BARHAIT
Assembly seat no. 149 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.
Winner, 1985
THOMAS HANSDA
INC
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
JMM
won 3 of 10
Margin, 1985
18,300
29.07% of valid votes
Result, 1985
Runner-up
JMMMASIH SOREN
- Votes
- 19,453
- Vote share
- 30.90%
- Behind by
- 18,300
Electors
1,09,349
Total votes polled
62,954
Valid votes
62,954
NOTA votes
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Turnout
57.6%
Full result, 1985
7 candidates · 62,954 valid votes
THOMAS HANSDAINCwon
37,753
60.0%
MASIH SORENJMM
19,453
30.9%
HEM LAL MURMUCPI
4,211
6.7%
NARAYAN TUDUIND
654
1.0%
BABUJI BASKEYIND
335
0.5%
CHANDAN TUDUIND
329
0.5%
ISWAR MARANDIIND
219
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | HEMLAL MURMU | JMM | 66,599 | 67.56% | LOURENS HANSDA | 38,126 |
| 1995 | HEMLAL MURMU | JMM | 42,822 | 46.84% | LORENSE HANSDA | 6,069 |
| 1990 | HEM LAL MURMU | JMM | 38,946 | 47.57% | THOMAN HANSDA | 1,394 |
| 1985 | THOMAS HANSDA | INC | 37,753 | 59.97% | MASIH SOREN | 18,300 |
| 1980 | THOMAS HANSDA | INC(I) | 15,976 | 37.79% | MASIH SOREN | 2,719 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
