Nabinagar is a block-level town in the Magadh region of Bihar and is part of the Aurangabad district. It has also been the assembly constituency of nationalist and first Bihar Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister Anugrah Narayan Sinha.
The constituency stands out in Bihar for its balanced gender ratio of 51 per cent males and 49 per cent females. Its literacy rate, at 73 per cent, is also higher than many parts of the state. Nearby cities include Hussainabad, Aurangabad, Dehri-on-Sone, and Sasaram.
Nabinagar is located near the Aurangabad-Palamu district border, with Hussainabad (Jharkhand’s Palamu district) to its west. The town is on the verge of a major transformation, thanks to two upcoming power projects.
Nabinagar Election 2025 Date
Nabinagar has its election day on Tuesday, 11 November 2025.
Result Date of Bihar Polls
Counting of votes will take place on November 14, 2025, followed by the declaration of results on the same day.
Nabinagar Bihar Election Result 2020?
In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Vijay Kumar Singh alias Dablu Singh won from the Nabinagar constituency. He defeated Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) candidate Virendra Kumar Singh by a margin of 20,121 votes.
In recent years, Nabinagar has turned into an RJD-JD(U) battleground. RJD won in 2000, 2005, and 2020, while JD(U) emerged victorious in 2010 and 2015. LJP briefly snatched the seat in 2005. In 2020, RJD defeated JD(U) by 20,121 votes.
Nabinagar Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2025: Candidates List
The following are the primary candidates contesting the Nabinagar constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Election:
- Chetan Anand (Janata Dal (United) – JD(U))
- Amod Kumar Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal – RJD)
- Archana Chandra (Jan Suraaj Party – JSP)
- Mritunjay Yadav (Independent – supported by the Grand Democratic Alliance)
Nabinagar Bihar Assembly Election Voting Time:
What is the Population of Nabinagar ?
As per the 2011 Census, the total population of the Nabinagar Block (tehsil) was 305,236 people.
Here is a breakdown of the population data:
- Total Population (Nabinagar Block): 305,236
- Rural Population: 281,252 (approx. 92.1%)
- Urban Population (Nabinagar Town): 23,984 (approx. 7.9%)
- Male Population: 158,487
- Female Population: 146,749
- Scheduled Caste (SC) Population: Constituted about 25.3% of the block’s total population.
The Nabinagar Assembly constituency area covers more than just the Nabinagar block; based on the 2011 census estimates for the constituency’s total area, the population was approximately 390,251 people.
How many Registered Voters are in Nabinagar ?
Scheduled Caste voters constitute around 24.25 per cent of the Nabinagar Assembly constituency, while Muslim voters account for approximately 5.4 per cent. Nabinagar is essentially a rural constituency with 93.85 per cent of its population living in villages. Only 6.15 per cent of voters here are categorised as urban voters.
In the 2020 Assembly elections, Nabinagar had 275,914 registered voters, of which only 57.98 per cent opted to vote. Their numbers surged a bit to 290,116 in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Nabinagar was Established in?
The Nabinagar Assembly constituency was established in 1951.
Since it was established as an Assembly constituency in 1951, Nabinagar (under Karakat Lok Sabha) has seen 18 elections, including one by-poll. Congress dominated the early decades with eight wins, followed by RJD (three), JD(U) (two), and single victories by CPI, Janata Party, LJP, and Bihar People’s Party.
The Sinha family shaped Nabinagar’s politics for decades. Barring 1957, the Nabinagar Assembly seat was won by two erstwhile stalwarts of Bihar politics, the father and son duo of Anugrah Narayan Sinha and Satyendra Narayan Sinha, in the first four elections. Anugrah Narayan Sinha served as Bihar’s first deputy chief minister, while his son Satyendra Narayan Sinha became chief minister and was in office for nearly nine months between 1989 and 1990. His son Nikhil Kumar, a much-decorated IPS officer and former Delhi Police Commissioner, also dabbled in politics post-retirement, serving one term as an MP from Aurangabad between 2004 and 2009, along with his wife Shyama Singh, who was Aurangabad MP from 1999 to 2004.
