Mahishi Assembly Election 2025: Check Polling Date, Result Date, List of Candidates; Know More About Vidhan Sabha Chunav (Image: Google AI Studio)
The Mahishi Vidhan Sabha constituency (numbered 77) is an Unreserved (General) seat located in the Saharsa district of Bihar. It falls under the broader Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency. Historically, this seat has been a battleground for major political forces, with the Indian National Congress (INC) and a prominent local leader, Lahtan Chaudhary, dominating the seat four times in the post-1967 period. More recently, the contest has primarily narrowed down to a fierce, closely-fought race between the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The incumbent MLA is from JD(U), who secured a win with a very narrow margin in the last election.
According to the previous poll schedule of 2020, the polling in Mahishi Assembly constituency will be in the first phase of the Assembly Elections in Bihar. So, tentative dates for polling may fall around November 6, 2025, under Phase 1. The counting of votes and declaration of results for the constituency is tentatively scheduled for November 14, 2025.
In the 2020 election, the seat was captured by Janata Dal (United) candidate Gunjeshwar Sah. He obtained 66,316 votes with a vote share of 37.83%. Sah defeated runner-up Gautam Krishna of the RJD by a slender margin of 1,630 votes. In this election, the total turnout was recorded at about 58.76% of the electorate.
Candidates contesting for elections in Mahishi are:
In Mahishi, normally the window for voting is between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on the day of the poll. However, this timing will be finally confirmed by the Election Commission of India.
Broad categories:
The Mahishi Assembly constituency (No. 77) comprises Nauhatta and Sattar Katiya Community Development Blocks, and 11 Gram Panchayats of the Mahishi CD Block in Saharsa district. Mithila culture is deeply rooted in the locality that has been the main center of agriculture with paddy, maize, and pulses being the major products that are grown in this region. The total population of Mahishi was reported as 5,19,390.
Demographically, Mahishi is an unreserved seat. It has complex caste-based politics with Scheduled Caste voters numbering 50,927 (17.07%) and Muslim voters standing at 60,563 (20.30%), according to 2011 Census estimates.
A strong voting bloc is from the Yadav community, constituting an estimated 54,596 (18.30%) voters, and thereby, making community alignment and consolidation the key to electoral success.
In the 2020 Assembly election, the total number of registered voters in Mahishi stands at 2,83,973.
The Mahishi assembly constituency was established in 1967 by the Second Delimitation Commission and since then, it has witnessed 14 Assembly elections. Since its revival, it has been a general seat.
