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Dhanbad

Name: Dhanbad
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 2000

290,135

Electors

152,242

Votes polled

52.47%

Turnout

42,065

Margin

Winner

Pashupati Nath Singh

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Pashupati Nath Singh Won Male	BJP	74,331	48.82%
2	Prasadi Sao Male	RJD	32,266	21.19%
3	Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Male	INC	25,476	16.73%
4	Rekha Mandal Female	JMM	12,710	8.35%
5	Surendra Prasad Rai Male	NCP	1,795	1.18%
6	Amarendra Narayan Singh Male	CPI	1,657	1.09%
7	Bishwanath Bagi Male	SWJP	1,345	0.88%
8	Raj Kumar Sharma Male	BSP	1,344	0.88%
9	Kalimuddin Khan Male	SP	675	0.44%
10	Vijay Kumar Mahto Male	IND	313	0.21%
11	Chhedu Pasi Male	IND	251	0.16%
12	Jagdish Narayan Pd. Male	IND	79	0.05%

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	Pashupati Nath Singh Male BJP	48.82%	Prasadi Sao Male RJD	21.19%
1995	Pasupatinath Singh Male BJP	23.80%	Ramadhar Yadv Male JD	21.23%
1990	Surendra Pd. Roy Male INC	31.02%	S.K. Shriva Male JD	26.22%
1985	Surendra Prasad Roy Male INC	36.66%	Ram Chander Singh Male JnP	20.80%
1980	Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh Male INC(I)	60.27%	Gopi Kant Bakshi Male CPM	25.44%
1977	Yogeshwar Prasad 'yogesh' Male INC	33.94%	Kalawati Devi Female JnP	29.13%
1972	Chinmoy Mukherjee Male CPI	57.26%	Brahmadeo Singh Sharma Male NCO	14.43%
1969	Raghubans Singh Male BKD	37.84%	Chinmdy Mukherjee Male CPI	26.28%
1967	R. Singh Male INC	35.49%	C. Mukherjee Male CPI	32.45%
1962	Sheoraj Prasad Male INC	50.32%	Abdul Khalique Ansari Male SWA	10.82%
1957	Purushottam Chauhan Male INC	49.10%	Tara Prasad Singh Male IND	25.08%
1951	Purushotam Chouhan Male INC	54.57%	Ramesh Chandra Bhattacharjee Male BJS	17.11%