Muzaffarpur Election Result 2025 Highlights: BJP-Congress rivalry dominates; NDA leads in projection

NEW DELHI: The Muzaffarpur Assembly constituency, located in north Bihar’s political heartland, has remained a key contest ground between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, reflecting the broader political currents shaping the state.

A general seat, Muzaffarpur has been a stage for some of the most closely fought electoral battles in recent years, with both parties alternating victories. In the 2020 Assembly elections, Congress candidate Bijendra Chaudhary defeated BJP’s Suresh Kumar Sharma by a narrow margin of 6,326 votes, securing 81,871 votes to Sharma’s 75,545. The constituency had 3,22,538 registered voters and recorded 1,70,011 valid votes. The victory marked a turnaround from 2015, when Sharma had retained the seat for the BJP with a margin of 29,739 votes, polling 95,594 votes against JD(U)’s Bijendra Chaudhary, who managed 65,855.

Earlier, in 2010, Suresh Kumar Sharma had secured a landslide for the BJP, defeating LJP’s Mohammad Jamal by 46,439 votes. He polled 72,301 votes, while Jamal received 25,862 out of 1,21,797 valid votes. The alternating results between Sharma and Chaudhary underscore Muzaffarpur’s shifting political landscape, shaped by both local dynamics and evolving alliance equations in north Bihar. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections further highlighted the BJP’s strength in the region.

Raj Bhushan Choudhary of the BJP won the Muzaffarpur parliamentary seat by a commanding margin of 2,34,927 votes, defeating Congress candidate Ajay Nishad. Voter participation across Bihar has reached historic levels in the 2025 elections, with an overall turnout of 66.91 percent recorded for both phases combined. Male turnout stood at 62.8 percent, while female turnout was significantly higher at 71.6 percent. As counting day approaches, all eyes are on Muzaffarpur, where the BJP and Congress continue to vie for dominance in one of Bihar’s most politically competitive constituencies.