Rafiganj, the second-largest town in Bihar’s Aurangabad district after the headquarters, owes its name to Rafiuddin Ahmed – a 19th-century zamindar (landlord) who transformed this riverside settlement into a commercial hub. When the East Indian Railway extended its line in the 1880s, Rafiuddin donated land for the station and built the first grain warehouses. What began as “Rafi ka Ganj” (Rafi’s Market) in railway records became Rafiganj by 1892. Today, this block-level town on the Dhava River, 30 km from Aurangabad and 25 km from Gaya, still bears traces of that mercantile legacy in its old railway quarter godowns – now stacked with election posters instead of grain or opium.
Rafiganj Election 2025 Date
Rafiganj 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.
Rafiganj Bihar Election Result 2020?
In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Mohammad Nehaluddin won from the Rafiganj constituency. He defeated Independent candidate Pramod Kumar Singh by a margin of 9,429 votes.
The total voter turnout in the Rafiganj assembly constituency was approximately 56.08%.
Rafiganj Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2025: Candidates List
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Candidate Name |
Party |
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Ghulam Shahid |
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) |
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Pramod Kumar Singh |
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) |
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Vikash Kumar Singh |
Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) |
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Suman Kumari |
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) |
|
Nandlal Suman |
Independent (IND) |
|
Upendra Kumar |
Independent (IND) |
|
Rahul Kumar |
Jagrook Janta Party |
|
Rajesh Kumar |
Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party |
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Maheshwar Paswan |
Akhil Hind Forward Bloc (Krantikari) |
|
Suryadeep Singh |
Independent (IND) |
|
Ritesh Kumar |
Independent (IND) |
Rafiganj Bihar Assembly Election Voting Time:
The voting will start at 7:00 AM and will conclude at 5:00 PM.What is the Population of Rafiganj ?
The population of Rafiganj city (Nagar Panchayat) is an estimated 50,000 in 2025.
According to the 2011 Census, the official populations were:
- Rafiganj Town (Nagar Panchayat): 35,536
- Rafiganj Block (Subdivision, including rural areas): 312,367
The town of Rafiganj is part of the larger Rafiganj Block within the Aurangabad district of Bihar. The population has likely grown since the 2011 census, with current estimates for the town reaching around 50,000.
How many Registered Voters are in Rafiganj ?
As of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Rafiganj Assembly constituency had 339,817 registered voters.
- In the preceding 2020 Assembly elections, the total number of registered voters was slightly lower at 330,654.
- The number of voters for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections would be the most recent figure available (339,817 as a base, with minor updates for the current election cycle).
Rafiganj was Established in?
The town of Rafiganj, Bihar was established in 1889 but established as an Assembly constituency in 1951, Rafiganj is one of six segments under the Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat. In the 17 Assembly elections held so far, Congress has won six times, while RJD and JD(U) have each won three times (including the Samata Party before it merged with JD(U)). The Janata Party won twice, and the Swatantra Party, CPI and Bharatiya Jana Sangh have won once each.