Bihar · AC 21

Dhaka

Name: Dhaka
Address: Purvi Champaran, Bihar, IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1957 · Purvi Champaran

62,174

Electors

26,222

Votes polled

42.18%

Turnout

5,061

Margin

Winner

Masoodur Rahman

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Masoodur Rahman Won Male	INC	12,721	48.51%
2	Damodar Jha Male	PSP	7,660	29.21%
3	Dharamachandra Pd. Chaudhary Male	BJS	2,830	10.79%
4	Nek Mohammad Male	CPI	1,635	6.24%
5	Waizul Haque Male	IND	874	3.33%
6	Daroga Prasad Male	IND	502	1.91%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2025	Faisal Rahman Male RJD	45.72%	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal Male BJP	45.64%
2020	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal Male BJP	48.01%	Faisal Rahman Male RJD	43.15%
2015	Faisal Rahman Male RJD	46.97%	Lamp Pawan Kumar Jaiswal Male BJP	36.66%
2010	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal Male IND	37.98%	Faisal Rahman Male JD(U)	36.68%
2005	Awaneesh Kumar Singh Male BJP	—	Awaneesh Kumar Singh Male BJP	—
2000	Manoj Kumar Singh Male RJD	43.45%	Avaneesh Kumar Singh Male BJP	39.03%
1995	Awnish Kumar Singh Male BJP	44.20%	Motiur Rahman Male INC	21.74%
1990	Avanish Kumar Singh Male BJP	64.30%	Motiur Rahman Male INC	33.36%
1985	Motiur Rahman Male INC	50.59%	Avanish Kumar Singh Male BJP	28.57%
1980	Motiur Rahman Male INC(I)	43.93%	Prem Shanker Kumar Male IND	21.28%
1977	Siyaram Thakur Male JnP	44.30%	Hafiz Idris Ansari Male INC	28.67%
1972	Hafiz Idris Ansari Male INC	33.21%	Nek Mahamad Akhtar Male IND	27.98%
1969	Masodur Rahman Male INC	42.69%	Ram Bahadur Prasad Sinha Male BJS	35.71%
1967	S.N. Sharma Male PSP	43.00%	I. Wahshi Male INC	30.79%
1962	Nek Mahamad Male CPI	41.06%	Gajadhar Singh Male SWA	30.86%
1957	Masoodur Rahman Male INC	48.51%	Damodar Jha Male PSP	29.21%
1951	Mashood Moulvi Male INC	46.44%	Rajendra Sinha Male IND	31.53%