Kutumba Election Result 2025: Will Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Kumar be able to achieve a hat-trick?

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Kutumba assembly constituency has emerged as a prestige battle for the Congress party as its state president Rajesh Kumar wants to score a hat-trick from here in the 2025 assembly elections in Bihar. He is pitted against long-time rival Lalan Ram of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).

Kutumba falls under Aurangabad district of Bihar and was redefined after the delimitation exercise in 2008. It is one of the six assembly constituencies under the Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat, which is currently held by Abhay Kushwaha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Lalan Ram was the first person to win from Kutumba assembly in 2010, when he represented Janata Dal (United).

Later, Rajesh Kumar registered consecutive victories in the 2015 and 2020 elections. His victory in the last assembly elections in Bihar was largely helped by the division of votes between HAM, LJP (RV) and the then independent candidate Lalan Ram.

This time Rajesh Kumar and Lalan Ram are facing tough competition from Prashant Kishore-led Jan Suraj Party (JSP) candidate Shyambali Ram.

Despite being an independent candidate in 2020, Lalan Ram got more than 20,000 votes. This time, the NDA has officially supported him and fielded him against Rajesh Kumar considering his strong ties with the local people.

In March this year, Congress had appointed Rajesh Kumar as the new president of its Bihar unit. He replaced Akhilesh Prasad Singh. Kumar is the son of former Bihar Health Minister Dilkeshwar Ram.

There are 11 candidates in the fray from Kutumba seat in the 2025 assembly elections in Bihar, but the main contest is between Rajesh Kumar and Lalan Ram.

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There are a total of 2,71,697 registered voters in the region, of which 1,27,123 are women.

HAM is contesting the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). This includes JDU led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, LJP (Ram Vilas) and RLM among others.

Congress is part of the grand alliance, which includes RJD, Left parties and VIP.

last election results

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, Rajesh Kumar of Congress won from Kutumba and got 50,822 votes with 36.61% vote share. He was followed by HAM’s Sharwan Bhuiya, who got 34,169 votes (24.61%). Then independent candidate Lalan Ram stood third with 20,433 votes (14.72%).

Earlier, in 2015, Rajesh Kumar had received 51,303 votes (42.74%) and defeated HAM’s Santosh Kumar Suman by over 10,000 votes. Suman got 41,205 votes or 34.33% vote share.

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