Ajay Kumar, contesting from Minapur, has won with a massive margin of 34,165. The second runner-up in the contest for the Minapur seat was Rajeev Kumar from the RJD. Minapur forms a part of the Vaishali Lok Sabha seat. Established in the year 1951, Minapur has witnessed 17 Assembly elections so far. The Congress party won the seat five times between 1951 and 1972. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has won three times — February 2005, 2015, and 2020 — through Raj Kumar alias Munna Yadav.
In the past, Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) secured two victories each, while their earlier avatars — Janata Party, Lok Dal, and Samyukta Socialist Party — won once a piece. The Communist Party, Lok Dal, and Samyukta Socialist Party won once apiece; the Communist Party of India and an Independent candidate have also won the seat once each.
Since the 2014 parliamentary polls, LJP has showcased consistent strength in the Minapur segment, leading by 20,883 votes in the 2024 elections. With LJP back in the NDA fold, RJD has credible reasons to be apprehensive about its prospects in 2025. If NDA manages to pool votes effectively, the seat might swing back. Vote counting has begun –
Key Candidates from Minapur
| Name | Party |
|---|---|
| Kumar Pushpendra | BSP |
| Tej Narayan Sahni | JSP |
| Rajeev Kumar | RJD |
| Ajay Kumar | JD(U) |
| Jitendra Prasad | RJSBP |
| Dharmvir Kumar Sharma | JGJP |
| Shiv Kumar Yadav | SUCI |
| Deenanath Prasad | IND |
| Ramesh Kumar | IND |
| Sanjiv Chaudhri | IND |
| Santosh Kumar | IND |
| NOTA | NOTA |
Election Results From 2020
In the year 2020, Rajeev Kumar from the RJD won the Minapur seat with a margin of 60018 votes, followed by Manoj Kumar from the JDU with 44506 votes. Ajay Kumar was the third runner-up with 43,496 seats from LJP.
