganj 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vidya Sagar KeshariBJP1,02,212
49.53%
2Zakir Hussain KhanINC82,510
39.98%
3Pradeep Kumar DeoIndependent6,452
3.13%
4Raja Raman BhaskarBSP5,818
2.82%
—NOTANOTA3,351
1.62%
5Akhlaqur RahmanJAPL2,207
1.07%
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6Md. ArifIndependent1,036
0.50%
7Rupesh RajTPLRSP676
0.33%
8Chandan Kumar MandalRJBP485
0.24%
9Ram Kumar BhagatRPPRINAT416
0.20%
10Ashok MishraSJDD349
0.17%
11Madan KumarAPADP319
0.15%
12Devesh Kumar ThakurVCSMP298
0.14%
13NasirBPL243
0.12%

Forbesganj result 2015

Forbesganj 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vidya Sagar KeshriBJP85,929
46.21%
2Krityanand BiswasRJD60,691
32.64%
3Zakir Hussain KhanJAPL18,894
10.16%
4Laxmi Narayan MehtaBSP4,262
2.29%
—NOTANOTA3,428
1.84%
5Raja Raman BhaskarIndependent3,259
1.75%
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6Ashok MishraNCP2,304
1.24%
7Satya Narayan WriterIndependent1,917
1.03%
8Subhash Chand JhaAKBMP1,276
0.69%
9Manjula DeviIndependent1,267
0.68%
10Gayatri DeviIndependent1,188
0.64%
11NoorullahCPI(ML)(L)952
0.51%
12Manoj SadaBVM569
0.31%

Forbesganj result 2010

Forbesganj 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Padam Parag Roy 'venu'BJP70,463
48.94%
2Maya Nand ThakurLJP43,636
30.31%
3Prakash ChaudharyINC8,185
5.69%
4Kafil AhmadBSP4,300
2.99%
5Raja Raman BhaskarIndependent2,534
1.76%
6Suresh PaswanNCP2,386
1.66%
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7Ram Kumar BhagatIndependent2,145
1.49%
8Subhash Chand JhaIndependent1,953
1.36%
9Jitendra RoyIndependent1,885
1.31%
10Satya Narayan WriterMUL1,454
1.01%
11Naresh Kumar ThakurShiv Sena1,379
0.96%
12Shyam Sundar SharmaRKJP743
0.52%
13Champa Lal MandalCPI(ML)(L)678
0.47%
14Pradeep YadavSP601
0.42%
15Manoj SadaBVM574
0.40%
16Mukesh Kumar SinghLSSP555
0.39%
17Lalit Kumar BishwasJMM494
0.34%
Map

Forbesganj 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 Araria 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

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

  • Pradeep Kumar SinghBJP1,26,457 57.0%
  • ShahnawazRJD87,254 39.3%
  • Md Ghousul AzamBSP1,836 0.8%
  • Md. Mobinul HaqueIndependent1,807 0.8%
  • Shatrughan Prasad SumanIndependent1,468 0.7%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 39,203 EVM votes.

Open Araria Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Forbesganj assembly seat in 2025?

Manoj Bishwas of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Forbesganj in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,20,114 votes, which was 47.77% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Forbesganj?

The margin was 221 votes (0.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Vidya Sagar Keshari of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 1,19,893 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Forbesganj in 2025?

Turnout was 69.84%: 2,51,492 of 3,60,102 registered electors voted, across 420 polling stations. That is 9.3 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Forbesganj part of?

Forbesganj is an assembly segment of the Araria Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Pradeep Kumar Singh got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Forbesganj a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Forbesganj?

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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