Bishwanath : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Bishwanath contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2020 for Vidhan Sabha from Bibhutipur

LOST against Ajay Kumar

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ajay Kumar	CPIM	73,822
Ram Balak Singh	JD(U)	33,326
Chandra Bali Thakur	LJP	28,811
Manju Prakash	IND	6,207
Bishwanath Choudhary	IND	6,111
Nota	NOTA	5,333
Navin Kumar	IND	1,966
Mamta Kumari	BSP	1,893
Vijay Kumar Choudhary	RJnJnP	1,459
Arun Kumar Ray	BTMSP	1,372
Amarjit Thakur	IND	1,117
Harvind Kumar	BHRTSBLP	1,012
Vivekanand Kumar	BMUP	563
Prabhu Narayan Jha	TPLRSP	552
Sushant Kumar	LGJNPSCL	507

2020 for Vidhan Sabha from Maharajganj

LOST against Vijay Shanker Dubey

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vijay Shanker Dubey	INC	48,825
Hem Narayan Sah	JD(U)	46,849
Deo Ranjan Singh	LJP	18,278
Ejaz Ahmad Siddique	AZSP	7,714
Ajit Prasad	RLSP	4,983
Bishwanath Yadaeo	JAPL	3,393
Nota	NOTA	2,473
Om Prakash Sharma	IND	2,185
Satyendra Kumar Gandhi	JDR	2,146
Kamakhya Narain Singh	JP	2,122
Dharmendra Mahato	IND	1,948
Khadim Hussain	IND	1,849
Rajiv Kumar Urph Gandhi Jee	RSTSAHP	1,741
Nayan Prasad	BKKMP	1,699
Shree Bhagwan Singh	JPS	1,631
Sushil Kumar Dablu	IND	1,624
Vishwambhar Singh	IND	1,538
Amit Kumar	IND	1,479
Abhinaw Kumar Pandey	RTMNSWP	1,376
Shambhu Nath Suropam	IND	1,304
Hari Kishor Prasad	NCP	1,179
Surendra Kumar Yadav	RJBP	1,144
Manoranjan Kumar Singh	IND	1,099
Abhishek Kumar	RJnJnP	1,072
Jitendra Kumar	SHtP	828
Ravindr Kumar	IND	807
Krishnanand Tyagi	IND	552
Uma Shankar Tiwari	AIFB	515

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Baheri

LOST against Harekrishna Yadav

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Harekrishna Yadav	RJD	44,770
Mohan Choudhary	LJP	35,684
Hare Krishna Yadav	RJD	33,420
Narendra Kumar Singh	JD(U)	26,465
Pramod Kumar Jha	LJP	17,425
Rama Nand Singh	JD(U)	8,850
Sunita Devi	IND	6,062
Satya Narayan Mukhia	CPI(ML)(L)	4,171
Satya Narayan Mukhiya	CPI(ML)(L)	3,776
Lakshmi Kumar Karn	IND	2,691
Sushil Kumar	SP	2,607
Md. Afatab Alam	IND	2,207
Krishna Kumar Lal Deo	SJP(R)	1,684
Bishwanath Mandal	BSP	1,678
Bishwanath Mandal	BSP	1,401
Sushil Kumar	SAP	1,305
Daroga Prasad Ray	IND	1,293
Nawal Kishor Singh	SP	1,136

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Baheri

LOST against Harekrishna Yadav

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Harekrishna Yadav	RJD	44,770
Mohan Choudhary	LJP	35,684
Hare Krishna Yadav	RJD	33,420
Narendra Kumar Singh	JD(U)	26,465
Pramod Kumar Jha	LJP	17,425
Rama Nand Singh	JD(U)	8,850
Sunita Devi	IND	6,062
Satya Narayan Mukhia	CPI(ML)(L)	4,171
Satya Narayan Mukhiya	CPI(ML)(L)	3,776
Lakshmi Kumar Karn	IND	2,691
Sushil Kumar	SP	2,607
Md. Afatab Alam	IND	2,207
Krishna Kumar Lal Deo	SJP(R)	1,684
Bishwanath Mandal	BSP	1,678
Bishwanath Mandal	BSP	1,401
Sushil Kumar	SAP	1,305
Daroga Prasad Ray	IND	1,293
Nawal Kishor Singh	SP	1,136

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Khajauli

LOST against Ram Prit Paswan

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Prit Paswan	BJP	37,827
Ram Prit Paswan	BJP	35,119
Ram Lakhan Ram Raman	RJD	29,687
Ram Lakhan Ram Raman	RJD	25,706
Dhanbir Paswan	LJP	20,385
Dhanbir Paswan	LJP	9,726
Besh Lal Paswan	IJP	3,225
Paltan Ram	BSP	3,192
Surya Na. Ram	IND	2,893
Ram Ashisha Ram	SP	2,802
Chalitar Paswan	CPI(ML)(L)	2,511
Lalo Paswan	IJP	2,351
Maheshwar Ram	BSP	2,320
Bishwanath Paswan	IND	1,365

