Siwan Election 2025: As Bihar gears up for the Assembly polls, Siwan emerges as one of the most watched constituencies with close margins, key local players, and shifting caste dynamics shaping the battle ahead.
Bihar Election 2025: As Bihar readies for Assembly elections in 2025, the political heat is on in Siwan. The Siwan constituency in the same-named district has again caught attention owing to its close margins, formidable local personalities, and changing caste equations.
With major parties lining up their top contenders and voter dynamics evolving, the election in Siwan is promising to be a key indicator of regional trends in western Bihar.
Siwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 105) is situated within Siwan district and will form part of the upcoming 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. Voting is expected to coincide with the general state schedule, while results will be declared shortly thereafter.
The seat falls under the Siwan Lok Sabha segment and has been in the spotlight due to its general (un-reserved) status and competitive nature.
In the 2020 elections, Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of the RJD won the Siwan seat with 76,785 votes, defeating his nearest rival by a margin of 1,973 votes.
The narrow margin underlines how closely contested this constituency is. Voter registration in the 2020 cycle for Siwan was 3,11,523 electors.
For the 2025 election, this is the list of candidates that are contesting from Siwan in Bihar:
The voters in Siwan can expect standard statewide polling hours on voting day, estimated to be from about 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. All registered voters are advised to check their polling station details in advance, carry valid identification, and plan to arrive early to avoid last-minute rushes.
The Siwan district, according to the 2011 Census, has a population of about 33,30,464. The constituency has a predominantly rural orientation with a considerable number of semi-urban pockets and with diverse caste groups, such as Yadavs, Rajputs, Kushwahas, and Scheduled Castes, each group influencing electoral behaviour.
Siwan Assembly Constituency had about 3,11,523 registered electors in the 2020 election cycle. Turnout and registered-voter numbers for 2025 are expected to be comparable or higher as political mobilisation intensifies.
The Siwan assembly seat has been in existence since the early decades of the Bihar legislative assembly and under the delimitation order of 2008, it is known as Constituency No. 105 in the state of Bihar.
