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Assembly seat no. 135 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 1962.

OverviewElection History
1972NCO1969INC1967INC1962PSP
Winner, 1962
NANDLAL MARANDI
PSP
Elections held
4
1962–1972
Most successful party
INC
won 2 of 4
Margin, 1962
563
2.95% of valid votes

Result, 1962

Winner
PSPNANDLAL MARANDI
Votes
8,794
Vote share
46.02%
Margin
563
Runner-up
INCBABULAL MANJHI
Votes
8,231
Vote share
43.07%
Behind by
563
Electors
73,272
Total votes polled
19,109
Valid votes
19,109
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
26.1%

Full result, 1962

3 candidates · 19,109 valid votes

1962 election →
NANDLAL MARANDIPSPwon
8,794
46.0%
BABULAL MANJHIINC
8,231
43.1%
LAKHAN MARANDIJS
2,084
10.9%

Past results

Most recent 4 of 4 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
1972MOHMAD AYUBNCO18,78740.49%KEDAR NATH PALIT10,771
1969ABU ZAFARINC16,14842.74%MOHAMMAD AIYUB8,152
1967A. ZAFARINC12,72737.68%K.N. PALIT3,039
1962NANDLAL MARANDIPSP8,79446.02%BABULAL MANJHI563

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%12%25%37%49%1962196719691972Turnout

Winning margin

0%7%13%20%26%1962196719691972Margin

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