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Mirganj

LOST against Ramsewak Singh

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramsewak Singh	JD(U)	30,748
Babuddin Khan	INC	23,135
Ramsewak Singh	JD(U)	19,442
Rajesh Kumar Singh	BSP	13,621
Babuddin Khan	INC	12,827
Imteyaz Ahamad	BSP	11,851
Om Prakash Singh	RJD	8,793
Rajesh Kumar Singh	IND	8,578
Renu Devi	IND	8,462
Prabhu Nath Singh	IND	7,869
Ram Naresh Prasad	IND	4,184
Ram Naresh Prasad	LJP	3,742
Hare Ram Singh	IND	3,043
Santosh Chaudhary	SP	2,541
Bishwanath Singh	CPI	2,514
Prabhunath Choudhary	IND	2,002
Alanoor	IND	1,772
Herandar Ram	IND	1,673
Ram Lakhan Prasad	GGP	1,528
Santosh Chaudhary	SP	1,502
Surendra Ram	BED	1,350
Shriram Singh	SAP	1,141
Rajesh Prasad	IND	1,120
Lal Bahadur Singh	CPI(ML)(L)	1,060
Krishna Shahi	IND	946
Raghaw Kishore Singh	IND	890
Jalil Miya	IND	742
Sudhir Kumar	IND	711
Mukhlal Ram	IND	580

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Dhanbad

LOST against Pashupati Nath Singh

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pashupati Nath Singh	BJP	74,331
Prasadi Sao	RJD	32,266
Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh	INC	25,476
Rekha Mandal	JMM	12,710
Surendra Prasad Rai	NCP	1,795
Amarendra Narayan Singh	CPI	1,657
Bishwanath Bagi	SWJP	1,345
Raj Kumar Sharma	BSP	1,344
Kalimuddin Khan	SP	675
Vijay Kumar Mahto	IND	313
Chhedu Pasi	IND	251
Jagdish Narayan Pd.	IND	79

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Harsidhi

LOST against Maheshwar Singh

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maheshwar Singh	SAP	60,363
Awadhesh Pd. Kush.	RJD	47,645
Md. Hedayetullah Khan	INC	10,543
Bishwanath Yadav	CPI	2,757
Basant Hajra	IND	1,392
Phulena Yadav	BSP	509
Babulal Ram	IND	167

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Baruraj

LOST against Shashi Kumar Rai

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shashi Kumar Rai	JD(U)	48,850
Braj Kishore Singh	RJD	33,817
Ram Sakal Rai	IND	12,388
Balendra Prasad Singh	SAP	5,108
Raghubar Bhakta	CPI	4,644
Lalit Kumar Shahi	IND	3,685
Pankaj Kumar	INC	3,330
Arjun Kuwar	IND	1,747
Ajay Kumar Paswan	IND	296
Digesh Ram	IND	255
Bishwanath Paswan	IND	151

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Bishnupur

LOST against Chandresh Oraon

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chandresh Oraon	BJP	22,369
Bhukhla Bhagat	INC	18,519
Sukhair Bhagat	RJD	5,270
Pravin Kumar Oraon	JMM	4,082
Ajit Tigga	BSP	971
Bishwanath Oraon	CPI(ML)(L)	914
Jai Prakash Bhagat	NCP	766
Ramesh Oraon	IND	612
Bhikhram Oraon	IND	515
Amit Bhagat	JKPP	365
Etwari Bhagat	SHS	192

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Banmankhi

LOST against Deo Narayan Rajak

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Deo Narayan Rajak	BJP	44,761
Manorama Devi	RJD	32,816
Ramdeo Rishi	BJC(R)	11,880
Jaikant Paswan	INC	5,878
Dilip Rajak	IND	4,541
Nityanand Rishi	IND	1,593
Gyan Chand Paswan	IND	1,559
Shankar Brahmachari	SP	1,483
Jaikishor Bharati	IND	1,104
Bishwanath Paswan	AJBP	764
Ramdeo Paswan	BSP	610
Karamchandra Paswan	IND	473

1999 for Lok Sabha from Lohardaga

LOST against Dukha Bhagat

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dukha Bhagat	BJP	163,658
Indra Nath Bhagat	INC	159,835
Bishwanath Bhagat	JMM	28,245
Jai Prakash Minj	CPI(ML)(L)	4,923
Bhubaneswar Lohra	JD(S)	2,358
Sofia Kachhap	BSP	1,947
Harihar Ram Nath Oraon	JKP	991
Amar Oraon	AJBP	836
Biga Minj	IND	721

