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Dhanwar (SC)

Name: Dhanwar (SC)
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1977

101,984

Electors

37,533

Votes polled

36.80%

Turnout

13,681

Margin

Winner

Harihar Narayan Prabhkar

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Harihar Narayan Prabhkar Won Male	JnP	19,835	52.85%
2	Gulam Rasul Ansari Male	IND	6,154	16.40%
3	Lakshmi Narayan Prasad Male	IND	5,624	14.98%
4	Punit Rai Male	INC	4,453	11.86%
5	Deoki Nandan Thakur Male	IND	884	2.36%
6	Ram Nagina Singh Male	IND	583	1.55%

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	Rabindra Kr. Ray Male BJP	25.60%	Raj Kumar Yadav Male CPI(ML)(L)	23.47%
1995	Guru Sahay Mahto Male JD	32.95%	Tilakdhari Prasad Singh Male INC	19.62%
1990	Harihar Narayan Pravaker Male INC	36.44%	Bal Govind Pd. Yadav Male IND	16.14%
1985	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar Male BJP	26.00%	Punit Roy Male INC	21.34%
1980	Tilakdhari Prasad Singh Male INC(I)	24.16%	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar Male BJP	16.79%
1977	Harihar Narayan Prabhkar Male JnP	52.85%	Gulam Rasul Ansari Male IND	16.40%
1972	Punit Rai Male INC	30.65%	Janardan Rai Male IND	28.10%
1969	Punit Roy Male INC	35.71%	Kamala Pati Ram Tarwe Male BJS	21.67%
1967	P. Rai Male INC	47.23%	N. Rai Male IND	19.19%
1962	Gopal Rabidas Male SWA	50.07%	Manilal Das Male INC	40.91%
1951	Punit Rai Male INC	70.49%	Shakti Rai Male CNSPJP	18.25%