· AC 315

Bhawanathpur

Name: Bhawanathpur
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1962

60,629

Electors

22,580

Votes polled

37.24%

Turnout

11,199

Margin

Winner

Shanker Pratap Deo

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Shanker Pratap Deo Won Male	SWA	15,671	69.40%
2	Jadunandan Tiwari Male	INC	4,472	19.81%
3	Hemendra Nath Sahideo Male	SOC	1,321	5.85%
4	Ramdhani Lal Male	JP	583	2.58%
5	Nagendra Prasad Sinha Male	IND	270	1.20%
6	Ramawtar Sharma Male	PSP	263	1.16%

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
2000	Ram Chandra Pd. Keshri Male SAP	31.70%	Anant Pratap Deo Male INC	24.79%
1995	Giriwar Pandey Male JD	22.90%	Dharmender Pr. Dev Male IND	14.50%
1990	Girwar Pandey Male JD	28.46%	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo Male INC	18.64%
1985	Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo Male INC	33.83%	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshari Male LKD	23.14%
1980	Shankar Pratap Deo Male INC(I)	62.52%	Ram Chandra Prasad Kosh Male JNP(SC)	23.07%
1977	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri Male JnP	36.81%	Shankar Pratap Deo Male INC	33.06%
1972	Shanker Pratap Deo Male INC	60.15%	Lal Hemendra Dehati Male SOP	30.56%
1969	Hemendra Pratap Male SSP	50.17%	Shankar Pratap Deo Male LTC	36.62%
1967	S. P. Deo Male INC	50.43%	H. Pratap Male SSP	37.01%
1962	Shanker Pratap Deo Male SWA	69.40%	Jadunandan Tiwari Male INC	19.81%
1957	Jadunandan Tewari Male INC	24.10%	Ramdeni Chamar (SC) Male INC	19.36%