In the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, a very exciting contest was seen on Bodh Gaya seat. The situation kept going back and forth till the last round, but in the end Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Kumar Sarvjeet won by a very narrow margin – only 881 votes.
This election was one of the closest contests in the entire state.
Final Result (26/26 rounds completed)
Kumar Sarvjeet (RJD) — 1,00,236 votes — won
Shyamdev Paswan (LJP-R) — 99,355 votes — defeated
Margin of victory: 881 votes
Other than this-
Nandlal Kumar (Independent) — 10,181
Laxman Manjhi (Jan Suraaj Party) — 4,024
Ashok Paswan (Vikas Vanchit Insan Party) — 3,675
Ramswaroop Rishiyasana (Independent) — 3,327
Uday Das (PPI-D) — 1,543
Kumar Pradeep (Independent) — 1,114
Virendra Rajvanshi alias Bigendra Kumar (SBSP) — 1,005
Sugiya Devi (Moolniwasi Samaj Party) — 653
NOTA – 5,960
1. Historic clash on Bodh Gaya seat
The entire match between Kumar Sarvjeet and Shyamdev Paswan was very close in almost every round. There came a time when the lead came below 1,000 votes and tension started appearing in the atmosphere.
2. LJP faced tough competition, mathematics slipped in the end
LJP(R) is considered to have a good hold in Bodh Gaya. Shyamdev Paswan kept the contest alive till the end but lost votes in the last round.
3. No challenge beyond number three
Independent candidate Nandlal Kumar stood third with 10,181 votes, but the main fight came down to RJD versus LJP.
RJD has got a big morale boost — a comeback in such a close seat is important for the party.
This is a blow for LJP, as defeat by a small margin will demand a review of the entire political structure.
This seat will act as a political pulse in the big elections of 2027 and 2030.
The impact of Dalit-OBC-Mahadalit equations will be more acute in the next elections.
Many analysts believe that if the NOTA vote had been slightly less, the result could have been different.
This is also one of the important reasons for the close contest on this seat.