| Forbesganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 48- for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
 Forbesganj Vidhan sabha Constituency -048 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Araria -09 |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 301,120 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Forbesganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inAraria district in theIndianstate ofBihar.Vidyasagar Kesari is theMLA of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Forbesganjcommunity development block.[1]
Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]
In2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Bokai Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Dumar Lal Baitha | ||
| Shital Prasad Gupta | |||
| 1962 | Saryu Mishra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Mayanand Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Zakir Hussain Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005 | Laxmi Narayan Mehta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Padam Parag Roy | ||
| 2015 | Vidya Sagar Keshri | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Manoj Bishwas | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Bishwas | 120,114 | 47.77 |  7.79 | |
| BJP | Vidya Sagar Keshri | 119,893 | 47.68 |  1.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,114 | 1.24 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 221 | 0.09 | 9.46 | ||
| Turnout | 251,439 | 69.82 | 9.26 | ||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vidya Sagar Keshri | 102,212 | 49.53 | +3.32 | |
| INC | Zakir Hussain Khan | 82,510 | 39.98 | ||
| Independent | Pradeep Kumar Deo | 6,452 | 3.13 | ||
| BSP | Raja Raman Bhaskar | 5,818 | 2.82 | +0.53 | |
| JAP(L) | Akhlaqur Rahman | 2,207 | 1.07 | −9.09 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,351 | 1.62 | −0.22 | |
| Majority | 19,702 | 9.55 | −4.02 | ||
| Turnout | 206,372 | 60.56 | −1.43 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vidya Sagar Keshri | 85,929 | 46.21 | ||
| RJD | Krityanand Biswas | 60,691 | 32.64 | ||
| JAP(L) | Zakir Hussain Khan | 18,894 | 10.16 | ||
| BSP | Laxmi Narayan Mehta | 4,262 | 2.29 | ||
| Independent | Raja Raman Bhaskar | 3,259 | 1.75 | ||
| NCP | Ashok Mishra | 2,304 | 1.24 | ||
| Independent | Satya Narayan Writer | 1,917 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,428 | 1.84 | ||
| Majority | 25,238 | 13.57 | |||
| Turnout | 185,936 | 61.99 | |||
In the2010 state assembly elections, Padam Parag Roy Venu ofBJP won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur ofLJP.[6] 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 ofRJD inOctober 2005 andFebruary 2005. Zakir Hussain Khan representingBSP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta ofCongress in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar ofCPI in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni ofJP.[7]
Vidyasagar Kesari was first elected in2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, and re-elected in2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[8]