A senior and prominent leader of the main opposition party, RJD, Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav is contesting the 2025 Bihar assembly elections from the Jhajha constituency in Jamui district. Born in 1954 in Jamui, Yadav is a post graduate, holding MA and LLB degrees from Patna University. His political career is extensive, having served four terms as an MLA, with significant ministerial positions including portfolios of primary, secondary and adult education. He has been elected as a Lok Sabha MP from Munger and Banka and was the minister of state for water resources under the UPA I government.

Candidate Info: Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav is the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) contesting from Jhajha (General) Assembly constituency for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. This male candidate is 71 years of age, according to the election affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of India.

Jhajha Assembly election results

2020

Party	Party votes polled	Votes %	Candidate name
JDU	76,972	39.55%	Damodar Rawat Margin: 1,679 (0.863%) winner
RJD	75,293	38.69%	Rajendra Prasad
BSP	13,479	6.93%	Binod Pd. Yadav
LJP	11,762	6.04%	Rabindra Yadav
NOTA	6,278	3.23%	Nota
IND	3,260	1.68%	Rahul Kumar Singh
IND	2,972	1.53%	Vijay Kumar
IND	1,870	0.96%	Vinod Kumar Sinha
JMM	1,186	0.61%	Ajeet Kumar
IND	777	0.4%	Pankaj Thakur

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First Published: August 29, 2025, 05:40 IST

Last Updated: November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM IST

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