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Assembly constituency 157 · Bihar

Sultanganj is assembly constituency number 157 in Bihar, in Bhagalpur district, and one of the segments of the Banka Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Lalit Narayan Mandal of the Janata Dal (United) won with 51.8% of the vote, 31,136 votes ahead of Chandan Kumar Alias Chandan Kumar Sinha (RJD).

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Sultanganj · 2025AC 157
  1. 01
    Lalit Narayan Mandal
    JD(U)
    1,08,712
    51.81%
  2. 02
    Chandan Kumar Alias Chandan Kumar Sinha
    RJD
    77,576
    36.97%
  3. 03
    Rakesh Kumar
    JNSRJP
    4,402
    2.10%
  4. 04
    Ajit Kumar
    Independent
    4,286
    2.04%
  5. 05
    Lalan Kumar
    INC
    2,754
    1.31%
  6. 7 other candidates · 7,976 votesNOTA · 4,108 (1.96%)

Margin 31,136 votes · 14.84% of valid votes

3,19,989
Registered electors
2025 election
65.6%
Turnout
+13.5 pts vs 2020
31,136
Victory margin
14.8% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,09,814 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sultanganj 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalit Narayan MandalMale · 67 yrsJD(U)1,08,712
51.81%
2Chandan Kumar Alias Chandan Kumar SinhaMale · 48 yrsRJD77,576
36.97%
3Rakesh KumarMale · 49 yrsJNSRJP4,402
2.10%
4Ajit KumarMale · 41 yrsIndependent4,286
2.04%
—NOTANOTA4,108
1.96%
5Lalan KumarMale · 47 yrsINC2,754
1.31%
6Banty ThakurMale · 30 yrsSAP1,634
0.78%
7Rahul KumarMale · 25 yrsIndependent1,251
0.60%
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8Sunil KumarMale · 30 yrs · SCSUCI1,245
0.59%
9Bipin Kumar SinghMale · 59 yrsBHRTLKCHTP1,023
0.49%
10Suman KumarMale · 27 yrsJRJP983
0.47%
11Matiur RahmanMale · 46 yrsBSP980
0.47%
12Dharmendra SinghMale · 55 yrsIndependent860
0.41%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2010201520202025JD(U) 51.8%RJD 37.0%JNSRJP 2.1%INC 1.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Lalit Narayan MandalJD(U) · 51.8% · margin 31,136Turnout65.6%
2020Lalit Narayan MandalJD(U) · 42.6% · margin 11,565Turnout52.1%
2015Subodh RoyJD(U) · 40.9% · margin 14,033Turnout50.1%
2010Subodh RaiJD(U) · 28.1% · margin 4,845Turnout46.9%

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

Sultanganj result 2020

Sultanganj 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalit Narayan MandalJD(U)72,823
42.58%
2Lalan KumarINC61,258
35.82%
3Nilam DeviLJP10,222
5.98%
4Himanshu Prasad @ Himanshu KumarRLSP5,713
3.34%
—NOTANOTA4,719
2.76%
5Ravi Suman Kumar @ Arun MandalBHRTSBLP4,692
2.74%
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6Ramanand PaswanIndependent2,860
1.67%
7Rajan KumarIndependent2,389
1.40%
8Raj KumarIndependent1,514
0.89%
9Kiran MishraIndependent1,303
0.76%
10Naresh DasSUCI1,106
0.65%
11Madhu PriyaIndependent932
0.54%
12Pankaj KumarJDR778
0.45%
13Nand Kishor SharmaLSMP728
0.43%

Sultanganj result 2015

Sultanganj 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Subodh RoyJD(U)63,345
40.94%
2Himanshu PrasadBLSP49,312
31.87%
3Lalan KumarIndependent14,073
9.10%
—NOTANOTA8,165
5.28%
4Rakesh Kumar SahIndependent4,041
2.61%
5Chakrapani HimanshuJAPL3,186
2.06%
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6Dr. Dinesh Chandra DiwakarCPI2,732
1.77%
7Gobind BhaiyaBSP2,140
1.38%
8Amar Jeet Kumar SinghSP1,914
1.24%
9Kiran MishraIndependent1,884
1.22%
10Arun Kumar SinghIndependent1,843
1.19%
11Suman KumarSKLP1,203
0.78%
12Rumee KhanBMUP888
0.57%

Sultanganj result 2010

Sultanganj 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Subodh RaiJD(U)34,652
28.05%
2Ramavatar MandalRJD29,807
24.13%
3Omdutta ChoudharyLTSD9,020
7.30%
4Suresh Mohan JhaINC8,045
6.51%
5Sanjay Kumar SinghBSP6,198
5.02%
6Binod SinghIndependent6,153
4.98%
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7Md Maqusood AlamIndependent5,016
4.06%
8Ganesh PaswanJD(S)2,595
2.10%
9Pranaw RoyIndependent2,558
2.07%
10Gautam YadavIndependent2,543
2.06%
11Haidar AliNCP2,133
1.73%
12Pragya KumarIndependent2,087
1.69%
13Sanjay PandayIndependent1,778
1.44%
14Zafar AlamIndependent1,451
1.17%
15Matiur RahmanANC1,412
1.14%
16Rajesh KumarIndependent1,412
1.14%
17Shivnandan SharmaSUCI1,233
1.00%
18Dr. Birendra SinghIndependent1,079
0.87%
19Ashok YadavIndependent929
0.75%
20RizwanIndependent825
0.67%
21Ram Rekha SinghIndependent749
0.61%
22Chandan SharmaShiv Sena730
0.59%
23Virendra Kumar RaviJVM598
0.48%
24RahulSP549
0.44%
Map

Sultanganj 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 Bhagalpur district

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

BJPJD(U)RJDLJPRVINCAIMIMOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Giridhari YadavJD(U)88,363 55.2%
  • Jai Prakash Narayan YadavRJD61,614 38.5%
  • Naresh YadavIndependent1,933 1.2%
  • Jay Prakash YadavRJBP1,890 1.2%
  • Amrit TantiBDlP1,589 1.0%

In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 26,749 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Sultanganj assembly seat in 2025?

Lalit Narayan Mandal of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Sultanganj in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,08,712 votes, which was 51.81% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sultanganj?

The margin was 31,136 votes (14.84% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chandan Kumar Alias Chandan Kumar Sinha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 77,576 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sultanganj in 2025?

Turnout was 65.59%: 2,09,886 of 3,19,989 registered electors voted, across 399 polling stations. That is 13.5 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sultanganj part of?

Sultanganj is an assembly segment of the Banka Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Giridhari Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sultanganj a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Sultanganj?

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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