KISHANPUR
Assembly seat no. 111 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 1962.
Winner, 1980
VISHWANATH GURMAITA
INC(I)
Elections held
5
1962–1980
Most successful party
INC
won 2 of 5
Margin, 1980
309
0.42% of valid votes
Result, 1980
Runner-up
JNPSCYADUBANS KUMAR YADAV
- Votes
- 17,643
- Vote share
- 23.75%
- Behind by
- 309
Electors
1,21,992
Total votes polled
74,287
Valid votes
74,287
NOTA votes
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Turnout
60.9%
Full result, 1980
10 candidates · 74,287 valid votes
VISHWANATH GURMAITAINC(I)won
17,952
24.2%
YADUBANS KUMAR YADAVJNPSC
17,643
23.8%
HARI PRASAD SAHIND
12,441
16.8%
BAIDYANATH MEHTAJNPJP
8,025
10.8%
GUNA NAND THAKURINC(U)
6,099
8.2%
CHANDRA SHEKHAR YADAVIND
4,214
5.7%
DEO KARAN BISHWASIND
3,280
4.4%
RAJENDRA KAMATIND
2,310
3.1%
SUKANI KAMATJNPSR
1,647
2.2%
NARENDRA RAMIND
676
0.9%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | VISHWANATH GURMAITA | INC(I) | 17,952 | 24.17% | YADUBANS KUMAR YADAV | 309 |
| 1972 | VINAYAK PD. YADAV | SOP | 41,996 | 56.37% | BHUSHAN PD. GUPTA | 12,522 |
| 1969 | BHUSHAN PD. GUPTA | INC | 30,086 | 49.16% | VINAYAK PRASAD YADAV | 5,734 |
| 1967 | B.P. YADAV | SSP | 27,033 | 49.97% | R. MISHRA | 4,353 |
| 1962 | BAIDYANATH MEHTA | INC | 19,215 | 41.08% | BINAYAK PRASAD YADAV | 1,945 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
