RANCHI
Assembly seat no. 306 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called RANCHI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 2000
CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD SINGH
BJP
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 10
Margin, 2000
36,209
35.26% of valid votes
Result, 2000
Runner-up
RJDJAI SINGH YADAV
- Votes
- 20,236
- Vote share
- 19.70%
- Behind by
- 36,209
Electors
2,13,263
Total votes polled
1,02,702
Valid votes
1,02,702
NOTA votes
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Turnout
48.2%
Full result, 2000
14 candidates · 1,02,702 valid votes
CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD SINGHBJPwon
56,445
55.0%
JAI SINGH YADAVRJD
20,236
19.7%
PRATIBHA PANDEYINC
18,651
18.2%
KUMAR VARUNSP
2,339
2.3%
NAVIN CHANCHALJMM
1,369
1.3%
MANSOOR ALAMIND
780
0.8%
RAKESH KUMARJKP
762
0.7%
K.N. PANDITCPI
756
0.7%
MD. NAUSHAD KHANIND
442
0.4%
TAPESHWAR PRASAD NARAYANBSP
435
0.4%
KUMKUM PRASADAJBP
213
0.2%
RAKESH KUMARSHS
143
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | BJP | 56,445 | 54.96% | JAI SINGH YADAV | 36,209 |
| 1995 | YASWANT SINHA | BJP | 52,617 | 44.12% | ASHOK KUMAR SINGH | 20,143 |
| 1990 | GULSHAN LAL AJMANI | BJP | 49,560 | 47.29% | HUSSAIN KASIM KACHHI | 21,206 |
| 1985 | JAI PRAKASH GUPTA | INC | 19,309 | 42.79% | NANI GOPAL MITRA | 6,437 |
| 1980 | GYAN RANGAN | INC(I) | 19,090 | 34.18% | NANI GOPAL MITRA | 5,782 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above