Jehanabad Vidhan Sabha seat lies in the same district. The Jehanabad Assembly constituency falls under the Jehanabad Parliamentary constituency. The seat has been an RJD stronghold for years, except for 2010 when the JDU won the seat. RJD's Kumar Krishna Mohan won the Bihar Assembly Election 2020 from the seat. Voting for the Jehanabad Assembly election took place in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on October 28. The counting of votes took place on November 10.

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 took place in three phases. The number of phases was reduced due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Voting for the first phase took place on October 28. Bihar election results were declared on November 10.

In Bihar election 2015, RJD's Mundrika Yadav had won the seat. In the 2020 bypolls, RJD's Kumar Krishna Mohan defeated JDU's Abhiram Sharma on the seat. The candidates on the Jehanabad Assembly seat in the 2020 Bihar polls included RJD's Kumar Krishna Mohan, JDU's Krishannandan Prasad Verma and BSP's Manoj Kumar Singh among others.

The battle of Bihar had intensified after the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) decided to fight alone. While Chirag Paswan campaigned against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the BJP remained in alliance with the JDU.

2020 jahanabad Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Satish KumarRepublican Party of India (Athawale)917
Sachida nand SinhaJanta Raj Vikas Party849
Kumar Krishna Mohan urf Suday Yadav (Current MLA)RJD75030
Kalam uddinRashtriya Jan Jan Party706
Raju KumarSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)638
Anil Kumar SinghJanata Dal (Secular)469
Devendra PrasadApna Kisan Party435
Krishannandan Prasad VermaJD(U)41128
Manoj Kumar SinghBSP3945
Amit KumarPragatisheel Magahi Samaj307
Mritunjay KumarBhartiya Sablog Party2903
Sanjay KumarIND2104
Sijantri KumariIND2026
Sultan AmhadJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)1809
Indu Devi KashyapLJPNA

2015 jahanabad Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Mundrika Singh Yadav (Current MLA)RJD76458
Praveen KumarRLSP46137

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