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, 1985
JAI PRAKASH GUPTA
INC
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 10
Margin, 1985
6,437
14.26% of valid votes
Result, 1985
Runner-up
BJPNANI GOPAL MITRA
- Votes
- 12,872
- Vote share
- 28.52%
- Behind by
- 6,437
Electors
1,31,685
Total votes polled
45,128
Valid votes
45,128
NOTA votes
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Turnout
34.3%
Full result, 1985
22 candidates · 45,128 valid votes
JAI PRAKASH GUPTAINCwon
19,309
42.8%
NANI GOPAL MITRABJP
12,872
28.5%
BADEHAN PRASAD AZADICJ
3,357
7.4%
ABDUL QAUM ABDALICPI
2,415
5.3%
SAFIQ ALAMIND
1,888
4.2%
MEWA RAM CHURASIALKD
1,761
3.9%
SITESH SHARMAIND
952
2.1%
USHA SAXSENAJNP
657
1.5%
KRISTOPHER MINJIND
479
1.1%
GOKUL CHANDIND
322
0.7%
MADHUSUDAN TRIPATHIIND
289
0.6%
MANAV KUMAR GHOSH DASTIDARJMM
267
0.6%
Showing the top 12 of 22. 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
