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, 1980
GYAN RANGAN
INC(I)
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 10
Margin, 1980
5,782
10.35% of valid votes
Result, 1980
Runner-up
BJPNANI GOPAL MITRA
- Votes
- 13,308
- Vote share
- 23.83%
- Behind by
- 5,782
Electors
1,26,777
Total votes polled
55,853
Valid votes
55,853
NOTA votes
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Turnout
44.1%
Full result, 1980
15 candidates · 55,853 valid votes
GYAN RANGANINC(I)won
19,090
34.2%
NANI GOPAL MITRABJP
13,308
23.8%
JAGARNATH PRASAD CHOIND
10,266
18.4%
SHAFIQUE ALAMJNPSC
5,120
9.2%
BADSAH PRASAD AZADINC(U)
3,266
5.8%
JINIS PRASAD SINGHJNPJP
2,610
4.7%
SAIDEO SINGHIND
1,060
1.9%
SITESH SHARMAIND
409
0.7%
BASANT LALIND
254
0.5%
ANJANI KUMAR CHOUBEYIND
126
0.2%
LEKHANAND JHAIND
122
0.2%
DEVID VANJARJKD
107
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 15. 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
