Assembly constituency 48, Bihar
Forbesganj
Manoj Bishwas (INC) won the 2025 election by 221 votes, taking 47.80% of the vote to Vidya Sagar Keshari (BJP)'s 47.70%. Below is every result here since 2009.
Latest winnerINCManoj Bishwas, 2025
Winner's vote share, 202547.80%runner-up 47.70%
Winning margin, 20252210.09% of votes cast
Elections on record4BJP 3, INC 1
Result by result
| Year | House | Seat | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Assembly | Forbesganj Seat 48 | Manoj Bishwas INC | 1,20,114 47.8% | Vidya Sagar Keshari BJP | 1,19,893 47.7% | 221 votes 0.09% | 69.4% |
| 2020 | Assembly | Forbesganj Seat 48 | Vidya Sagar Keshari BJP | 1,02,212 49.5% | Zakir Hussain Khan INC | 82,510 40.6% | 19,702 votes 9.55% | 60.6% |
| 2015 | Assembly | Forbesganj Seat 48 | Vidya Sagar Keshri BJP | 85,929 46.2% | Krityanand Biswas RJD | 60,691 32.6% | 25,238 votes 13.57% | 62.0% |
| 2010 | Assembly | Forbesganj Seat 48 | Padam Parag Roy 'venu' BJP | 70,463 48.9% | Maya Nand Thakur LJP | 43,636 30.3% | 26,827 votes 18.63% | 59.6% |
Source: Election Commission of India results, 2009 onwards.