Chakai Bihar Election 2025
The 2025 Bihar Assembly elections have already geared up as voters are up to decide on key issues such as infrastructure growth, job creation, school standards, healthcare access, and safe public order. With 243 seats up for grabs, every constituency matters — and political parties have already announced their candidate lists in earnest. A party or alliance must secure at least 122 seats to stake a claim to power in the state.
Chakai, a block-level town in Bihar’s Jamui district, lies near the Jharkhand border. The Jharkhand towns of Deoghar, Giridih, and Madhupur are nearer to Chakai than most towns in Bihar.
Chakai has its election day on Tuesday, 11 November 2025.
Counting of votes will take place on November 14, 2025, followed by the declaration of results on the same day.
In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Sumit Kumar Singh, an Independent candidate, won from the Chakai constituency. He is currently serving as the Science and Technology Minister in the Bihar government. He defeated the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate, Savitri Devi, by a very narrow margin of 581 votes. The Chakai constituency is located in the Jamui district of Bihar. Polling for this seat was held in Phase 1 of the Bihar Assembly elections on October 28, 2020, and the counting of votes took place on November 10, 2020.
| Candidate Name | Party |
| Sumit Kumar Singh | Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) |
| Savitri Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) |
| Chandan Kumar Singh | Independent (IND) |
| Naresh Kumar Sharma | Jagrook Janta Party |
| Allaudin Ansari | Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party |
| Alijaveth Soren | Independent (IND) |
| Other Independent Candidates | Independent (IND) |
The voting will start at 7:00 AM and will conclude a t 5:00 PM.
The population of Chakai Block in the Jamui district of Bihar was 235,188 people, according to the 2011 Census. The entire population was classified as rural.
Detailed Breakdown (2011 Census)
The population of the specific village of Chakai (also known as Tola Bazar Chakai, as a census town is not present within the block) was 2,318 people in 2011. Recent estimates project the population of the entire Chakai sub-district at approximately 270,588 in 2020.
For the Chakai Assembly constituency, there are a total of 318,581 registered voters for the 2025 Assembly election.
Voter Demographics (2025)
| Gender | Number of Voters |
| Total Voters | 318,581 |
| Male Voters | 167,082 |
| Female Voters | 151,495 |
| Third Gender Voters | 4 |
In the 2020 Assembly elections, the constituency had 287,038 registered voters. The total number of voters increased to 325,787 for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which included an intensive revision to add previously unregistered voters.
Chakai is a region with deep historical roots that later became an administrative block and assembly constituency:
• Ancient History: References to Chakai date back to the Gupta dynasty in the 4th–5th centuries CE.
• Modern Administration: It became a “Block” (sub-district) under Munger district before 1991.
• District Formation: On February 21, 1991, Chakai became part of the newly created Jamui district after its separation from Munger.
• Assembly Constituency: The Chakai Vidhan Sabha constituency was formed in 1962.
