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Dhaka

Assembly constituency 21 (GEN) · Bihar

State boardBihar 2015

[01]Result · 2015

#21 · GEN
Poll date5 Nov 2015
Contestants10
Electors2,85,026
Votes polled1,86,214
Turnout65.3%
NOTA2,5480.9% of votes
WinnerFaisal RahmanRashtriya Janata Dal87,45847.0% of votes
MARGIN19,197 votes · 10.3 pp87,458 − 68,261
Runner-upPawan Kumar Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party68,26136.7% of votes
RJD 56.2% of top-two votesBJP 43.8%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Faisal RahmanRJD87,458 47.0%
  2. 02 Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP68,261 36.7%
  3. 03 Ram Pukar SinhaIND20,160 10.8%
  4. 04 Nek MohammadNCP1,868 1.0%
  5. 05 Manjur AhmadIND1,637 0.9%
  6. 06 Ramkrit PaswanBSP1,434 0.8%
  7. 07 Veerchandra PrasadRPP985 0.5%
  8. 08 Prabhu NarainIND952 0.5%
  9. 09 Mohmmad AlamGJDS480 0.3%
  10. 10 Anil Kumar MehataIND431 0.2%

Turnout 65.3%

025507510065.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.2%
Male 1.51 lakh52.9% Female 1.34 lakh47.1%

Share of 2,85,026 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males891
  • NOTAcounted within the total2,548 · 0.9%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 243 seats, 201557.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,83,666Verified

Seat history 2025–1962

  1. 2025
    0.1 pp
    Faisal RahmanRashtriya Janata Dal
  2. 2020
    4.9 pp
    Pawan Kumar JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2015
    10.3 pp
    Faisal RahmanRashtriya Janata Dal
  4. 2010
    1.3 pp
    Pawan Kumar JaiswalIndependent
  5. 2005
    4.1 pp
    Amrendra Kumar PandeyBahujan Samaj Party
  6. 2000
    13.6 pp
    Kiran DeviRashtriya Janata Dal
  7. 1995
    20.9 pp
    Sinheshwar ShahiJanata Dal
  8. 1990
    6.1 pp
    Bachcha ChubeIndian National Congress
  9. 1985
    17.1 pp
    Bachcha ChoubeyJanata Party
  10. 1980
    8.2 pp
    Sihaswar SahiIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    23.4 pp
    Nagina RaiIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    18.6 pp
    Ramashankar PandeyIndian National Congress
  13. 1969
    0.2 pp
    Hari Shankar SharmaBharatiya Jana Sangh
  14. 1967
    1.9 pp
    D.N.M. TripathiIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    11.6 pp
    Dhrup Narain Mani TripathiIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed IND polled 20,160 votes, 1.1× the 19,197-vote margin.

    20,160 ÷ 19,197 = 1.1

  2. The top two polled 83.6% of votes; the other 8 candidates 15.0% between them.

    (87,458 + 68,261) ÷ 1,86,214 = 83.6% · 27,947 ÷ 1,86,214 = 15.0%

  3. Turnout of 65.3% was 8.1 pp above the state's median seat (57.2%).

    65.3 − 57.2 = +8.1

  4. The margin widened from 1.3 pp in 2010 to 10.3 pp.

    10.3 − 1.3 = +9.0 pp

  5. Pawan Kumar Jaiswal, the 2010 winner, finished second in 2015.

    2010 winner name = 2015 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines1,83,666
  • NOTAcounted within the total2,548
  • Published totalVotes polled1,86,214
  • Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2015 · Bihar · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates10 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 243 seats on the Bihar Vidhan Sabha 2015 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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