Madhepura
Winner — 1985
Madhepura was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 395 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
17 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHOLI PRASAD MANDAL | INC | 36,822 | 39.5% |
| 2 | RADHA KANT YADAV | Lok Dal | 36,427 | 39.1% |
| 3 | KAMESHWAR PD. YADAV | Left | 5,175 | 5.6% |
| 4 | RAMESH NANDA | Janata | 3,575 | 3.8% |
| 5 | AMRENDRA NR. SINGH | BJP | 2,452 | 2.6% |
| 6 | SHASHI SHEKHAR YADAV | IND | 2,000 | 2.1% |
| 7 | RAMOTAR YADAV | IND | 1,756 | 1.9% |
| 8 | SUMESHWAR YADAV | IND | 1,630 | 1.8% |
| 9 | AMRENDRA KUMAR | IND | 925 | 1.0% |
| 10 | RANDHIR SINGH | IND | 565 | 0.6% |
| 11 | KOOLA NAND YADAV | IND | 489 | 0.5% |
| 12 | ARVIND KUMAR SINHA | IND | 292 | 0.3% |
| 13 | DIWAKAR PD. SINGH | IND | 268 | 0.3% |
| 14 | RAJ KUMARI CHOUDHARY | IND | 245 | 0.3% |
| 15 | ANWARUL HASAN | IND | 195 | 0.2% |
| 16 | LAL BAHADUR SINGH | IND | 190 | 0.2% |
| 17 | AJOY KUMAR | IND | 146 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (123rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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