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Assembly constituency 242 · Bihar

Jhajha is assembly constituency number 242 in Bihar, in Jamui * district, and one of the segments of the Jamui Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Damodar Rawat of the Janata Dal (United) won with 44.4% of the vote, 4,262 votes ahead of Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (RJD).

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Jhajha · 2025AC 242
  1. 01
    Damodar Rawat
    JD(U)
    1,08,317
    44.42%
  2. 02
    Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
    RJD
    1,04,055
    42.67%
  3. 03
    Mohammad Irfan
    Independent
    9,578
    3.93%
  4. 04
    Nilendu Dutta Mishara
    JNSRJP
    6,148
    2.52%
  5. 05
    Amarjeet Kumar Singh
    NPP
    3,278
    1.34%
  6. 4 other candidates · 7,871 votesNOTA · 4,619 (1.89%)

Margin 4,262 votes · 1.75% of valid votes

3,39,867
Registered electors
2025 election
71.8%
Turnout
+10.2 pts vs 2020
4,262
Victory margin
1.7% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,43,866 valid votes, NOTA included.

Jhajha 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Damodar RawatMale · 66 yrsJD(U)1,08,317
44.42%
2Jay Prakash Narayan YadavMale · 71 yrsRJD1,04,055
42.67%
3Mohammad IrfanMale · 51 yrsIndependent9,578
3.93%
4Nilendu Dutta MisharaMale · 58 yrsJNSRJP6,148
2.52%
—NOTANOTA4,619
1.89%
5Amarjeet Kumar SinghMale · 50 yrsNPP3,278
1.34%
6Ravindra YadavMale · 44 yrsIndependent3,141
1.29%
7Shivaraj YadavMale · 40 yrsBSP2,007
0.82%
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8Nemo DeviFemale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent1,759
0.72%
9Kedar Kumar MandalMale · 47 yrsAPNJNTP964
0.40%
Past results

JD(U) held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025JD(U) 44.4%RJD 42.7%BSP 0.8%BJP 40.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Damodar RawatJD(U) · 44.4% · margin 4,262Turnout71.8%
2020Damodar RawatJD(U) · 39.5% · margin 1,679Turnout61.6%
2015Rabindra YadavBJP · 40.0% · margin 22,086Turnout54.0%
2010Damodar RawatJD(U) · 38.7% · margin 10,204Turnout51.6%

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

Jhajha result 2020

Jhajha 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Damodar RawatJD(U)76,972
39.55%
2Rajendra PrasadRJD75,293
38.69%
3Binod Pd. YadavBSP13,479
6.93%
4Rabindra YadavLJP11,762
6.04%
—NOTANOTA6,278
3.23%
5Rahul Kumar SinghIndependent3,260
1.68%
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6Vijay KumarIndependent2,972
1.53%
7Vinod Kumar SinhaIndependent1,870
0.96%
8Ajeet KumarJMM1,186
0.61%
9Pankaj ThakurIndependent777
0.40%
10Mukesh Kumar YadavIndependent760
0.39%

Jhajha result 2015

Jhajha 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rabindra YadavBJP65,537
40.04%
2Damodar RawatJD(U)43,451
26.55%
3Binod Pd. YadavIndependent20,745
12.67%
4Avid KausarBSP11,444
6.99%
5Sheo Shankar SinghCPI(M)5,281
3.23%
—NOTANOTA4,354
2.66%
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6Sanjay Kumar SinhaIndependent3,522
2.15%
7Surya VatsIndependent3,017
1.84%
8Amarjeet Kumar SinghNPP1,071
0.65%
9Vijay RamIndependent981
0.60%
10Umashankar BhagatVKAM959
0.59%
11Md. Ziaul Haque AnsariJDR921
0.56%
12Murari PrasadIndependent880
0.54%
13Kailash GosaiLKSE787
0.48%
14Makasud AnsariBMF737
0.45%

Jhajha result 2010

Jhajha 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Damodar RawatJD(U)48,080
38.74%
2Binod Prasad YadavRJD37,876
30.52%
3Aabid KauserJMM8,736
7.04%
4Mohammad IrfanINC8,286
6.68%
5Rajeev Kumar YadavIndependent4,430
3.57%
6Balkrishn PanditIndependent3,066
2.47%
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7Shankar PrasadBSP2,927
2.36%
8Kapildev RavidasSAP1,781
1.44%
9Ashok SaoLTSD1,664
1.34%
10Chandrika KumarIndependent1,475
1.19%
11SuryavastIndependent968
0.78%
12Rajendra PrasadSP947
0.76%
13Kailash GosaiLKSE772
0.62%
14Sayed Afaque Alam JajbiRWS770
0.62%
15Pradip SinghSMBHP607
0.49%
16Permeshwar YadavIndependent604
0.49%
17Deonandan BesraJVM580
0.47%
18Kundan Kumar MathuriLSSP541
0.44%
Map

Jhajha 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 Jamui * 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

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

  • Arun BhartiLJPRV93,121 49.7%
  • Archana KumariRJD85,506 45.6%
  • Sakaldeo DasBSP2,709 1.4%
  • Subhash PaswanIndependent2,498 1.3%
  • Srawon KumarRJBP1,475 0.8%

In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, LJPRV led here by 7,615 EVM votes.

Open Jamui Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Jhajha assembly seat in 2025?

Damodar Rawat of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Jhajha in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,08,317 votes, which was 44.42% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Jhajha?

The margin was 4,262 votes (1.75% of valid votes). The runner-up was Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 1,04,055 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Jhajha in 2025?

Turnout was 71.77%: 2,43,911 of 3,39,867 registered electors voted, across 413 polling stations. That is 10.2 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Jhajha part of?

Jhajha is an assembly segment of the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Arun Bharti got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Jhajha a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Jhajha?

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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