Gaighat is assembly constituency number 88 in Bihar, in Muzaffarpur district, and one of the segments of the Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Komal Singh of the Janata Dal (United) won with 48.3% of the vote, 23,417 votes ahead of Niranjan Roy (RJD).
- 01Komal SinghJD(U)1,08,10448.31%
- 02Niranjan RoyRJD84,68737.84%
- 03Ashok Kumar SinghJNSRJP10,7904.82%
- 04Subodh Kumar SinghIndependent6,1572.75%
- 05Mithilesh ManjhiIndependent3,2641.46%
- 3 other candidates · 6,989 votesNOTA · 3,788 (1.69%)
Margin 23,417 votes · 10.46% of valid votes
All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,23,779 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komal SinghFemale · 30 yrs | JD(U) | 1,08,104 | 48.31% |
| 2 | Niranjan RoyMale · 53 yrs | RJD | 84,687 | 37.84% |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar SinghMale · 57 yrs | JNSRJP | 10,790 | 4.82% |
| 4 | Subodh Kumar SinghMale · 61 yrs | Independent | 6,157 | 2.75% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,788 | 1.69% |
| 5 | Mithilesh ManjhiMale · 41 yrs · SC | Independent | 3,264 | 1.46% |
| 6 | Kunal KumarMale · 37 yrs | JSHMP | 2,969 | 1.33% |
| 7 | Ishrat PerweenFemale · 53 yrs | BSP | 2,794 | 1.25% |
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| 8 | Umesh Prasad SinghMale · 63 yrs | JNSKJNDL | 1,226 | 0.55% |
The seat changed hands: RJD won in 2020, JD(U) in 2025.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Gaighat result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niranjan Roy | RJD | 59,778 | 32.92% |
| 2 | Maheshwar Pd Yadav | JD(U) | 52,212 | 28.75% |
| 3 | Komal Singh | LJP | 36,851 | 20.29% |
| 4 | Ganesh Jha | Independent | 3,142 | 1.73% |
| 5 | Sudhir Kumar Jha | JP | 3,019 | 1.66% |
| 6 | Subhash Chaudhary | Independent | 2,606 | 1.43% |
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| 7 | Vipalav Kumar Paswan | AMJNMTP | 2,466 | 1.36% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,277 | 1.25% |
| 8 | Subodh Kumar Singh | TPLRSP | 2,260 | 1.24% |
| 9 | Suresh Sahani | Independent | 2,065 | 1.14% |
| 10 | Shubhankar Kumar Singh | AIFB | 2,015 | 1.11% |
| 11 | Vikash Kumar | RJnJnP | 1,536 | 0.85% |
| 12 | Kumar Alok | Independent | 1,355 | 0.75% |
| 13 | Shiv Shankar Kumar Bharti | Independent | 1,098 | 0.60% |
| 14 | Vindeshwar Mahto | Independent | 1,030 | 0.57% |
| 15 | Rajpal Das | RSTJNVKSP | 979 | 0.54% |
| 16 | Lalita Singh | JAPL | 861 | 0.47% |
| 17 | Ayush Sahni Urf Mukesh Sahni | LCD | 843 | 0.46% |
| 18 | Vinay Kumar | Independent | 680 | 0.37% |
| 19 | Ghulam Ahmad Raza | Independent | 554 | 0.31% |
| 20 | Ranjan Kumar | SAP | 521 | 0.29% |
| 21 | Vijay Ranjan | Independent | 476 | 0.26% |
| 22 | Bharat Paswan | BMUP | 398 | 0.22% |
| 23 | Rizwanul Haque | BLRP | 380 | 0.21% |
| 24 | Alok Kumar | JKiP | 346 | 0.19% |
| 25 | Prince Kumar | Independent | 305 | 0.17% |
| 26 | Chuliya Devi | AAAAP | 305 | 0.17% |
| 27 | Md Naijul Ansari | Independent | 295 | 0.16% |
| 28 | Binod Mahaseth | Independent | 272 | 0.15% |
| 29 | Pravhu Shani | BJKVP | 267 | 0.15% |
| 30 | Thakur Dhananjay Singh | Independent | 236 | 0.13% |
| 31 | Deepak Ray Urf Bipat Ray | Independent | 185 | 0.10% |
Gaighat result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | RJD | 67,313 | 40.80% |
| 2 | Veena Devi | BJP | 63,812 | 38.68% |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Independent | 7,826 | 4.74% |
| 4 | Vishal Kumar | JDR | 2,822 | 1.71% |
| 5 | Vakil Sahani | SKLP | 2,421 | 1.47% |
