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, 1977
NANI GOPAL MITRA
JNP
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 10
Margin, 1977
12,632
37.56% of valid votes
Result, 1977
Runner-up
INCJAGANATH PRASAD CHOUDHRY
- Votes
- 6,899
- Vote share
- 20.51%
- Behind by
- 12,632
Electors
96,176
Total votes polled
33,631
Valid votes
33,631
NOTA votes
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Turnout
35.0%
Full result, 1977
11 candidates · 33,631 valid votes
NANI GOPAL MITRAJNPwon
19,531
58.1%
JAGANATH PRASAD CHOUDHRYINC
6,899
20.5%
MANIBUL RAHMANJKP
3,104
9.2%
BADSHAH PRASAD AZADIND
2,131
6.3%
NIDHI KANT UPADHAYIND
680
2.0%
KRISHNA BALDEO SHARMAJKD
613
1.8%
GHANSHYAM PRASAD SINHAIND
210
0.6%
TRIBENI PRASAD SAHAYIND
193
0.6%
SUBODH KANT SAHAYIND
98
0.3%
SHRAWAN KUMAR SHARMAIND
94
0.3%
ARUN RAIIND
78
0.2%
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
