Gaura Bauram Assembly Election 2025: Check Polling Date, Result Date, List of Candidates; Know More About Vidhan Sabha Chunav (Image: Google AI Studio)
Gaura Bauram Assembly Election 2025: The Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency (numbered 79) is an unreserved (General) seat and is a part of Darbhanga district in the state of Bihar. It falls under the larger Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency. Since its establishment in 2008 under the Delimitation Order, this seat has been contested typically by the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and more lately by the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The current MLA, Swarna Singh, was elected on a VIP ticket in 2020 and subsequently joined the BJP.
The Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency polling is likely to be held along with the 2020 elections. Assuming the same schedule, October 28, 2025. The counting of votes and declaration of results for the constituency is tentatively scheduled to take place on November 10, 2025.
Swarna Singh of the VIP, now BJP, won the seat in the keenly contested election in 2020. She attained 59,538 votes with a vote share of 41.26%. Singh defeated the runner-up Afzal Ali Khan of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, RJD, by a margin of 7,280 votes. In this election, the total turnout was recorded at approximately 57.19% of the electorate.
Below is the final list of candidates running in the 2025 election:
In Gaura Bauram, the polling hours are usually between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the day of polling, as it is in most constituencies. This timing is standard for most constituencies, but the final confirmation will be provided by the Election Commission of India in its detailed election schedule.
The Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency (No. 79) comprises Gaura Bauram and Kiratpur community development blocks in the Darbhanga district. It is a primarily rural constituency. The total population in the constituency was reported to be 4,41,617 during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Demographically, based on the 2011 census, the SC population in the region is approximately 17.41%, whereas the ST percentage is negligible, about 0.03%. The total number of registered electors in the constituency was 2,40,435 in the 2020 Assembly election. Community and caste dynamics-including Sahani and Muslim voters-play a significant role in determining the outcome of this seat.
The Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency also came into being in relatively recent times, in the year 2008, as part of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India Order, 2008.
