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Assembly constituency 25 · Bihar

Parihar is assembly constituency number 25 in Bihar, in Sitamarhi district, and one of the segments of the Sitamarhi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Gayetri Devi of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 39.4% of the vote, 17,189 votes ahead of Ritu Jaiswal (IND).

Parihar · 2025AC 25
  1. 01
    Gayetri Devi
    BJP
    82,644
    39.36%
  2. 02
    Ritu Jaiswal
    Independent
    65,455
    31.17%
  3. 03
    Smita Gupta
    RJD
    48,534
    23.11%
  4. 04
    Awadhesh Prasad
    JNSRJP
    3,217
    1.53%
  5. 05
    Akhilesh Narayan Thakur
    AAP
    2,013
    0.96%
  6. 4 other candidates · 5,735 votesNOTA · 2,379 (1.13%)

Margin 17,189 votes · 8.19% of valid votes

3,24,889
Registered electors
2025 election
64.7%
Turnout
+10.1 pts vs 2020
17,189
Victory margin
8.2% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,09,977 valid votes, NOTA included.

Parihar 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gayetri DeviFemale · 60 yrsBJP82,644
39.36%
2Ritu JaiswalFemale · 47 yrsIndependent65,455
31.17%
3Smita GuptaFemale · 49 yrsRJD48,534
23.11%
4Awadhesh PrasadMale · 63 yrsJNSRJP3,217
1.53%
—NOTANOTA2,379
1.13%
5Akhilesh Narayan ThakurMale · 45 yrsAAP2,013
0.96%
6Ram Vinod NayakMale · 65 yrsIndependent1,964
0.94%
7Mahendra Singh YadavMale · 54 yrsIndependent1,615
0.77%
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8Chandrabhushan KumarMale · 52 yrsIndependent1,362
0.65%
9Mohd Muksaid AlamMale · 51 yrsIndependent794
0.38%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025BJP 39.4%RJD 23.1%RLSP 5.8%JAPL 2.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Gayetri DeviBJP · 39.4% · margin 17,189Turnout64.7%
2020Gaytri DeviBJP · 42.5% · margin 1,569Turnout54.6%
2015Gaytri DeviBJP · 40.7% · margin 4,017Turnout57.4%
2010Ram Naresh Pr. Yadav.BJP · 28.6% · margin 4,218Turnout50.4%

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

Parihar result 2020

Parihar 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gaytri DeviBJP73,420
42.52%
2Ritu KumarRJD71,851
41.61%
3Amjad Hussain AnwarRLSP9,968
5.77%
4Sarita YadavJAPL4,164
2.41%
—NOTANOTA3,590
2.08%
5Jay KumarIndependent1,993
1.15%
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6Bhushan PrasadIndependent1,587
0.92%
7Abdul ShalikJAC1,492
0.86%
8Surendra PanjiyarRJBP1,360
0.79%
9Chandrabhushan KumarIndependent951
0.55%
10Ganesh SahIndependent748
0.43%
11MohammadJDR727
0.42%
12Chandan KumarBHRTSBLP466
0.27%
13Nitish KumarINL346
0.20%

Parihar result 2015

Parihar 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gaytri DeviBJP66,388
40.72%
2Ram Chandra PurveRJD62,371
38.25%
3Sarita YadavJAPL8,005
4.91%
4Nilam YadavBSP6,794
4.17%
—NOTANOTA3,618
2.22%
5Mohd. Shams ShahnawazSP2,822
1.73%
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6Devendra ThakurIndependent2,631
1.61%
7Md. Nazamuddin AnsariCPI2,405
1.48%
8Jai Narayan MahtoIndependent1,773
1.09%
9Gopal KumarRVNP1,393
0.85%
10Surendra Prasad GuptaIndependent1,294
0.79%
11Md. Majibul RahmanJDR1,099
0.67%
12Sogarth PaswanPBI1,081
0.66%
13Md. MustafaSP(I)733
0.45%
14Md. AsphakLSSP635
0.39%

Parihar result 2010

Parihar 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Naresh Pr. Yadav.BJP32,987
28.57%
2Dr. Ramchandra PurveRJD28,769
24.91%
3Md. Parvej AlamINC20,388
17.66%
4Mahendra Singh Yadav.Independent13,535
11.72%
5Raghwendra Kumar Ravi.BSP5,101
4.42%
6Vishun Dev Sah.Independent2,654
2.30%
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7Akhilesh Narayan Thakur.Independent2,313
2.00%
8Basiran Khatoon.SJP(R)2,182
1.89%
9Mohamad Majlum Shah.Independent1,871
1.62%
10Jay Narayan Mahto.Independent1,684
1.46%
11Mohamad Hazrool Sah.Independent1,215
1.05%
12Veer Bahadur Prasad Yadav.JD(S)1,100
0.95%
13Mohammad Kamrul Hasan.NCP916
0.79%
14Mohammad Shahanawaj Nujharul.SP760
0.66%
Map

Parihar 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 Sitamarhi 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

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

  • Arjun RayRJD86,452 48.2%
  • Devesh Chandra ThakurJD(U)80,918 45.1%
  • Saiqua Nawaz AzmatIndependent4,023 2.2%
  • Shyam Nandan Kishor PrasadIndependent1,720 1.0%
  • Bhola SinghBSP1,160 0.6%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, RJD led here by 5,534 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Parihar assembly seat in 2025?

Gayetri Devi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Parihar in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 82,644 votes, which was 39.36% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Parihar?

The margin was 17,189 votes (8.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ritu Jaiswal of the Independent with 65,455 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Parihar in 2025?

Turnout was 64.66%: 2,10,060 of 3,24,889 registered electors voted, across 371 polling stations. That is 10.1 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Parihar part of?

Parihar is an assembly segment of the Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Arjun Ray got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Parihar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Parihar?

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.