BASANTPUR
Assembly seat no. 27 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, Nov 2005
MANIKCHAND RAI
RJD
Elections held
8
1977–2005
Most successful party
RJD
won 2 of 8
Margin, Nov 2005
14,785
14.76% of valid votes
Result, Nov 2005
Runner-up
BJPSRI SATYADEO PRASAD SINGH
- Votes
- 33,137
- Vote share
- 33.08%
- Behind by
- 14,785
Electors
2,02,939
Total votes polled
1,00,170
Valid votes
1,00,170
NOTA votes
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Turnout
49.4%
Full result, Nov 2005
10 candidates · 1,00,170 valid votes
MANIKCHAND RAIRJDwon
47,922
47.8%
SRI SATYADEO PRASAD SINGHBJP
33,137
33.1%
MAULANA NURUDDIN ANSARILJP
7,806
7.8%
HEMANT KUMAR SINGHIND
3,789
3.8%
RAMAYAN SINGHBSP
2,109
2.1%
KEDAR PRASAD KUSHWAHAIJP
1,375
1.4%
ALI MULLAH KHANGGP
1,242
1.2%
SUSHILA SINGHSP
1,045
1.0%
PRABHU NATH SAHIND
986
1.0%
AWADH KISHORE SINGHAIFB
759
0.8%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2005 | MANIKCHAND RAI | RJD | 47,922 | 47.84% | SRI SATYADEO PRASAD SINGH | 14,785 |
| Feb 2005 | MANIK CHAND RAI | RJD | 44,462 | 46.98% | SRI SATYADEO PRASAD SINGH | 16,100 |
| 2000 | SATYADEO PD. SINGH | BJP | 67,052 | 49.15% | MANIK CHAND ROY | 1,060 |
| 1995 | MANIKCHAND RAI | JD | 53,662 | 46.69% | SATYADEO PD. SINGH | 11,435 |
| 1990 | MANIK CHANDER RAI | INC | 43,481 | 41.42% | SATYA DEV PRASAD SINGH | 9,348 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
