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Forbesganj Assembly Election Results 2025

The Forbesganj constituency witnessed an interesting fight in the 2025 assembly election. The voters exercised their voting franchise and 69.53% of voting was recorded in this constituency..

Manoj Vishwas of the Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Vidya Sagar Keshri of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 221 votes.The Forbesganj Assembly constituency falls under the Araria Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Singh won the Araria Lok Sabha (MP) seat with a margin of 20094 votes, defeating Shahnawaz of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. For all breaking news, trends, and analysis, stay tuned.

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Forbesganj Assembly Election Results 2025 to 1977

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Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2025)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Manoj Vishwas WINNER
Indian National Congress
120,114
Lead: 221
47.77%
Vidya Sagar Keshri Bharatiya Janata Party 119,893 47.68%
Nota None Of The Above 3,114 1.24%
Fatma Khatun Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party 2,151 0.86%
Raja Raman Bhaskar Independent 1,759 0.70%
Subhash Chandra Agrawal Independent 1,325 0.53%
Mohammad Ekramul Haque Jan Suraaj Party 977 0.39%
Subhan Ansari Independent 627 0.25%
Abha Rani Independent 386 0.15%
Rajesh Kumar Gupta Independent 279 0.11%
Manoj Sada Independent 231 0.09%
Giranand Kumar Independent 211 0.08%
Najia Ikbal Independent 191 0.08%
Pradeep Priy Mehta Independent 181 0.07%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2020)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Vidya Sagar Keshari WINNER
Bharatiya Janata Party
102,212
Lead: 19,702
49.53%
Zakir Hussain Khan Indian National Congress 82,510 39.98%
Pradeep Kumar Deo Independent 6,452 3.13%
Raja Raman Bhaskar Bahujan Samaj Party 5,818 2.82%
Nota None Of The Above 3,351 1.62%
Akhlaqur Rahman Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) 2,207 1.07%
Md. Arif Independent 1,036 0.50%
Rupesh Raj The Plurals Party 676 0.33%
Chandan Kumar Mandal Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party 485 0.24%
Ram Kumar Bhagat Republican Party of India (Athawale) 416 0.20%
Ashok Mishra Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic 349 0.17%
Madan Kumar Apna Adhikar Party 319 0.15%
Devesh Kumar Thakur Vanchit Samaj Party 298 0.14%
Nasir Bhartiya Party (Loktantrik) 243 0.12%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2015)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Vidya Sagar Keshri WINNER
Bharatiya Janta Party
85,929
Lead: 25,238
46%
Krityanand Biswas Rashtriya Janata Dal 60,691 33%
Zakir Hussain Khan Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) 18,894 10%
Laxmi Narayan Mehta Bahujan Samaj Party 4,262 2%
Raja Raman Bhaskar Independent 3,259 2%
Ashok Mishra Nationalist Congress Party 2,304 1%
Satya Narayan Writer Independent 1,917 1%
Subhash Chand Jha Akhil Bhartiya Mithila Party 1,276 1%
Manjula Devi Independent 1,267 1%
Gayatri Devi Independent 1,188 1%
Noorullah Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation) 952 1%
Manoj Sada Bharat Vikas Morcha 569 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2010)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Padam Parag Roy 'venu' WINNER
Bharatiya Janta Party
70,463
Lead: 26,827
49%
Maya Nand Thakur Lok Jan Shakti Party 43,636 30%
Prakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress 8,185 6%
