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Assembly constituency 198 · Bihar

Shahpur is assembly constituency number 198 in Bihar, in Bhojpur district, and one of the segments of the Arrah Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Rakesh Ranjan of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.7% of the vote, 15,225 votes ahead of Rahul Tiwary (RJD).

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Shahpur · 2025AC 198
  1. 01
    Rakesh Ranjan
    BJP
    88,655
    49.69%
  2. 02
    Rahul Tiwary
    RJD
    73,430
    41.16%
  3. 03
    Padma Ojha
    JNSRJP
    3,948
    2.21%
  4. 04
    Dharmendra Kumar
    BSP
    2,923
    1.64%
  5. 05
    Manan Shah
    Independent
    2,536
    1.42%
  6. 6 other candidates · 4,902 votesNOTA · 2,006 (1.12%)

Margin 15,225 votes · 8.53% of valid votes

3,08,161
Registered electors
2025 election
58.0%
Turnout
+8.8 pts vs 2020
15,225
Victory margin
8.5% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,78,400 valid votes, NOTA included.

Shahpur 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rakesh RanjanMale · 30 yrsBJP88,655
49.69%
2Rahul TiwaryMale · 51 yrsRJD73,430
41.16%
3Padma OjhaFemale · 49 yrsJNSRJP3,948
2.21%
4Dharmendra KumarMale · 54 yrs · SCBSP2,923
1.64%
5Manan ShahMale · 60 yrsIndependent2,536
1.42%
—NOTANOTA2,006
1.12%
6Sahabudin MiyaMale · 60 yrsIndependent1,844
1.03%
7Dablu Kumar GondMale · 25 yrs · STIndependent1,000
0.56%
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8Krishna RamMale · 51 yrs · SCIndependent979
0.55%
9Madan YadavMale · 50 yrsJNSKJNDL589
0.33%
10Gouttam OjhaMale · 61 yrsIndependent255
0.14%
11Shankar Kumar GondMale · 35 yrs · STGGP235
0.13%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025BJP 49.7%RJD 41.2%JNSRJP 2.2%JAPL 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Rakesh RanjanBJP · 49.7% · margin 15,225Turnout58.0%
2020Rahul TiwaryRJD · 41.1% · margin 22,883Turnout49.2%
2015Rahul TiwaryRJD · 47.8% · margin 14,570Turnout49.6%
2010Munni DeviBJP · 40.3% · margin 8,211Turnout46.5%

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

Shahpur result 2020

Shahpur 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rahul TiwaryRJD64,393
41.14%
2Shobha DeviIndependent41,510
26.52%
3Munni DeviBJP21,355
13.64%
4Gangadhar PandeyIndependent3,836
2.45%
5Harendra SinghRJnJnP3,571
2.28%
6Bhuteshwar YadavIndependent2,876
1.84%
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7Ved PrkashRLSP2,689
1.72%
8Santosh Kumar SrivastavJP2,522
1.61%
9Kumar Avinash ChandraIndependent2,060
1.32%
10Krishna RamIndependent2,004
1.28%
11Gudiya DeviNCP1,338
0.85%
12Rakesh Kumar MishraJAPL1,326
0.85%
13Khyalee KuworIndependent1,198
0.77%
—NOTANOTA978
0.62%
14Kalika Prasad SinghIndependent734
0.47%
15Lakshman Kumar OjhaBRRTD634
0.41%
16Sanjeev Kumar PandeyIndependent596
0.38%
17Munna SharmaMADP507
0.32%
18Gouttam OjhaIndependent473
0.30%
19Nanhak SinghBMUP456
0.29%
20Manoj YadavIndependent440
0.28%
21Mannan SahaIndependent387
0.25%
22Yash TripathiRSWD328
0.21%
23Shambhu Prasad SharmaHVD317
0.20%

Shahpur result 2015

Shahpur 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rahul TiwaryRJD69,315
47.76%
2Visheshwar OjhaBJP54,745
37.72%
3Krishna Bihari SinghJAPL3,680
2.54%
4Sachin Kumar GuptaIndependent2,914
2.01%
—NOTANOTA2,641
1.82%
5Radha Bihari OjhaIndependent2,337
1.61%
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6Mithiles ChoubeyBSP2,129
1.47%
7Binod Kumar TiwaryIndependent1,803
1.24%
8Lal Bahadur MahatoSASAPT1,310
0.90%
9Brinda Nand SinghCPI(ML)(L)1,138
0.78%
10Manmohan Kumar MishraIndependent902
0.62%
11Ravindra Kumar TiwaryIndependent876
0.60%
12Gauttam OjhaIndependent543
0.37%
13Nanhak SinghBMUP429
0.30%
14Subhash Chandra YadavSP382
0.26%

Shahpur result 2010

Shahpur 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Munni DeviBJP44,795
40.29%
2Dharmpal SinghRJD36,584
32.90%
3Krishna Bihari SinghBSP11,274
10.14%
4Srishivajeet MishraJD(S)10,166
9.14%
5Md. Fazlur RahamanIndependent3,100
2.79%
6Malti DeviINC2,348
2.11%
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7Aruneshwar KumarIndependent1,639
1.47%
8Kalika Prasad SinghIndependent1,288
1.16%
Map

Shahpur 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 Bhojpur 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

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

  • Sudama PrasadCPI(ML)(L)67,895 46.2%
  • R. K. SinghBJP65,607 44.7%
  • Virendra Kumar SinghIndependent4,360 3.0%
  • Shiv Das SinghIndependent2,013 1.4%
  • Lal Badsah SinghBSP1,828 1.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, CPI(ML)(L) led here by 2,288 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Shahpur assembly seat in 2025?

Rakesh Ranjan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Shahpur in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 88,655 votes, which was 49.69% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Shahpur?

The margin was 15,225 votes (8.53% of valid votes). The runner-up was Rahul Tiwary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 73,430 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Shahpur in 2025?

Turnout was 58.03%: 1,78,830 of 3,08,161 registered electors voted, across 376 polling stations. That is 8.8 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Shahpur part of?

Shahpur is an assembly segment of the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sudama Prasad got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Shahpur a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Shahpur?

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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