| 6 | Abdul- Wahab | BSP | 2,324 | 1.41% |
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| 7 | Rani Singh | Independent | 2,262 | 1.37% |
| 8 | Md. Najul Ansari | Independent | 2,112 | 1.28% |
| 9 | Raghunandan Pd Singh | Independent | 1,885 | 1.14% |
| 10 | Jitendra Yadav | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,698 | 1.03% |
| 11 | Subhash Choudhary | Independent | 1,445 | 0.88% |
| 12 | Amrita Singh | GJDS | 1,418 | 0.86% |
| 13 | Devendra Prasad Yadav | SP | 1,191 | 0.72% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,070 | 0.65% |
| 14 | Prabhu Sahani | BJKVP | 931 | 0.56% |
| 15 | Suraj Sahni | Independent | 891 | 0.54% |
| 16 | Suresh Kumar | Independent | 713 | 0.43% |
| 17 | Brajkishore Ray | BHASP | 701 | 0.42% |
| 18 | Jivneshwar Jha | AIFB | 619 | 0.38% |
| 19 | Kapildev Singh | BKP | 566 | 0.34% |
| 20 | Kameshwar Thakur | BJND | 489 | 0.30% |
| 21 | Kamaldev Ram | BMUP | 456 | 0.28% |
Gaighat result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veena Devi | BJP | 56,386 | 43.46% |
| 2 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | RJD | 40,399 | 31.13% |
| 3 | Arti Devi | INC | 6,742 | 5.20% |
| 4 | Krishna Kumar Sahani | Independent | 4,148 | 3.20% |
| 5 | Ghulam Ahmad Raza | Independent | 3,434 | 2.65% |
| 6 | Jitendra Kumar Majhi | Independent | 2,979 | 2.30% |
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| 7 | Suraj Sahni | Independent | 2,936 | 2.26% |
| 8 | Raghunandan Prasad Singh | Independent | 2,740 | 2.11% |
| 9 | Suman Kumar Tiwary | NCP | 2,403 | 1.85% |
| 10 | Jitendra Yadav | CPI(ML)(L) | 2,200 | 1.70% |
| 11 | Jagannath Sahani | BSP | 1,105 | 0.85% |
| 12 | Umesh Prasad Singh | JD(S) | 983 | 0.76% |
| 13 | Amresh Kumar | AIFB | 955 | 0.74% |
| 14 | Kapildeo Singh | Independent | 919 | 0.71% |
| 15 | Ganni Haider | INGP | 759 | 0.58% |
| 16 | Ramanand Sahni | SP | 668 | 0.51% |
Gaighat 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 Muzaffarpur district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Gaighat is one of the assembly segments of Muzaffarpur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Muzaffarpur candidates.
- Raj Bhushan ChoudharyBJP1,09,078 57.9%
- Ajay NishadINC58,787 31.2%
- Alok Kumar SinhIndependent3,533 1.9%
- Awadhesh Prasad SinghIndependent3,426 1.8%
- Jitendra KumarIndependent1,724 0.9%
In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 50,291 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Gaighat.
Who won the Gaighat assembly seat in 2025?
Komal Singh of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Gaighat in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,08,104 votes, which was 48.31% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Gaighat?
The margin was 23,417 votes (10.46% of valid votes). The runner-up was Niranjan Roy of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 84,687 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Gaighat in 2025?
Turnout was 69.43%: 2,23,786 of 3,22,326 registered electors voted, across 416 polling stations. That is 12.0 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Gaighat part of?
Gaighat is an assembly segment of the Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Raj Bhushan Choudhary got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Gaighat a reserved constituency?
No. Gaighat is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Gaighat?
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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