1999 for Lok Sabha from Bagaha

LOST against Mahendra Baitha

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mahendra Baitha	JD(U)	261,498
Purnamasi Ram	RJD	206,747
Kanchan Baitha	CVP	56,561
Nand Jee Ram	CPI(ML)(L)	28,208
Surendra Kumar Swatantra	BSP	6,275
Lal Bihari Ram	IND	4,690
Bishwanath Ram	IND	3,182
Bisundayal Baitha	RLD	3,109

1999 for Lok Sabha from Darbhanga

LOST against Kirti Azad

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kirti Azad	BJP	395,549
Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi	RJD	340,001
Baidyanath Yadav	CPI(ML)(L)	9,978
Bishwanath Mandal	BSP	5,471
Deo Narayan Paswan	IND	4,190
Umesh Paswan	IND	1,133
Lalit Mohan Jha	IND	1,059
Mithilesh Ku Yadav	IND	573
Suresh Paswan	IND	337

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Samastipur

LOST against Ashok Singh

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ashok Singh	JD	60,706
Shahid Hushan Khan	BPP	16,521
Bishwanath Sah	INC	14,018
Durgesh Kumar Rai	SAP	7,337
Nandan Priyadarshi	BJP	6,304
Sahbir Ahmad	BSP	2,823
Brijesh Kumar Sahni	IND	2,504
Sambhu Lal Sah	IND	1,857
Ram Chandar Mahto	IND	1,612
Sukdeo Mahto	LTSM	1,435
Ajay Kumar Sinha	SMM	601
Barhama Nand Mishra	IND	483
Krishna Kishore Sinha	DDP	336
Surendra Pd. Yadav	IND	290
Ram Chandra Rai	IND	277
Maheshwar Singh	IND	263
Ram Chandra Rai	IND	252
Ram Bahadur Singh	IND	219
Shiv Chadar Thakur	IND	201
Bhubneshwar Sah	IND	176
Kamla Kant Jha	IND	162
Prabhat Kumar Singh	IND	161
Raghubir Ram	IND	153
Deo Narayan Rai	IND	145
Ravi Shankar	IND	145
Arun Kumar Singh	IND	143
Mohsin Ahmad	IND	111
Suresh Rai	IND	102
Moti Lal Singh	IND	94
Tek Narayan Mahto	IND	82
Jai Kishore Pd. Singh	IND	78
Md. Ajim Anshari	IND	74
Yogendra Pd. Yadav	IND	70

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Mahagama

LOST against Awadh Bihari Singh

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Awadh Bihari Singh	INC	44,397
Faiyaz Bhagalpuri	JD	43,902
Kunwar Bateshwar	BJP	8,123
Birendra Kumar Singh	JMM(S)	7,827
Bishwanath Bhagat	CSP-JSD	5,966
Pankaj Kumar Singh	BPP	3,332
Ashafaque Rahman	SAP	2,369
Ezaz	IND	1,810
Naziruddin	SP	1,559
Shankar Prasad Roy	IND	1,390
Doman Mahaldar	IND	1,257
Rajendra Paswan	IND	1,064
Bhupendra Kumar Ram	IND	838
Jaykrishn Yadava	IND	585
Chandi Prasad Bhagat	IND	447
Arjun Prasad Sah	IND	315
Jaysingh Paswan	IND	289
Sayeed Ahmad	JMM(M)	277
Abhoy Ram	IND	277
Ataur Rahman Siddiqui	IND	221
Amal Kumar Jha	IND	203
Samsuddin Ansari	IND	193
Ashok Ram	IND	178
Ashutosh Singh	IND	150
Sirajuddin	IND	130
Safid	IND	95

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Gobindganj

LOST against Devendra Nath Dubey

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Devendra Nath Dubey	SAP	41,128
Jogendra Panday	JD	27,273
Jaiprakash Panday	INC	17,720
Chandrakishore Mishra	BJP	3,760
Ajit Kumar Dubedi	BPP	3,237
Birendra Kumar Mishra	JP	1,687
Dunbahadur Singh	CVP	1,508
Bishwanath Prasad Yadav	SP	1,249
Nageshwer Dubey	IND	868
Bisun Mukhia	IND	551
Idrish Mian	IND	416
Baliram Singh	IND	335
Ramadhar Thakur	IND	305
Birendra Yadav	IND	290
Upendra Maharaj	IND	239
Pannalal Yadav	IND	155
Prabhunath Mishra	IND	99

