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state assembly / GENERAL ELECTION

DHANWAR · 1985

Bihar · Constituency 271

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 13 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1HARIHAR NARAYAN PRABHAKARBJP15,46426.00%
2PUNIT ROYINC12,69621.34%
3GHULAM RASOOL ANSARIIND11,73519.73%
4BHAGWAT PRASAD YADAVIND7,75213.03%
5VIRENDRA PRASADLKD4,6227.77%
6DEOKINANDAN SHARMAJMM3,3075.56%
7BARKI MURMUIND1,1141.87%
8MAHARAJ SINGHIND7981.34%
9JAI PRAKASH SAHUJNP6241.05%
10AWADESH DASIND4600.77%
11DIP CHAND GOELIND4530.76%
12SUDHIR PANDEYIND3250.55%
13ANIL NARAYAN DEOIND1360.23%

Source & record context

Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source59,486
Electors in source130,006

Boundary identifier: 3 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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