SURAJGARHA
Assembly seat no. 169 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Winner, Nov 2005
PREM RANJAN PATEL
BJP
Elections held
12
1962–2005
Most successful party
CPI
won 3 of 12
Margin, Nov 2005
2,464
2.42% of valid votes
Result, Nov 2005
Runner-up
RJDPRAHALAD YADAV
- Votes
- 37,239
- Vote share
- 36.55%
- Behind by
- 2,464
Electors
2,31,469
Total votes polled
1,01,876
Valid votes
1,01,876
NOTA votes
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Turnout
44.0%
Full result, Nov 2005
8 candidates · 1,01,876 valid votes
PREM RANJAN PATELBJPwon
39,703
39.0%
PRAHALAD YADAVRJD
37,239
36.5%
SATISH KUMARLJP
15,599
15.3%
DURGA ROYBSP
2,423
2.4%
SUNIL KUMARIND
2,202
2.2%
MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIND
1,920
1.9%
ABADH KISOR PRASADIND
1,480
1.4%
PRAMOD KUMARIND
1,310
1.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2005 | PREM RANJAN PATEL | BJP | 39,703 | 38.97% | PRAHALAD YADAV | 2,464 |
| Feb 2005 | PRAHLAD YADAV | RJD | 33,856 | 37.17% | PREM RANJAN PATEL | 5,239 |
| 2000 | PRAHLAD YADAV | RJD | 54,410 | 41.05% | BHAGWAT PD. MEHTA | 26,864 |
| 1995 | PRAHLAD YADAV | IND | 29,787 | 29.17% | PARSIDH NARAYAN SINGH | 7,379 |
| 1990 | SATISH KUMAR | CPI | 37,853 | 32.42% | PRASIDDH NARAYA SINGH | 8,348 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