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Banka

LOST against Javed Iqbal Ansari

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Javed Iqbal Ansari	JD	31,864
Ram Narayan Mandal	BJP	23,072
Vedanand Singh	SJP(R)	13,811
Ravi Kumar Singh	SAP	4,548
Anil Kumar Singh	IND	4,120
Bishwanath Choudhary	INC	3,671
Girdhar Gopal	IND	2,039
Sanjay Pd. Yadav	IND	1,881
Jeewan Kumar Singh	BPP	1,849
Ganesh Rai	IND	1,679
Sikandar Yadav	JMM	1,585
Sachidanand Yadav	IND	1,094
Akbal Husain Ansari	IND	883
Ashok Yadav	IND	697
Ramchandra Pandit	IND	667
Islam Mian	BSP	655
Nawal Kishore Ghosh	SHS	629
Ram Krishna Sah	IND	467
Anand Prasad Singh	IND	465
Shailendra Kumar Jha	IND	329
Amarkant Mandal	IND	302
Raghunandan Jha Azad	IND	287
Manoj Kumar Singh	IND	255
Mohan Sah	IND	242
Satyanarayan Singh	IND	221
Shankar Prasad Singh	IND	212
Kailash Chandra Jha	IND	209
Kamdeo Yadav	IND	181
Tribunwan Pandit	IND	172
Kaushal Kumar Singh	IND	166
Umesh Prasad Mandal	IND	115
Prasad Yadav	IND	101

1991 for Lok Sabha from Bikramganj

LOST against Ram Prasad Singh

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Prasad Singh	JD	258,761
Indu Devi (W)	INC	81,685
Gopal Narain Singh	BJP	72,891
Bachchan Singh	IPF	61,222
Ram Awadesh Singh	LKD	27,041
Akhlakh Ahmad	JP	10,242
Bishwanath Sah	SSD	1,215
Rama Shanker Sharkar	ICS(SCS)	947
Ramjee Das	IND	937
Ranjeet Singh	BKUS	874
Ramashrewy Singh	IND	693
Shekh Shakil	IND	572
Ram Niwas Tewary	IND	465
Asif Kamal	BSP	456
Kailash Singh	IND	451
Bhagwan Singh	IND	424
Ram Lakhan Bind	DDP	354
Arun Kumar Mishra	IND	311
Deo Muni Mishra	IND	311
Jawahar Rai	IND	294
Jag Narain Singh	IND	261
Vijay Krishna Pandey	IND	248
Rabindra Ram	IND	245
Ras Bihari Singh	IND	238
Subedar Singh	IND	153
Ram Darash Singh	IND	141
Shyam Sunder Choubey	IND	75

1991 for Lok Sabha from Singhbhum

LOST against Krishna Marandi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Krishna Marandi	JMM	121,125
Bijay Singh Soy	INC	74,945
Munda Radhey Sumbrui	BJP	68,967
Bagum Sumbrui	JP	15,972
Mangal Singh Lamaye	JD	13,824
Mangal Singh Bobonga	IND	11,993
Deepak Virua	IND	7,274
Mahendra Alda	JKP	4,647
Mohan Lal Purty	IND	3,491
Bhimsen Champia	IND	1,949
Kolay Birua	IND	1,498
Shalan Dahanga	IND	1,469
Pratap Singh Hesa	IND	1,385
Prabhu Dayal Baga	IND	1,277
Sona Ram Nag	IND	853
Ladu Deogam	IND	778
Michael Nag	DDP	720
Rameshwar Bodra	IND	699
Mewa Lal Honhaga	IND	636
Rami Majhi	IND	581
Damu Igar Sundi	IND	548
Singhu Hembrom	IND	327
Bishwanath Sumbrui	IND	295
Mahendra Singh	IND	246

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Sonepur

LOST against Raj Kumar Roy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Raj Kumar Roy	JD	46,208
Birendra Narain Singh	INC	42,564
Raj Jnrain Singh	IND	8,934
Laxmi Roy	IND	4,577
Sarkar Sharan	IND	3,496
Rameshwar Pd. Roy	IND	2,554
Ganesh Pandey	IND	1,372
Jawahar Lal Ram	IND	1,066
Aslam	IND	990
Surendra Nath	BJS	738
Shodeyal Roy	LKD(B)	712
Bijoy Roy	BSP	597
Ganesh Roy	IND	574
Ashok Kumar Singh	JNP	467
Sudarshan Pd. Singh	IND	355
Harihar Singh	IND	346
Bindeshwar Pd.	IND	297
Bishwa Nath Roy	IND	268
Bachcha Pd. Roy	IND	167
Anil Koo Singh	IND	108
Jangli Baitha	IND	95
Parichhan Roy	DDP	93
Chandra Mohan Pd.	IND	67
Bishwa Nandan Ram	IND	57
Jagdish Ray	IND	55
Kamal Koo Singh	IND	46
Jaishankar Ray	IND	43
Birendra Kumar Singh	IND	39
Bishwanath Singh	BKUS	31
Nageshwar Pd. Yadaw	IND	30
Mahendra Ray	IND	18
Satyendra Mishra	IND	17
Chandra Bhushan Singh	IND	15
Ram Lochan Singh	IND	10
Bijoy Kumar Kamal	IND	9

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Dumraon

LOST against Basant Singh

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Basant Singh	JD	32,590
Suraj Prasad	CPI	31,428
Madan Pal	IPF	16,483
Hridya Narayan Sharma	INC	4,287
Sanjay Kumar Tewary	IND	2,625
Kamalbash Rai	BSP	1,623
Ram Kumar Upadhyay	IND	1,073
Pashupat Nath Yadav	IND	580
Sheo Shankar Tewary	IND	349
Nand Behari Singh	IND	243
Ashok Kumar Keshari	IND	189
Laxman Chowdhary	IND	176
Barmeshwar Pathak	SOP(L)	164
Bishwanath Sah	DDP	126
Brijendra Tewary	IND	112
Radha Krishna Yadav	ICS(SCS)	110
Sheo Pujan Bari	IND	89
Mahesh Tewary	IND	86
Bholi Chamar	IND	84
Rama Shankar Tewary	IND	76
Sharda Prasad	BKUS	65
Alakh Nath Singh	IND	53
Mohan Gond	IND	39
Bharat Singh	LKD(B)	38
Sachchida Nand Choubey	IND	35

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Munghyr

LOST against Ramdeo Singh Yadav

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramdeo Singh Yadav	JD	65,545
Prabhat Kumar Mishra	INC	45,776
Swami Sanjay Bharti	BSP	8,155
Bishwanath Gupta	BJP	5,806
Indradeo Indra	JNP	5,508
Basudeo Sah	IND	3,697
Bahamdeo Yadav	IND	589
Manoj Kumar Ram	IND	543
Jagesar Mahto	IND	465
Maharaj Pd. Singh	IND	226
Ramanand Sharma	LKD(B)	216
Prakash Kumar Sinha	IND	182
Sambhu Singh	IND	121
Kamrun Nisa	IND	72
Nehal	IND	69
Gurudayal Tribikram	IND	64
Anil K. Sinha	IND	59
Sambhu Nath Singh	IND	47
Sorjan Yadav	IND	37
Akhilesh Sharam	IND	32
Kamal Kumar Kamal	IND	25
Bishwanat Thakur	DDP	21
Ram N. Singh	IND	16

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Manihari

WON against Mubarak Hussain

with 39% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bishwanath Singh	JD	30,974
Mubarak Hussain	INC	21,456
Sagir Ahmde	CPI	11,103
Praduman Kumar Singh	IND	6,749
Shivendra Kumar Mouwar	BJP	3,910
Nalini Mandal	IND	3,382
Basudeo Singh	IND	605
Rajendra Kumar Paswan	IND	371
Shankar Mandal	IND	352
Nand Lal Sah	BSP	242
Iradat Hussain	IND	157
Sheo Pujan Yadav	IND	136
Suresh Prasad Gupta	IND	116
Fani Lal Sah	IND	107
Jyotishna Devi	IND	69
Saidur Rahman	IND	57
Zahir Khan	IND	57
Rajendra Yadav	IND	30

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Parsa

LOST against Chandrika Roy

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chandrika Roy	IND	51,602
Ram Nath Vidyarthi	CPI	24,767
Baidya Nath Prasad Vikal	INC	19,788
Rajan Roy	IND	5,188
Krishan Roy	IND	4,997
Sabhapati Roy	BJP	3,028
Sheo Bachan Prasad	JNP	2,120
Ramanand Prasad Yadau	IND	1,856
Bishwanath Baitha	BSP	696
Tribeni Prasad Singh	IND	246
Jawaher Singh	IND	158
Rajeshwari Singh	IND	142
Vikil Singh	BBP	97
Ashok Kumar Singh	IND	71
Suresh Singh	IND	51

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Raghopur

LOST against Amarendra Mishra

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Amarendra Mishra	INC	57,599
Udai Narain Rai	LKD	35,389
Harihar Prasad Singh	JNP	30,543
Ram Brikash Rai	INC	18,868
Aseshwar Goit	LKD	16,447
Shashindra Singh	JNP	14,000
Ram Kishore Mehta	IND	4,053
Rajendra Mandal	IND	3,421
Harihar Singh	IND	2,384
Vir Bahadur Singh Yadav	IND	1,654
Ram Pd. Sah	IND	1,118
Bharat Bhagat	IND	965
Vijendra Nath Chaudhary	IND	956
Md. Wahid Khan	IND	811
Virchand Bhagat	IND	766
Nasib Rai	IND	655
Vidya Nand Puri	IND	648
Bhupendra Narayan Yadav	IND	469
Misri Lal Sada	IND	447
Ratnesh Kumar	IND	412
Ram Prasad Sah	IND	357
Jawahar Lal Rai	IND	253
Bhushan Singh	IND	195
Haribansh Narayan Singh	BJP	191
Ranjit Singh	IND	188
Anup Ram	IND	184
Dipan Rai	IND	96
Bishwanath Bhagat	IND	62
Bindeshwar Rai	IND	54
Arun Kumar Singh	IND	51
Ram Jatan Rai	IND	44
Ravindra Nath Singh	IND	25

