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Dhanwar (SC)

Name: Dhanwar (SC)
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1985

130,006

Electors

59,486

Votes polled

45.76%

Turnout

2,768

Margin

Winner

Harihar Narayan Prabhakar

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Harihar Narayan Prabhakar Won Male	BJP	15,464	26.00%
2	Punit Roy Male	INC	12,696	21.34%
3	Ghulam Rasool Ansari Male	IND	11,735	19.73%
4	Bhagwat Prasad Yadav Male	IND	7,752	13.03%
5	Virendra Prasad Male	LKD	4,622	7.77%
6	Deokinandan Sharma Male	JMM	3,307	5.56%
7	Barki Murmu Male	IND	1,114	1.87%
8	Maharaj Singh Male	IND	798	1.34%
9	Jai Prakash Sahu Male	JnP	624	1.05%
10	Awadesh Das Male	IND	460	0.77%
11	Dip Chand Goel Male	IND	453	0.76%
12	Sudhir Pandey Male	IND	325	0.55%
13	Anil Narayan Deo Male	IND	136	0.23%

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%