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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Forbesganj<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 48-Forbesganj constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = Forbesganj Vidhan sabha Constituency -048<br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Manoj Bishwas]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[Araria district|Araria]]<br />
| division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = Araria -09<br />
| constituency_no = 48 [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| electors = 301,120<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
{{Pie chart<br />
| caption = Each election in the Forbesganj Vidhansabha constituency has been won by a different political party (1952–2025).<br />
| value1 = 52.63<br />
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress|'''INC''']] (10 term)<br />
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| value2 = 36.84<br />
| label2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''']] (7 term)<br />
| color2 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| value3 = 5.26<br />
| label3 = [[Praja Socialist Party|'''PSP''']] (1 term)<br />
| color3 = {{party color|Praja Socialist Party }}<br />
| value4 = 5.26<br />
| label4 = [[Bahujan Samaj Party|'''BSP''']] (1 term)<br />
|colour4 = {{ Party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}<br />
}} <br />
'''Forbesganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Araria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. [[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] is the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.<br />
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==History==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Forbesganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)]] <br />
.<ref name=commission/><br />
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In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title="General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg."}}</ref><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Forbesganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/forbesganj.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Bokai Mandal<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2" |[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[Dumar Lal Baitha]]<br />
|-<br />
|Shital Prasad Gupta<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|rowspan="7" |Saryu Mishra<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |Mayanand Thakur<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|Zakir Hussain Khan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |[[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|Padam Parag Roy<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |[[Vidya Sagar Keshri]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|[[Manoj Bishwas]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election Results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Forbesganj<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Manoj Bishwas]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:120114}}<br />
|percentage = 47.77<br />
|change = {{increase}}7.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Vidya Sagar Keshri<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:119893}}<br />
|percentage = 47.68<br />
|change = {{decrease}}1.85<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3114}}<br />
|percentage = 1.24<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:221}}<br />
|percentage = 0.09<br />
|change = {{decrease}}9.46<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:251439}}<br />
|percentage = 69.82<br />
|change = {{increase}}9.26<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Forbesganj<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Vidya Sagar Keshri]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:102212}}<br />
|percentage = 49.53<br />
|change = +3.32<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Zakir Hussain Khan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:82510}}<br />
|percentage = 39.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar Deo<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6452}}<br />
|percentage = 3.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Raja Raman Bhaskar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5818}}<br />
|percentage = 2.82<br />
|change = +0.53<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Akhlaqur Rahman<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2207}}<br />
|percentage = 1.07<br />
|change = -9.09<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3351}}<br />
|percentage = 1.62<br />
|change = -0.22<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:19702}}<br />
|percentage = 9.55<br />
|change = -4.02<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:206372}}<br />
|percentage = 60.56<br />
|change = -1.43<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Forbesganj<ref name="election2015"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Vidya Sagar Keshri]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:85929}}<br />
|percentage = 46.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Krityanand Biswas<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:60691}}<br />
|percentage = 32.64<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Zakir Hussain Khan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:18894}}<br />
|percentage = 10.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Laxmi Narayan Mehta<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4262}}<br />
|percentage = 2.29<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Raja Raman Bhaskar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3259}}<br />
|percentage = 1.75<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
|candidate = Ashok Mishra<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2304}}<br />
|percentage = 1.24<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Satya Narayan Writer<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1917}}<br />
|percentage = 1.03<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3428}}<br />
|percentage = 1.84<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:25238}}<br />
|percentage = 13.57<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:185936}}<br />
|percentage = 61.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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===2010===<br />
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Padam Parag Roy Venu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0448.htm |title = Bihar - Forbesganj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. [[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]] of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Zakir Hussain Khan representing [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of [[Janata Party|JP]].<ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp129.htm<br />
|title = 129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-15 }}</ref><br />
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[[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] was first elected in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], and re-elected in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="election2020-1">{{Cite news<br />
|title = bihar assembly election candidates list 2020<br />
|work = NDTV<br />
|url = https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/vidya-sagar-keshri-04048-1<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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