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Bhawanathpur (SC)

Name: Bhawanathpur (SC)
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1972

94,982

Electors

47,449

Votes polled

49.96%

Turnout

14,038

Margin

Winner

Shanker Pratap Deo

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Shanker Pratap Deo Won Male	INC	28,540	60.15%
2	Lal Hemendra Dehati Male	SOP	14,502	30.56%
3	Vijendra Nath Sahi Male	BJS	4,064	8.56%
4	Bajkishore Singh Male	JKP	343	0.72%

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%