Kafil Ahmad Bahujan Samaj Party 4,300 3%
Raja Raman Bhaskar Independent 2,534 2%
Suresh Paswan Nationalist Congress Party 2,386 2%
Ram Kumar Bhagat Independent 2,145 1%
Subhash Chand Jha Independent 1,953 1%
Jitendra Roy Independent 1,885 1%
Satya Narayan Writer Muslim League Kerala State Committee 1,454 1%
Naresh Kumar Thakur Shiv Sena 1,379 1%
Shyam Sundar Sharma Rashtriya Krantikari Janata Party 743 1%
Champa Lal Mandal Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation) 678 0%
Pradeep Yadav Samajwadi Party 601 0%
Manoj Sada Bharat Vikas Morcha 574 0%
Mukesh Kumar Singh Loktantrik Sarvjan Samaj Party 555 0%
Lalit Kumar Bishwas Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 494 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2005)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Achidanand Singh Alin Dr. Achyutanand WINNER
Lok Jan Shakti Party
39,993
Lead: 5,786
39%
Umesh Singh Kushwaha Rashtriya Janata Dal 24,644 24%
Upendra Prasad Singh Janata Dal (United) 22,509 22%
Pramod Kumar Pandit Independent 3,831 4%
Manje Lal Rai Samajwadi Party 3,000 3%
Ashok Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 2,390 2%
Ashok Paswan Independent 1,927 2%
Vigyan Swaroop Singh Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 1,526 1%
Bisheshwar Prasad Yadav Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation) 1,191 1%
Upendra Kumar Singh Independent 1,003 1%
Kusheshwar Ram Independent 831 1%
Mishri Lal Roy Krantikari Samyavadi Party 634 1%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (2000)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Upendra Pd. Singh WINNER
Samata Party
46,042
Lead: 5,361
33%
Achida Nand Singh Independent 40,681 30%
Tulsi Das Mehta Rashtriya Janata Dal 36,246 26%
Manjelal Ray Independent 7,868 6%
Yogendra Ray Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation) 1,814 1%
Ram Suresh Chaudhry Communist Party Of India 1,160 1%
Rakesh Nandan Indian National Congress 1,126 1%
Ashok Kumar Independent 836 1%
Anant Singh Ajeya Bharat Party 767 1%
Maheshwar Singh Nationalist Congress Party 415 0%
Hrishikesh Kumar Sinha Apna Dal 183 0%
Mishri Roy Independent 166 0%
Krishna Kant Singh Independent 135 0%
Chandrashekhar Roy Bharatiya Jan Vikas Party 134 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (1995)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Tulsi Das Mehta WINNER
Janata Dal
56,027
Lead: 37,353
50%
Achidanand Singh Bharatiya Janta Party 18,674 17%
Shiv Narayan Prasad Mishra Indian National Congress 14,681 13%
Upendra Prasad Singh Samata Party 13,290 12%
Manjay Lal Rai Independent 986 1%
Nand Kishore Jha Independent 903 1%
Arun Kumar Singh Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party 891 1%
Haresh Kumar Sharma Independent 549 0%
Muneshwar Prasad Singh Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 475 0%
Ram Babu Singh Independent 456 0%
Bachi Devi Independent 384 0%
Prem Kumar Singh Independent 370 0%
Arvind Kumar Independent 341 0%
Ram Chandra Sahani Independent 293 0%
Suresh Singh Independent 272 0%
Pramod Narain Singh Independent 271 0%
Amar Nath Gupta Independent 224 0%
Raj Kumar Rai Independent 215 0%
Gajendra Jha Independent 210 0%
Nagendra Singh Lok Dal 201 0%
Lal Mohan Rai Independent 195 0%
Arvind Kumar Singh Independent 194 0%
Yogendra Rai Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation) 180 0%
Ramesh Paswan Independent 176 0%
Ranjan Kumar Independent 173 0%
Rabindra Kumar Patel Independent 170 0%
Vijay Kumar Mishra Independent 166 0%
Mukh Lal Singh Independent 162 0%
Ramnandan Singh Independent 133 0%