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Bettiah

LOST against Gauri Shanker Pandey

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gauri Shanker Pandey	INC	31,459
Ahmad Ali	CPI	14,984
Vijai Kumar Singh	BJP	6,151
Mahendra	LKD	5,433
Babu Ram Manjhi	IND	2,574
Nezamuddin Mian	IND	1,193
Shivnath Tewari	IND	984
Chhedi Khan	IND	963
Syed Shamin Akhtar Urf Saharwardi	IND	894
Prem Chandra Singh	IND	254
Chandereshwar Prasad	IND	216
Mukti Nath Sah	IND	196
Bhola Prasad Gupta	IND	98
Bishwanath Prasad	IND	82
Baidya Nath Rai	IND	80

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Mandar

LOST against Ganga Bhagat

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ganga Bhagat	INC	25,673
Karam Chand Bhagat	IND	15,870
Jhari Oraon	BJP	4,013
Bishwanath Bhagat	IND	2,581
Harbu Oraon	JNP	701
Yugesh Oraon	IND	616
Gopal Pahan	IND	585
Amasi Bhagat	IND	441
Siril Toppo	JMM	409
T. K. Binco	IND	371

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Sarairanjan

LOST against Ramashray Ishwar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramashray Ishwar	INC	29,428
Yashodanand Singh	BJP	20,240
Ram Bilash Mishra	LKD	16,337
Ram Bilash Mahto	IND	10,168
Dhirendra Kumar Jha	IND	5,616
Prem Prakash Sharma	CPI	5,150
Booti Sahni	IND	3,364
Raj Narain Bhagat	IND	3,134
Arun K. Isser	IND	331
Raghunath Pd. Singh	IND	224
Bhagwan Dutta Kumar	IND	198
Balmukumd Singh	IND	190
Baidyanath Rai	IND	175
Bishwanath Chaudhary	IND	147
Sitaram Rout	IND	113

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Maheshpur

LOST against Debidhan Basera

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Debidhan Basera	JMM	20,217
Kalidas Murmu	INC	17,192
Chhotelal Soren	JNP	6,614
Bishwanath Murmu	BJP	666
Bhagat Murmu	IND	504
Nityanand Tudu	IND	310

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Shahpur

LOST against Vindeshwari Dubey

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vindeshwari Dubey	INC	42,766
Shiva Nand Tiwari	JNP	13,086
Dharam Pal Singh	IND	8,782
Sambhu Saran Mishra	BJP	3,273
G. P. Ojha	IND	1,970
Vinay Kumar Chaudary	IND	746
Parsu Ram Tatwa	ICS	736
Deo Mun Roy	IND	244
Nagendra Prasad	IND	198
Bishwanath Pandey	IND	181
Satya Narain Mishra	IND	145
Bhuneshwar Singh	IND	143
Ramdeo Thakur	IND	101

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Mirganj

LOST against Raj Mangal Mishra

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Raj Mangal Mishra	JNP	31,168
Anant Prasad Singh	INC	18,597
Bhavesh Chandra Parasad	JNP(SC)	11,135
Bishwanath Singh	CPM	8,426
Ram Chandra Rai	BJP	1,560
Shantrughan Rai Alias Shatrughan Davi	IND	1,236
Kashi Nath Singh	IND	635
Janardhan Kuar	IND	409

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Piro

LOST against Muni Singh

with 14% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Muni Singh	INC	21,305
Indramani Singh	IND	13,592
Bishwanath Pandey	CPI	10,913
Radha Mohan Roy	JNP	8,553
Raghupati Gope	JNP(SC)	7,674
Shanker Dayal	IND	6,366
Ved Narian Singh	IND	5,416
Satujai Pandey	IND	1,269
Ram Prit Singh	INC(U)	816
Chalishnath Ram	JNP(SR)	685
Indramani Roy	IND	661
Babudhan Upadhya	IND	614
Lachhuman Singh	IND	400
Vishnudeo Singh	IND	328
Nathuni Ram	IND	316
Mausim	IND	239

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhore

LOST against Alagu Ram

with 7% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alagu Ram	INC	28,273
Surendra Ram	JNP	13,168
Indradeo Manjhi	JNP(SC)	9,301
Manju Ram	BJP	4,824
Bishwanath Gupta Shastri	INC(U)	4,374
Badri Ram	IND	1,175

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Maheshpur

LOST against Devidhan Basera

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Devidhan Basera	JMM	18,596
Kalidas Murmu	IND	12,304
Jatin Soren	CPM	9,946
Chhotey Lal Soren	JNP(SC)	1,903
Bishwanath Murmu	BJP	762
Stephen Tudu	JNP	290

