Bihar Elections 2025: The Barauli Assembly constituency in Gopalganj will vote on November 6, 2025, with counting on November 14. A key battleground between major political parties, Barauli has gained strategic importance this election season. Know all about the polling schedule, voter details, and constituency profile for Barauli Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2025.
Barauli Election Date 2025: A high-stakes Assembly election is due in Bihar in the year 2025, and the Barauli constituency in Gopalganj has emerged as one of the keenly watched seats in this region. The seat, which has gained strategic political importance in the region, has been seeing close contests between the BJP and RJD. Now that the election dates have been announced and candidate names are emerging, here's a look at the polling timelines, lists of contestants, and details of voters for Barauli Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2025.
Barauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (No. 100) is an Assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. In the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, the overall Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases, namely on 6 November 2025 and 11 November 2025, while counting will be done on 14 November 2025.
In Barauli, it will go to the polls on Thursday, 6 November 2025, and counting of votes will be done on 14 November 2025. The dates for notification and candidate filing would fall before this, while the results would be declared shortly after counting.
In the 2020 election in Barauli, Rampravesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat with 81,956 votes. He secured nearly 46.55 per cent of the total votes polled. Reyazul Haque Urf Raju from the Rashtriya Janata Dal was the nearest candidate with 67,801 votes - a margin of 14,155 votes.
The outcome underlined the constituency's competitive character, where conventionally, BJP and RJD have been the front runners.
Barauli has a number of contenders in the fray with the 2025 Bihar Assembly election:
The seat is a general (unreserved) constituency in Gopalganj district. It comprises areas such as Manjha, Kalyanpur, and the Barauli notified area.
On poll day (6 November 2025), voting in Barauli will usually be between 7 am and 5 pm, as per Election Commission norms. However, voters must confirm their local polling times to avoid last-minute confusion.
While in the previous election held in 2020, polling took place on 3 November and the results were declared on 10 November. This time officials are likely to smooth the process with more booth facilities and voter assistance centers.
Voters are advised to carry valid identification and reach their respective polling booths early to avoid long queues.
According to the Census of 2011, the town of Barauli (Nagar Panchayat) had a population of 41,877 comprising 20,806 males and 21,071 females. The larger Barauli Block in Gopalganj district had a total population of around 2.63 lakh.
These figures reflect the demographic strength of the region, which plays a crucial role in determining electoral outcomes.
In the 2020 election, Barauli had approximately 3 lakh registered voters, with a roughly balanced gender ratio. The total count of registered voters for 2025 stands at 2.82 lakh, including 149,361 males, 132,933 females, and 12 third-gender voters.
This steady voter base indicates the constituency's participation in Bihar's electoral process in a very consistent manner.
The Barauli Assembly constituency, in its present boundaries, was created by the Delimitation Order of 2008. The area has been politically known for quite some time, but it had its formal representation only after the 2008 delimitation, covering most areas of the Barauli and Manjha blocks.
Disclaimer: The information in this article is compiled from publicly available and credible sources. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, details such as election dates, voter data, and constituency information may change over time. Readers are advised to verify the latest updates from official or reliable sources.