Ashok Kumar Independent 126 0%
Ram Naresh Singh Independent 112 0%
Ganesh Prasad Singh Independent 103 0%
Manoj Kumar Singh Independent 100 0%
Ram Bilas Singh Independent 91 0%
Baidya Nath Bhagat Independent 83 0%
Shiyabar Sharan Singh Independent 79 0%
Suresh Prasad Rai Independent 72 0%
Anjan Kumar Singh Independent 66 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (1990)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Tulsidas Mehta WINNER
Janata Dal
46,478
Lead: 16,320
35%
Shivanarayan Pd. Mishra Independent 30,158 23%
Ramdulari Devi Independent 26,496 20%
Bigendra Pd. Shukala Indian National Congress 10,568 8%
Shasibhushan Chaudhary Independent 5,049 4%
Ramadhar Singh Independent 2,157 2%
Satendra Kumar Sinha Bharatiya Janta Party 2,070 2%
Braj Kishore Singh Socialist Party (Lohiya) 1,864 1%
Mahendra Pd. Yadav Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,657 1%
Birendra Gupta Independent 881 1%
Vijay Mandal Independent 831 1%
Bhagdeo Singh Independent 821 1%
Harendra Singh Independent 466 0%
Dinesh Rai Independent 334 0%
Jayalal Rai Bahujan Samaj Party 255 0%
Baleshwar Paswan Independent 186 0%
Baijnath Rai Proutist Bloc Of India 162 0%
Ramani Pd. Rai Independent 144 0%
Dilip Kr. Singh Janata Party (Jp) 136 0%
Bijayachand Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha 112 0%
Arun Kr. Jha Independent 109 0%
Umesh Mishra Independent 85 0%
Manoj Kr. Singh Independent 82 0%
Rakesh Kr. Singh Independent 77 0%
Subodh Kr. Singh Bharatiya Backward Party 67 0%
Shambhu Kr. Singh Independent 61 0%
Bandhulal Singh Independent 43 0%
Ramesh Kr. Singh Independent 39 0%
Vijay Kr. Gupta Independent 37 0%
Vindheyachal Singh Independent 36 0%
Raj Kishor Singh Independent 22 0%
Vigyan Swaroop Singh Independent 17 0%
Tildhari Sahani Independent 15 0%
Amrendra Pd. Singh Akhil Baratiya Pichhra Varg Party 13 0%
Ramnagina Yadav Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh 12 0%
Shambu Sharan Singh Independent 10 0%
Kameshwar Singh Independent 6 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (1985)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Tulsi Das Mehta WINNER
Lok Dal
37,842
Lead: 3,776
36%
Virendra Singh Independent 34,066 33%
Bhuneshwar Chaudhary Indian National Congress 24,019 23%
Shashi Bhushan Chaudhary Independent 2,025 2%
Ram Nagina Yadav Independent 1,838 2%
Anil Kumar Suman Independent 1,000 1%
Birendra Sah Independent 705 1%
Ramjee Singh Independent 670 1%
Baskit Rai Independent 473 0%
Deo Nandan Singh Bharatiya Janta Party 441 0%
Sumangal Rai Independent 354 0%
Shambhu Nath Singh Independent 322 0%
Arjun Singh Chauhan Independent 137 0%
Ambika Singh Independent 88 0%
Nawal Kishore Singh Independent 74 0%
Umesh Prasad Singh Independent 62 0%
Haribansh Thakur Independent 32 0%
Haresh Kumar Sharma Independent 30 0%
Mahadeo Singh Independent 29 0%
Raj Kishore Singh Independent 25 0%
Hargobind Sharma Independent 14 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (1980)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Birendra Singh WINNER
Independent
28,572
Lead: 1,687
29%
Shib Prasad Singh Janata Party (Secular) - Ch. Charan Singh 26,885 28%
Arun Kumar Sinha Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain 17,466 18%
Raghubansh Narain Singh Indian National Congress (I) 8,389 9%
Brajnandan Prasad Indian National Congress (U) 6,751 7%
Rajendra Yadav Janata Party (Jp) 4,994 5%
Ramanand Singh Independent 1,797 2%
Umesh Prasad Shahi Bharatiya Janta Party 1,231 1%
Mohan Prasad Singh Independent 790 1%
Kishori Singh Independent 564 1%
Sushil Kumar Jha Independent 57 0%

