Darbhanga Bihar Election 2025 Polling Date: Candidates, Result Date; Know All About Darbhanga Vidhan Sabha Seat (Image: Google AI Studio)
The Darbhanga Assembly constituency (numbered 83) is a general (unreserved) seat in the Darbhanga district of Bihar, falling under the wider Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency, being an important urban-centric seat, covers the area that falls under the Darbhanga Municipal Corporation along with surrounding blocks, and hence, it serves as the most important political hub in the Mithilanchal region. Thus, this constituency has traditionally seen tough electoral fights. The Bharatiya Janata Party is slowly but surely emerging as a constant force here since the last couple of decades, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal gives a strong contest. The BJP candidate won the seat in the high-voltage competition.
The election in the Darbhanga Assembly constituency will fall in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections. According to the recent schedule, the polling is expected to be held on November 6, 2025. The counting of votes and declaration of results for this constituency are expected to take place on November 14, 2025.
In the 2020 Assembly election, the seat was retained by the sitting MLA, Sanjay Saraogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He secured 84,144 votes and this corresponds to a vote share of 49.32%. Saraogi defeated the runner-up Amar Nath Gami of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by 10,639 votes. The margin was 6.24% & the overall voter turnout for the constituency in this election was about 55.15%.
Candidates for the Darbhanga constituency include:
According to general conventions, the official window for casting votes in the Darbhanga Assembly constituency is fixed between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the day of the poll. However, the exact voting schedule in the area will be subject to a final announcement by the Election Commission of India.
Darbhanga is Constituency No. 83, comprising mainly the Darbhanga Municipal Corporation area along with its surrounding Gram Panchayats. Unlike many rural constituencies in Bihar, Darbhanga city is the administrative headquarters of the district and a major commercial and educational centre for the Mithilanchal region. The population in the constituency was reported to be 5,30,299 in 2024.
The total number of registered electors in the Darbhanga Assembly constituency as reported during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was 3,14,719.
The Darbhanga assembly constituency was formed in 1951 and its first election was held in 1952.