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Ramgarh

WON against Prabhawati Devi

with 35% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sachidanand Singh	JNP	29,472
Prabhawati Devi	INC	16,615
Bishwanath Choudhary	JNP	14,679
Shabir Ahmad	CPI	7,648
Arjun Ram	IND	5,033
Badulal Agrawal	INC	4,936
Rijhunath Choudhary	IND	4,441
Yadubansh Singh	SSD	2,808
Raj Narain Harijan	IND	1,947
Obedullah	IND	1,632
Panchamin Ojha	IND	1,210
Saryu Prasad	IND	656
Lekh Narayan Singh	IND	602
Iswar Sao	IND	531
Abbiram Karmali	IND	508
Sambhu Chaubey	IND	436
Anurudh Pandey	IND	362
Madan Mohan Mishra	IND	294
Lalita Goswami	IND	233

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Baikunthpur

LOST against Sabhapati Singh

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sabhapati Singh	SOP	36,959
Harendra Nath Prasad	IND	11,901
Sheo Bachan Trivedi	INC	10,094
Bacha Rai	IND	3,291
Bishwanath	IND	449

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Patamda

LOST against Ghana Shyam Mahato

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ghana Shyam Mahato	INC	15,391
Bishwanath Mahato	JKP	10,329
K. K. Murmu	JKD	2,846
Himangshu Shekhar Mandal	NCO	1,547
Shyam Pada Mukherjee	SOP	978
Ranjan Kumar Gupta	SWA	963
C. P. Singh	ILP	951

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Belsand

LOST against Ram Surat Singh

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Surat Singh	INC	30,501
Ramanand Singh	SOP	18,371
Ram Warath Rai	IND	13,272
Bishwanath Rai	IND	310
Kapil Deo Rai	BJS	178

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Barharia

LOST against Abdul Jalil

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Jalil	CPI	19,653
Inderdeo Prasad	BJS	12,937
Munshi Prasad	SOP	7,098
Abdul Rehman	IND	5,588
Bishwanath Sahay	IND	2,108
Abdul Kavi	NCO	524
Raghava Prasad	IND	206

1969 for Vidhan Sabha from Maheshpur

LOST against Kaleshwar Hemram

with 6% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kaleshwar Hemram	PHJ	8,427
Kalidas Murmu	INC	8,390
Josef Murmu	JAP	3,421
Bishwanath Murmu	BJS	1,433
Chunu Tudu	SSP	957
Paul Hansda	IND	701
William Hemram	CPI	553

1969 for Vidhan Sabha from Sakra

LOST against Newa Lal Mahto

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Newa Lal Mahto	SSP	23,331
Fakir Chand Ram	INC	16,036
Ganga Paswan	BJS	8,755
Bachchu Lal Azad	PSP	707
Bishwanath Rajak	JAP	468

1969 for Vidhan Sabha from Baruraj

LOST against Ramchandra Pd. Shahi

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramchandra Pd. Shahi	INC	23,185
Yamuna Singh	PSP	15,022
Mahanth Sukdeo Giri	SHD	11,917
Kedar Nath Gupta	SSP	7,602
Bishwanath Dubey	BJS	1,124

1969 for Vidhan Sabha from Baikunthpur

LOST against Sheobachan Trivedi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sheobachan Trivedi	INC	28,976
Sabhapati Singh	SSP	25,176
Surendra Nath Yadav	BJS	1,345
Bishwanath Choubey	SHD	261

1962 for Lok Sabha from Kishanganj

LOST against Mohammad Tahir

with 7% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohammad Tahir	INC	64,522
Bokai Mandal	SWA	49,967
Lakhan Lall Kapoor	PSP	44,649
Bishwanath Mishra	JS	13,385
Mahboor Rahman	IND	8,440

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Kodarma

LOST against Awadh Bihari Dikshit

with 23% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Awadh Bihari Dikshit	INC	11,396
G. P. Tripathy	SWA	7,488
Bishwanath Modi	SOC	6,184
Nanku Rana	PSP	764
Chetan Gope	IND	726

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Ramgarh

WON against Madan Besra

with 42% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bishwanath Rai	INC	16,374
Madan Besra	JP	11,741
Dasrath Tiwary	PSP	11,197
Tara Prasad Bakshi	SWA	10,451
Sukhu Murmu	INC	9,332
Chhabinath Singh	SOC	8,636
Braj Mohan Chaudhry	INC	7,136
Jagannath Pandey	RRP	1,904
Arjun Dehri	IND	1,750
Dewan Tudu	SWA	1,619
Ram Prasad Singh	SWA	1,219
Yamuna Prasad Sharma	JS	969
Chunchun Prasad Singh	PSP	922
Bhartharam Tirkey	JP	744

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Patna East

LOST against Zahra Ahmad

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Zahra Ahmad	INC	13,739
Sant Singh	JS	10,358
Ahsanuzaffer	IND	6,398
Ram Nath Munshi	CPI	4,686
Manna Lall Vyas	SWA	2,313
Umanath	IND	1,009
Bishwanath Pandey	PSP	689

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Bihar North

LOST against Syed Wasiuddin Ahmed

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Syed Wasiuddin Ahmed	INC	19,324
Habibur Rahman	CPI	13,963
Birendra Prasad	JS	5,721
Dina Nath Upadhyaya	HMS	998
Bishwanath Prasad	PSP	504
Krishna Prasad	IND	302

