Darbhanga Rural Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Darbhanga Rural is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been an open seat since 2010 but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.
| Darbhanga Rural | |
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| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Darbhanga |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Darbhanga |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 290,287 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 82 Darbhanga Rural Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Manigachhi community development block; Nazra Mohammada, Narayanpur, Adalpur, Atihar, Balha, Bijuli, Chhotaipatti, Dhoi, Dularpur, Ghorghatta, Kharua, Khutwara, Loam, Muria, Nainaghat, Sonki and Bhalpatti gram panchayats of Darbhanga CD Block.[1]
Darbhanga Rural Assembly constituency is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Jagdish Choudhary | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janata Party | ||
| 1985 | Ram Chandra Paswan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Jagdish Choudhary | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Mohan Ram | ||
| 2000 | Pitambar Paswan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Lalit Kumar Yadav | ||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Rajesh Kumar Mandal | Janata Dal (United) | |
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Rajesh Kumar Mandal | 80,624 | 44.05 | +4.15 | |
| RJD | Lalit Kumar Yadav | 62,232 | 34.0 | −7.26 | |
| AIMIM | Md Jalaluddin Sahil | 17,008 | 9.29 | ||
| Independent | Shyam Paswan | 4,638 | 2.53 | ||
| JSP | Shoaib Khan | 3,814 | 2.08 | ||
| Independent | Ram Sukamar Yadav | 2,901 | 1.58 | ||
| Independent | Jai Kishun Sahni | 2,330 | 1.27 | ||
| BSP | Jagat Narayan Nayak | 2,118 | 1.16 | +0.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,516 | 2.47 | −0.03 | |
| Majority | 18,392 | 10.05 | +8.69 | ||
| Turnout | 183,048 | 63.06 | +8.94 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Lalit Kumar Yadav | 64,929 | 41.26 |  10.12 | |
| JD(U) | Faraz Fatmi | 62,788 | 39.9 | ||
| LJP | Pradeep Kumar Thakur | 17,605 | 11.19 | ||
| Independent | Deo Narayan Gupta | 3,032 | 1.93 | ||
| Independent | Azizur Rahaman | 2,088 | 1.33 | ||
| BSP | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 1,659 | 1.05 | 1.08 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,937 | 2.5 | 0.9 | |
| Majority | 2,141 | 1.36 | 23.76 | ||
| Turnout | 157,348 | 54.12 |  2.01 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Lalit Kumar Yadav | 70,557 | 51.38 | ||
| HAM(S) | Naushad Ahmad | 36,066 | 26.26 | ||
| JAP(L) | Chandrakant Singh | 6,690 | 4.87 | ||
| Independent | Jay Kant Jha | 3,686 | 2.68 | ||
| Independent | Vishwanath Mandal | 3,466 | 2.52 | ||
| Independent | Md Jasim Haider | 3,018 | 2.2 | ||
| BSP | Ram Dayal Sahni | 2,925 | 2.13 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Sanichari Devi | 1,624 | 1.18 | ||
| Independent | Kapleshwar Ram | 1,389 | 1.01 | ||
| SP | Mithilesh Kumar Yadav | 1,345 | 0.98 | ||
| SS | Shiv Narayan Mandal | 1,321 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,671 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | 34,491 | 25.12 | |||
| Turnout | 137,328 | 52.11 | |||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||