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Garhwa

Name: Garhwa
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1985

127,110

Electors

52,175

Votes polled

41.05%

Turnout

806

Margin

Winner

Gopi Nath Singh

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Gopi Nath Singh Won Male	BJP	13,155	25.21%
2	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male	INC	12,349	23.67%
3	Siraj Ahmad Male	JnP	9,306	17.84%
4	Rajendra Chaubey Male	IND	7,903	15.15%
5	Prem Singh Male	IND	2,257	4.33%
6	Villium Munda Male	IND	1,806	3.46%
7	Vishwanath Ram Male	IND	1,734	3.32%
8	Kapil Deo Singh	IND	833	1.60%
9	Akbar Ali Male	LKD	818	1.57%
10	Muslim Karar Kadri Male	IND	687	1.32%
11	Sheo Shankar Tiwari Male	IND	518	0.99%
12	Gautam Krishna Sinha Male	IND	429	0.82%
13	Abdul Jabbar Khan Male	IND	251	0.48%
14	Surya Nath Chaubey Male	IND	129	0.25%

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	Girinath Singh Male RJD	44.69%	Shyam Narayan Dubey Male BJP	32.65%
1995	Girinath Singh Male JD	27.45%	Shyam Narayan Dubey Male BJP	19.28%
1990	Gopinath Singh Male BJP	29.90%	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC	28.88%
1985	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJP	25.21%	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC	23.67%
1980	Yugal Kishore Pandey Male INC(I)	34.07%	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJP	27.30%
1977	Vinod N.Dixit Male JnP	69.91%	Deoraj Tiwari Male INC	19.07%
1972	Awadh Kishore Tiwari Male INC	31.68%	Vinod Narain Dixit Male SOP	30.27%
1969	Gopi Nath Singh Male BJS	43.81%	Binod Narayan Dixit Male SSP	34.27%
1967	L. Prasad Male INC	36.33%	V. N. Dixit Male SSP	27.89%
1962	Gopi Nath Prasad Singh Male SWA	69.91%	Jagnarayan Pathak Male INC	22.92%
1957	Rajeshwari Saroj Dass Female INC	45.48%	Sugreo Dhar Dubey Male CNPSPJP	24.22%