DHANAHA
Assembly seat no. 1 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Winner, Nov 2005
RAJESH SINGH
RJD
Elections held
12
1962–2005
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 12
Margin, Nov 2005
1,464
2.47% of valid votes
Result, Nov 2005
Runner-up
SPRAMADHAR YADAV
- Votes
- 17,700
- Vote share
- 29.82%
- Behind by
- 1,464
Electors
1,20,846
Total votes polled
59,357
Valid votes
59,357
NOTA votes
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Turnout
49.1%
Full result, Nov 2005
11 candidates · 59,357 valid votes
RAJESH SINGHRJDwon
19,164
32.3%
RAMADHAR YADAVSP
17,700
29.8%
MUKESH KUMAR KUSHWAHAJD(U)
11,839
19.9%
ARTHRAJ YADAVBSP
4,285
7.2%
KRISHNA BIHARI PRASAD KUSHWAHANLP
1,649
2.8%
RAJESH KUMAR KAWATLJP
1,373
2.3%
SHAMBHU RAMIND
941
1.6%
MAHESH SAHANIIND
810
1.4%
RAMAKANT SINGH YADAVIND
638
1.1%
AWADH KISHOR MISHRACPI(ML)(L)
518
0.9%
RAM CHANDRA RAMIND
440
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2005 | RAJESH SINGH | RJD | 19,164 | 32.29% | RAMADHAR YADAV | 1,464 |
| Feb 2005 | RAJESH SINGH | RJD | 19,389 | 30.64% | RAMADHAR YADAV | 6,102 |
| 2000 | RAJESH SINGH | BSP | 15,034 | 22.35% | ARUN KU. TIWARI | 3,747 |
| 1995 | VISHNU PR. KUSHWAHA | SAP | 13,206 | 22.40% | SATAN YADAV | 3,106 |
| 1990 | SHYAM N. PRASAD | INC | 18,893 | 27.00% | SATAN YADAV | 5,424 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
