Phulwari Assembly election results 2025: JDU's Shyam Rajak in lead

Phulwari constituency results: Phulwari, a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes in Patna district, has a mix of Dalit, Muslim, and other communities

As counting for the Bihar Assembly elections began on Friday, Janata Dal (United)'s Shyam Rajak took the lead in Phulwari constituency with 76,036 votes as of 3:30 pm, according to the data from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)'s Gopal Ravi Das was trailing with 64,710 votes. The counting process for the Bihar Assembly elections started at 8 am today. According to the directions from the Election Commission of India, postal ballot counting began first, followed by the counting of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).

 

The 243-seat Bihar Assembly elections went to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. In the 2025 assembly elections, the state saw a record voter turnout in both phases, with the overall turnout at 67.13 per cent, making it the highest since 1951. The overall turnout has increased by 9.62 percentage points compared to the 2020 Assembly elections, when it stood at 57.29 per cent.

 

The turnout in the first phase was recorded at 65.08 per cent, while in the second phase, 68.76 per cent of voters went to the polls. 

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Phulwari Assembly elections

Phulwari, a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes in Patna district, has a mix of Dalit, Muslim, and other communities. It reflects many of Bihar’s key issues, such as caste balance, reservation, and development in semi-urban areas, making it an important constituency. The result here could indicate how other reserved seats across the state cast their votes.

Phulwari: Key candidates

The key candidates in Bihar's Phulwari constituency include Jan Suraaj Party's Shashi Kant Prasad, who is contesting against Aam Aadmi Party's Arun Kumar Rajak and Janata Dal United's Shyam Rajak. Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)'s Gopal Ravidas is the incumbent from the Phulwari seat.

What did exit polls say?

Shortly after the second phase of voting ended, several exit polls released their predictions for the Bihar Assembly elections. Most of them projected a clear victory for the Janata Dal (United) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). However, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress-led INDIA bloc were also expected to put up a strong fight. The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party received the least promising projections, with most pollsters predicting it would win only 0–2 seats.

 

In contrast, Axis My India, which released its data on Wednesday, forecast a much closer contest between the NDA and the INDIA bloc, with the ruling NDA slightly ahead and likely to cross the majority mark of 122 seats to form the government.