Nokha Assembly 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.
Nokha is a small block-level town in Bihar’s Rohtas district and an Assembly constituency under the Kaimur Lok Sabha seat. It is located 23 km from the district headquarters Sasaram, while Dehri-on-Son is 25 km away and Bhabua, the district headquarters of Kaimur district, is 40 km away. Other nearby towns include Bikramganj, Nasriganj, and Daudnagar.
Nokha 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.
Nokha became an Assembly constituency in 1951 and has voted in 17 elections since. Congress won six times, the BJP four times, the Janata Party thrice, and the Janata Dal and RJD twice each. The RJD’s rise began after it unseated the BJP in 2015, which had won four consecutive terms. In 2020, the RJD’s alliance with the ultra-Left CPI(ML)(L) consolidated anti-NDA votes, resulting in decisive victories. The CPI(ML)(L) further demonstrated its hold by securing a significant lead in Nokha during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
In the 2020 Assembly elections, Nokha had 290,458 registered voters (only 13.19 per cent urban), which rose marginally to 299,197 in 2024. A staggering 48.74 per cent of voters abstained in 2020, posing a critical challenge for the NDA: to reclaim Nokha from the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, it must mobilise this disengaged electorate.
What is the Population of Nokha?
According to the 2011 Census, Nokha block spans 166 square kilometres, including 152.55 sq km of rural area and 13.45 sq km of urban area. Its population was 173,327, with 27,302 urban and 146,025 rural inhabitants. The population density was 1,044 people per sq km, with a sex ratio of 913 females per 1,000 males. The block had 26,362 houses (4,381 urban, 21,981 rural). The literacy rate was 60.03 per cent, with stark gender disparity: 68.42 per cent among males and 50.84 per cent among females.
The Nokha Assembly constituency’s total population was approximately 198,000. Though a general seat, it had 22 per cent Scheduled Caste voters (predominantly Chamar and Dusadh sub-castes), 1.2 per cent Scheduled Tribes (mainly the Chero tribe in hill areas), and 8 per cent Muslim voters.
Bhumihars, constituting 25 per cent of voters, are the most influential caste group and traditionally support the BJP. However, their votes do not transfer to other parties if the BJP is absent. Yadavs (18 per cent) remain loyal to the RJD, while Kushwahas (12 per cent) typically align with the BJP-JD(U) alliance.
The number of registered voters in the Nokha Assembly constituency was 299,197 for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. This reflects a marginal increase from the 290,458 registered voters in the 2020 Assembly elections.
The town of Nokha in the Rohtas district of Bihar has existed as part of the historical Magadh Empire region for centuries. The exact year it was officially established as a distinct town is not specified in the search results.
However, its administrative status as a Nagar Panchayat (town council) means it is a settlement in transition from rural to urban status, an administrative classification that would have been designated under the Bihar Municipal Act. The town has been a recognized administrative area for a long time within the larger Rohtas district, which itself was formed in 1972 when the Shahabad District was bifurcated.