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Sultanganj

LOST against Debi Prasad Mahto

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Debi Prasad Mahto	INC	23,397
Banarsi Prasad Sharma	PSP	9,999
Baijnath Mandal	CPI	6,044
Bishwanath Chaudhary	JS	1,816
Bishnudeo Singh	SWA	1,384
Asghar Mian	IND	1,370

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Barari

LOST against Basudeo Prasad Singh

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Basudeo Prasad Singh	INC	14,149
Gumani Yadav	PSP	5,004
Mohammad Hussain	IND	3,709
Wakil Prasad Singh	CPI	2,634
Gangadhar Jha	SWA	1,788
Chamaklal	SOC	1,663
Shree Ram Singh	IND	1,100
Bishwanath Bhagat	JS	956

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Forbesganj

LOST against Saryu Mishra

with 7% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Saryu Mishra	PSP	19,537
Shital Prasad Gupta	INC	14,822
Basant Singh	SWA	3,077
Bishwanath Agrawal	JS	2,976

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Gopalpur

LOST against Mani Ram Singh

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mani Ram Singh	CPI	12,700
Maya Devi	INC	10,190
Bishwanath Kapoor	IND	5,867
Yudisthir Mandal	BJS	3,587
Kasturi Pd. Chaudhary	PSP	1,217
Kedarnath Singh	IND	669

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Pirpainti

LOST against Ramjanam Mahto

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramjanam Mahto	INC	11,219
Ambika Prasad	CPI	7,735
Naresh Chandra Suman	PSP	4,948
Raghunandan Yadav	BJS	2,045
Salaman Sheikh	IND	1,578
Mathura Prasad	IND	1,459
Krishna Singh	IND	1,258
Bishwanath Mandal	IND	1,199
Lakhi Prasad Sharma	IND	839

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Madhipura

LOST against Bhupendra Narayan Mandal

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal	IND	12,692
Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal	INC	9,670
Bishwanath Kedia	IND	1,985

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Hajipur

LOST against Dip Narain Sinha

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dip Narain Sinha	INC	15,789
Amir Singh	IND	8,525
Kishori Prasana Sinha	CPI	7,235
Bishwanath Prasad Singh	PSP	1,782
Devi Prasad Sinha	CNPSPJP	1,662
Ram Swarup Prasad Sinha	IND	819

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Kodarma

LOST against G. P. Tripathy

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
G. P. Tripathy	CNPSPJP	10,041
Awadh Bihari Dixit	INC	7,096
Bishwanath Modi	IND	2,423
Surya Narain Singh	PSP	1,156

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Garkha

LOST against Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav

with 42% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav	PSP	19,764
Bishwanath Mishra	INC	14,458
Rameshwar Prasad Singh	IND	609

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Barhi

LOST against Rameshwar Prasad Mahato

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rameshwar Prasad Mahato	CNSPJP	10,146
Mani Ram Gupta	INC	6,465
Bishwanath Modi	SP	1,843
Satyanarayan Singh Praja	KMPP	819

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Bihar North

LOST against Girwardhari Singh

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Girwardhari Singh	INC	8,662
Bindeshwari Prasad Singh	SP	4,245
Harihar Singh	IND	2,951
Dindayal Singh	IND	2,510
Sital Sinha	BJS	1,037
Bishwanath Gope	IND	955
Jagdip Narayan	IND	514

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Madhubani

LOST against Hari Nath Misra

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hari Nath Misra	INC	28,991
Ram Krishna Mahato	IND	17,852
Govind Paswan	SP	16,055
Digambar Thakur	SP	14,297
Braj Behari Sharma	INC	11,452
Sheo Shankar Jha	IND	10,055
Abadh Chamar	IND	8,081
Abdul Jalil	IND	7,847
Baldeo Mahato	IND	7,127
Anup Lal Rai	IND	6,603
Situsaffi	IND	4,993
Munshi Bhagat	IND	2,987
Munshi Mahato	IND	2,934
Anirudh Prasad	IND	2,709
Rameshwar Mahato	IND	2,616
Bishwanath Prasad	SP	2,123
Sab Lal Das	IND	1,634

1951 for Lok Sabha from Purnea Central

LOST against Phani Gopal Sen Gupta

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta	INC	78,720
Durga Prasad	IND	25,361
Arunchandra Sinha	SP	23,384
Bishwanath Mukherjee	IND	10,947

1951 for Lok Sabha from Shahabad North West

LOST against Kamal Singh

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kamal Singh	IND	43,165
Kalawati	INC	40,773
Raghunath Singh Yadav	IND	25,198
Ram Ekwal Ram	SP	22,184
Fagu Rai	FBL(MG)	8,706
Bishwanath Pande	KMPP	5,535
Rama Kant Pandey	IND	5,051