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RAJMAHAL

Assembly seat no. 147 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.

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

Winner, 1977
DHRUV BHAGAT
IND
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1977
5,167
10.23% of valid votes

Result, 1977

Winner
Votes
15,125
Vote share
29.94%
Margin
5,167
Runner-up
INCRAGHUNATH PD. SODANI
Votes
9,958
Vote share
19.71%
Behind by
5,167
Electors
1,03,986
Total votes polled
50,516
Valid votes
50,516
NOTA votes
Turnout
48.6%

Full result, 1977

14 candidates · 50,516 valid votes

1977 election →
DHRUV BHAGATINDwon
15,125
29.9%
RAGHUNATH PD. SODANIINC
9,958
19.7%
MD. YUSUFIND
6,283
12.4%
MAHABIR NANDLALIND
4,360
8.6%
NATHMAL DOKANIAIND
3,786
7.5%
ASKARAN GOPEIND
3,755
7.4%
BAL RAM PANDEYIND
2,170
4.3%
PRODOSH KUMAR DEYIND
1,858
3.7%
CHANDA SINGHIND
1,601
3.2%
GITA SAHIND
655
1.3%
YOGENDRA PRASAD SINGHIND
375
0.7%
PARMESHWAR PD. MODIIND
326
0.7%

Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.

Past results

Most recent 5 of 10 elections

View all 10
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2000ARUN MANDALBJP36,62329.92%NAJRUL ISLAM11,862
1995DRUB BHAGATBJP27,72022.86%JAYANT SINGH5,360
1990RAGHU NATH PRASAD SODANIINC38,16041.20%DHRUV BHAGAT3,989
1985DHRUVA BHAGATBJP29,72741.62%DASRATH MISHRA397
1980DHRUB BHAGATBJP29,52544.74%RAGHUNATH PRASAD SODANI1,114

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%17%35%52%69%1962196719691972197719801985199019952000Turnout

Winning margin

0%11%23%34%45%1962196719691972197719801985199019952000Margin

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