Muzaffarpur Bihar Election 2025 Polling Date: Candidates, Result Date; Know All About Muzaffarpur Vidhan Sabha Seat (Image: Google AI Studio)
The Muzaffarpur Assembly constituency (numbered 94) is a highly significant, General (unreserved) seat located in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. As a central urban constituency, it is one of the six assembly segments that fall directly under the Muzaffarpur (General) Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency's political trajectory has mostly mirrored the larger statewide trends, with a notable contest between the national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), dominating recent history. The current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Bijendra Chaudhary, who successfully reclaimed the seat for the INC in a hard-fought battle in the 2020 election.
The polling in the Muzaffarpur Assembly constituency is part of the first phase of the Assembly Elections in Bihar. The date for the voting is likely to be on November 6, 2025. Counting of the votes and the result declaration is expected to happen on November 14, 2025, for this constituency.
In the 2020 election, the seat was captured by Mahagathbandhan (MGB) candidate Bijendra Chaudhary from the INC. He received 81,871 votes with a vote share of 48.16%. Chaudhary defeated the incumbent and runner-up, Suresh Kumar Sharma of the BJP, by a margin of 6,326 votes. The overall percentage of turnout in this election was recorded at approximately 52.71%.
The list of candidates contesting elections for the Muzaffarpur seat includes:
As per general conventions, the official window for casting votes in the Muzaffarpur assembly constituency is fixed between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the day of the poll.
Muzaffarpur Assembly constituency (No. 94) is an urban segment. It comprises the Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation area along with four Gram Panchayats from the Musahari community development block: Bhagwanpur, Madhubani, Majhauli Khetal, and Patahi. Muzaffarpur is the commercial and educational hub of North Bihar, famous for its "Shahi" litchi. The seat urban nature means civic issues often dominate the political discourse.
The basic demographics are a Hindu population of around 77.7% and a Muslim population of approximately 21.1%, according to the 2011 census data for the city. Muzaffarpur's updated population count, as reported during the 2024 Lok Sabha election was 5,58,423.
Demographically, Muzaffarpur is an unreserved seat. According to the data from the 2020 Assembly election, the total number of registered voters was 3,14,902. Being a major urban centre, the constituency consistently maintains a high number of electors, which was reported to be over 3,30,837 during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Muzaffarpur Assembly constituency was officially formed in 1957 after the second delimitation. It has participated in many Assembly elections of a long and varied political history at the heart of the Tirhut region.
