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Simri Bakhtiarpur Election Result: The Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is a key General seat in Bihar politics, currently held by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The incumbent MLA, Yusuf Salahuddin (RJD), secured a victory in the 2020 assembly elections in a close contest against the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). The seat has historically seen shifts between Janata Dal factions, the Congress, and more recently, the RJD.
The official result for the Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly election was announced following the counting on November 14, 2025. Polling was held on November 6th as part of the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025.
Sanjay Kumar Singh of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won the Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly seat with 1,09,699 votes. He defeated the Rashtriya Janata Dal's Yusuf Salahuddin by a 7,930-vote margin.
The current Sitting MLA for the Simri Bakhtiarpur constituency is Yusuf Salahuddin of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He has been the representative for the constituency since his win in the 2020 elections.
Sanjay Kumar Singh of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is the new MLA of Simri Bakhtiarpur. He secured the seat by winning in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections with 1,09,699 votes.
Dr. Arun Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] won the Simri Bakhtiarpur seat in the 2010 Bihar assembly elections. He secured the victory with 57,980 votes (44.07%). The runner-up in the elections was Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaisar of the Indian National Congress (INC), who secured 39,138 votes (29.75%). He won by a margin of 18,842 votes.
In the 2015 elections, Dinesh Chandra Yadav of the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] secured the seat. He won with 78,514 votes (47.52%). The runner-up was Yusuf Salahuddin of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), who secured 40,708 votes (24.64%). He won by a margin of 37,806 votes.
Winner Yusuf Salahuddin, representing the RJD, won the Simri Bakhtiarpur MLA seat in the 2020 elections against Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP)’s Mukesh Sahani. He won with 75,684 votes. His rival, Mukesh Sahani fought lost a hard fought battle by a 1,759 votes.
The voter turnout percentage in Simri Bakhtiarpur for the 2020 and 2015 elections goes as follows:
2020 Election: 58.09%
2015 Election: 54.31%
In the 2025 elections, the estimated voter turnout is reported to be 68.47% (approx).
The victory margin in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections for the Simri Bakhtiarpur constituency was 1,759 votes. RJD's Yusuf Salahuddin defeated his closest rival, Mukesh Sahani (VIP).
Simri Bakhtiarpur is Assembly Constituency number 76 in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is a General (Unreserved) seat that falls under the Saharsa district and is part of the Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency.
According to the 2020 Assembly election data, Simri Bakhtiarpur had approximately 338,615 registered voters. The estimated registered voters count for the 2025 Bihar assembly elections was reported to be 336,155.
The Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency was established in 1951. It first went to the polls in 1952.
The postal (PIN) code for the Simri Bakhtiarpur Sub Post Office (SO) in the Saharsa district of Bihar is 852127.
Here is a list of potential candidates contesting for the Simri Bakhtiarpur seat in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025:
