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GIRIDIH

Assembly seat no. 275 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.

Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called GIRIDIH. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
2000BJPCHANDRA MOHAN PRASADRJDNIRBHAY KUMAR1,0251.15%1248.5%
1995BJPCHANDRA MOHAN PRASADINCJYOTINDRA PRASAD5,2645.89%2352.4%
1990INCJOYTINDRA PRASADCPIOMI LALL AZAD4,0475.88%1443.8%
1985CPIOM LAL AZADINCURMILA DEVI5,69611.03%943.5%
1980INC(I)URMILA DEBICPICHATURNAN MISHRA16,79832.27%950.5%
1977CPICHATURANAN MISHRAJNPGOPAL V. RAGHAVAN3,3448.88%942.0%
19721966 boundariesCPICHATURANAN MISHRABJSBHAGAT SINGH6,89416.54%643.5%
19691966 boundariesCPICHATURANAN MISHRABJSSARDAR BHAGAT SINGH11,27924.33%553.6%
19671966 boundariesINCR. RAMCPIC. MISHRA2,4185.62%552.1%
19621961 boundariesINCRAGHUNANDAN RAMCPICHATURANAN MISHRA4,75715.84%1044.3%

Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the GIRIDIH assembly constituency in 2000?

CHANDRA MOHAN PRASAD (BJP) won GIRIDIH in 2000, by a margin of 1,025 votes.

Which party has won GIRIDIH the most times?

CPI, with 4 of the 10 wins recorded since 1962.

How many times has GIRIDIH gone to the polls?

10 times, from 1962 to 2000.

Who has won GIRIDIH the most times?

CHATURANAN MISHRA, with 3 wins between 1969 and 1977.

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