BISHNUPUR
Assembly seat no. 314 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 6 times since 1977.
Winner, 2000
CHANDRESH ORAON
BJP
Elections held
6
1977–2000
Most successful party
INC
won 3 of 6
Margin, 2000
3,850
7.05% of valid votes
Result, 2000
Runner-up
INCBHUKHLA BHAGAT
- Votes
- 18,519
- Vote share
- 33.93%
- Behind by
- 3,850
Electors
1,61,396
Total votes polled
54,575
Valid votes
54,575
NOTA votes
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Turnout
33.8%
Full result, 2000
11 candidates · 54,575 valid votes
CHANDRESH ORAONBJPwon
22,369
41.0%
BHUKHLA BHAGATINC
18,519
33.9%
SUKHAIR BHAGATRJD
5,270
9.7%
PRAVIN KUMAR ORAONJMM
4,082
7.5%
AJIT TIGGABSP
971
1.8%
BISHWANATH ORAONCPI(ML)(L)
914
1.7%
JAI PRAKASH BHAGATNCP
766
1.4%
RAMESH ORAONIND
612
1.1%
BHIKHRAM ORAONIND
515
0.9%
AMIT BHAGATJKPP
365
0.7%
ETWARI BHAGATSHS
192
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 6 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | CHANDRESH ORAON | BJP | 22,369 | 40.99% | BHUKHLA BHAGAT | 3,850 |
| 1995 | BHUKHLA BHAGAT | INC | 30,786 | 36.59% | BINOD KUMAR BHAGAT | 15,141 |
| 1990 | RAMESN ORAON | BJP | 23,538 | 38.21% | BHUKHLA BHAGAT | 3,758 |
| 1985 | BHUKHALA BHAGAT | INC | 24,438 | 77.56% | SOMAI ORAON | 20,467 |
| 1980 | DHUKHLA BHAGAT | INC(I) | 18,717 | 58.13% | KARMA ORAON | 9,344 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
