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Assembly constituency 237 · Bihar

Nawada is assembly constituency number 237 in Bihar, in Nawada district, and one of the segments of the Nawada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Vibha Devi of the Janata Dal (United) won with 43.4% of the vote, 27,594 votes ahead of Kaushal Yadav (RJD).

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Nawada · 2025AC 237
  1. 01
    Vibha Devi
    JD(U)
    87,423
    43.39%
  2. 02
    Kaushal Yadav
    RJD
    59,829
    29.69%
  3. 03
    Anuj Singh
    JNSRJP
    19,349
    9.60%
  4. 04
    Nasima Khatoon
    AIMIM
    12,835
    6.37%
  5. 05
    Ravish Kumar
    Independent
    4,317
    2.14%
  6. 7 other candidates · 14,473 votesNOTA · 3,268 (1.62%)

Margin 27,594 votes · 13.69% of valid votes

3,64,839
Registered electors
2025 election
55.3%
Turnout
+4.0 pts vs 2020
27,594
Victory margin
13.7% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,01,494 valid votes, NOTA included.

Nawada 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vibha DeviFemale · 59 yrsJD(U)87,423
43.39%
2Kaushal YadavMale · 55 yrsRJD59,829
29.69%
3Anuj SinghMale · 56 yrsJNSRJP19,349
9.60%
4Nasima KhatoonFemale · 39 yrsAIMIM12,835
6.37%
5Ravish KumarMale · 39 yrsIndependent4,317
2.14%
—NOTANOTA3,268
1.62%
6Anita KumariFemale · 40 yrsBHRTLKCHTP3,111
1.54%
7Bibha KumariFemale · 46 yrsIndependent2,857
1.42%
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8Ashok KumarMale · 46 yrs · SCBSP2,285
1.13%
9Jitendra PrasadMale · 45 yrsIndependent1,995
0.99%
10Manoj KumarMale · 48 yrsIndependent1,862
0.92%
11Prem KumarMale · 29 yrsIndependent1,704
0.85%
12Subhash SinghMale · 68 yrsINSAF659
0.33%
Past results

The seat changed hands: RJD won in 2020, JD(U) in 2025.

0%20%40%60%2010201520202025JD(U) 43.4%RJD 29.7%JNSRJP 9.6%BLSP 40.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Vibha DeviJD(U) · 43.4% · margin 27,594Turnout55.3%
2020Vibha DeviRJD · 40.1% · margin 26,310Turnout51.3%
2019 byeKaushal YadavJD(U) · 32.7% · margin 11,126Turnout49.3%
2015Rajballabh PrasadRJD · 50.1% · margin 16,726Turnout55.0%
2010Purnima YadavJD(U) · 39.1% · margin 6,337Turnout45.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Nawada bye-election, 11 Apr 2019

Turnout 49.3% · 1,68,331 of 3,41,275 electors voted

Nawada bye-election 2019-04-11 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kaushal YadavJD(U)53,880
32.67%
2Shrawan KumarIndependent42,754
25.92%
3Dhirendra Kumar SinhaHAMS36,357
22.04%
4Gita DeviIndependent16,712
10.13%
—NOTANOTA4,566
2.77%
5Afsar NawabIndependent3,775
2.29%
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6Sumit KumarIndependent2,871
1.74%
7Rajesh Kumar NiralaIndependent2,431
1.47%
8Mahtab KuraishiIndependent1,586
0.96%

Nawada result 2020

Nawada 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vibha DeviRJD72,435
40.06%
2Sharwan Kumar S/o-Deva MahtoIndependent46,125
25.51%
3Kaushal YadavJD(U)34,567
19.12%
4Dhirendra Kumar Sinha MunnaIndependent9,684
5.36%
5Rajendra Prasad SahuIndependent4,032
2.23%
6Shashi Bhushan KumarLJP3,090
1.71%
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—NOTANOTA2,930
1.62%
7Dhirendra KumarRLSP2,212
1.22%
8Vineshwar YadavIndependent1,606
0.89%
9Shravan Kumar S/o-Maholal SaoIndependent1,197
0.66%
10Dinesh PrasadIndependent583
0.32%
11Bablu KumarIndependent540
0.30%
12Naresh RavidasIndependent528
0.29%
13Bawan YadavIndependent505
0.28%
14Rajesh Kumar NiralaHNDUAWMMNC470
0.26%
15Satish KumarPPID327
0.18%

Nawada result 2015

Nawada 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajballabh PrasadRJD88,235
50.12%
2Indradeo PrasadBLSP71,509
40.62%
—NOTANOTA7,418
4.21%
3Sudhir KumarIndependent2,435
1.38%
4Ranjeet KumarShiv Sena1,500
0.85%
5Ram Jatan YadavBSP1,442
0.82%
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6Satyendra Prasad YadavIndependent865
0.49%
7Savitri DeviCPI(ML)(L)748
0.42%
8Shubhanker SharmaIndependent480
0.27%
9Shyam ShyamalIndependent426
0.24%
10Nitish Kumar RanaIndependent374
0.21%
11Satish KumarDKP346
0.20%
12Arun KumarIndependent278
0.16%

Nawada result 2010

Nawada 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Purnima YadavJD(U)46,568
39.13%
2Rajballabh PrasadRJD40,231
33.80%
3Nivedita SinghINC16,018
13.46%
4Krishandeo SinghIndependent3,766
3.16%
5Rajiv NayanIndependent2,334
1.96%
6Shiv Shankar ChauhanBSP2,136
1.79%
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7Anil KumarIndependent1,713
1.44%
8Rameshwer Prasad SinghIndependent1,631
1.37%
9Md. Prawej AlamNCP1,254
1.05%
10Savitri DeviCPI(ML)(L)1,123
0.94%
11Ashok Kumar GuptaRWS686
0.58%
12Rajendra VishalJD(S)444
0.37%
13Arvind PrasadShiv Sena321
0.27%
14Rajkishor RajAIFB298
0.25%
15Arjun BhartiKSVP274
0.23%
16Mahmood AlamJMM222
0.19%
Map

Nawada 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 Nawada district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPJD(U)RJDLJPRVINCAIMIMOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Vivek ThakurBJP69,763 45.1%
  • Shrawan KumarRJD67,369 43.5%
  • Binod YadavIndependent9,661 6.2%
  • Gunjan KumarIndependent3,271 2.1%
  • Ranjit KumarBSP2,218 1.4%

In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 2,394 EVM votes.

Open Nawada Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Nawada assembly seat in 2025?

Vibha Devi of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Nawada in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 87,423 votes, which was 43.39% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Nawada?

The margin was 27,594 votes (13.69% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kaushal Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 59,829 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Nawada in 2025?

Turnout was 55.27%: 2,01,651 of 3,64,839 registered electors voted, across 458 polling stations. That is 4.0 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Nawada part of?

Nawada is an assembly segment of the Nawada Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vivek Thakur got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Nawada had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 11 Apr 2019, Kaushal Yadav (Janata Dal (United)) won by 11,126 votes.

Is Nawada a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Nawada?

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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