Forbesganj Assembly Election Results (1977)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Munshi Lal Ray WINNER
Janta Party
28,286
Lead: 15,947
50%
Bhagdev Singh Indian National Congress 12,339 22%
Tulsidas Mehta Independent 10,054 18%
Parshuram Pd. Singh Independent 4,627 8%
Virendra Singh Independent 533 1%
Pramod Narayan Singh Independent 514 1%
Rajiendra Ray Independent 343 1%
Vijay Mandal Independent 249 0%
Lakshmeshwar Pd. Singh Independent 56 0%
Source: ECI

Strike Rate

BJP 60%
JD 40%
BJP won 3 times and JD won 2 times since 1977 elections.

Forbesganj MLA List

Year Candidate's Name Votes Lead Vote Share
2025 Manoj Vishwas INC 120,114 221 47.77%
2020 Vidya Sagar Keshari BJP 102,212 19,702 49.53%
2015 Vidya Sagar Keshri BJP 85,929 25,238 46%
2010 Padam Parag Roy 'venu' BJP 70,463 26,827 49%
2005 Achidanand Singh Alin Dr. Achyutanand LJP 39,993 5,786 39%
2000 Upendra Pd. Singh SAP 46,042 5,361 33%
1995 Tulsi Das Mehta JD 56,027 37,353 50%
1990 Tulsidas Mehta JD 46,478 16,320 35%
1985 Tulsi Das Mehta LKD 37,842 3,776 36%
1980 Birendra Singh IND 28,572 1,687 29%
1977 Munshi Lal Ray JNP 28,286 15,947 50%
Source: ECI

Forbesganj Past Election Results

Year Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
2025 Manoj Vishwas INC
120,114
(Lead: 221)
47.77%
Vidya Sagar Keshri BJP 119,893 47.68%
2020 Vidya Sagar Keshari BJP
102,212
(Lead: 19,702)
49.53%
Zakir Hussain Khan INC 82,510 39.98%
2015 Vidya Sagar Keshri BJP
85,929
(Lead: 25,238)
46%
Krityanand Biswas RJD 60,691 33%
2010 Padam Parag Roy 'venu' BJP
70,463
(Lead: 26,827)
49%
Maya Nand Thakur LJP 43,636 30%
2005 Achidanand Singh Alin Dr. Achyutanand LJP
39,993
(Lead: 5,786)
39%
Umesh Singh Kushwaha RJD 24,644 24%
2000 Upendra Pd. Singh SAP
46,042
(Lead: 5,361)
33%
Achida Nand Singh IND 40,681 30%
1995 Tulsi Das Mehta JD
56,027
(Lead: 37,353)
50%
Achidanand Singh BJP 18,674 17%
1990 Tulsidas Mehta JD
46,478
(Lead: 16,320)
35%
Shivanarayan Pd. Mishra IND 30,158 23%
1985 Tulsi Das Mehta LKD
37,842
(Lead: 3,776)
36%
Virendra Singh IND 34,066 33%
1980 Birendra Singh IND
28,572
(Lead: 1,687)
29%
Shib Prasad Singh JNP(SC) 26,885 28%
1977 Munshi Lal Ray JNP
28,286
(Lead: 15,947)
50%
Bhagdev Singh INC 12,339 22%
Source: ECI

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Bihar Forbesganj Assembly Elections FAQs

Who won the Forbesganj Assembly seat in the 2025 election?

Manoj Vishwas of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the Forbesganj Assembly seat in the 2025 elections, defeating Vidya Sagar Keshri of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 221 votes.

What is the historical strike rate of the Forbesganj constituency in past elections?

The strike rate in the Forbesganj constituency is 60% BJP and 40% JD, with BJP won 3 times and JD won 2 times since the 1977 elections.

What were the vote shares of the leading candidates in the 2025 Forbesganj Assembly Election?

Manoj Vishwas (INC) received 47.77% vote share.
Vidya Sagar Keshri (BJP) received 47.68% vote share.

What were the results of the 2025 Forbesganj Assembly Election?

Manoj Vishwas (INC) won the 2025 election with 120114 votes, leading by 221 votes and securing a 47.77% vote share.

Which Lok Sabha constituency does the Forbesganj Assembly constituency fall under?

The Forbesganj Assembly constituency falls under the Araria Lok Sabha constituency of Araria district.

What was the margin of victory in the Forbesganj Assembly Election 2025?

Manoj Vishwas (INC) won the Forbesganj Assembly seat in 2025 with a margin of 221 votes over Vidya Sagar Keshri (BJP).

What are the key constituencies in the Araria Lok Sabha area?

The Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of the Araria Lok Sabha constituency, which includes other areas like Narpatganj, Raniganj (sc), Araria, Jokihat, Sikti.

Who were the top candidates for the Forbesganj Assembly Election 2025?

The top candidates in the Forbesganj Assembly Election 2025 were:
Manoj Vishwas (INC)
Vidya Sagar Keshri (BJP)
Nota (None Of The Above)
These candidates were the main contenders for the seat, with Manoj Vishwas (INC) emerging as the winner.

What was the voter turnout in the Forbesganj Assembly Election 2025?

The voter turnout in the Forbesganj Assembly Election 2025 was 69.53%

Disclaimer:

The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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