Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 1995
Md. Ilyas Hussain of Janata Dal won the Dehri Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 1995 state assembly election, securing 40,864 votes (35.30% vote share). The runner-up was Vinod Kumar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) with 30,808 votes.
A total of 37 candidates contested this assembly seat. State Assembly elections elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and the party or alliance winning a majority of seats forms the state government. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency information are shown below.
| Position | Candidate Name | Votes | Votes% | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Md. Ilyas Hussain | 40864 | 35.30% | Janata Dal |
| 2 | Vinod Kumar Singh | 30808 | 26.60% | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Ashok Singh | 14537 | 12.60% | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION) |
| 4 | Khurshid Anwar | 6929 | 6.00% | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Rajendra Prasad Chandravansi | 4841 | 4.20% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 6 | Rajendra Prasad Choudhary | 4302 | 3.70% | Independent |
| 7 | Ashok Sahu | 2754 | 2.40% | Independent |
| 8 | Suraj Narain Singh | 2149 | 1.90% | Samajwadi Party |
| 9 | Khalid Anwar Ansari | 1385 | 1.20% | Samata Party |
| 10 | Kumar Awadhesh Rai | 752 | 0.70% | Jharkhand Party |
| 11 | Ram Nagina Pal | 645 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 12 | Rajni Kant Sinha | 629 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 13 | Dharmjit Singh | 607 | 0.50% | Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party |
| 14 | Vijay Kumar Paswan | 500 | 0.40% | Independent |
| 15 | Jagnarain Singh | 436 | 0.40% | Independent |
| 16 | Mahendra Pandey | 369 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 17 | Vipin Paswan | 365 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 18 | Jagrup Singh | 252 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 19 | Md. Nurul Haque | 245 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 19 | Ramanand Singh | 245 | 0.20% | Marxist Co-Ordination |
| 21 | Lalita Singh | 238 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 22 | Vijay Bahadur Singh | 234 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 22 | Kamta Singh | 234 | 0.20% | Doordarshi Party |
| 24 | Khurshid Anwar | 185 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 25 | Satya Narain Singh | 171 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 26 | Bhadai Singh Yadav | 152 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 27 | Tasliman Haque | 144 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 28 | Ramchandra Sao | 129 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 29 | Sidhnath Singh | 122 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 30 | Nirmal Kumar | 103 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 31 | Akchheshwar Singh | 91 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 32 | Ram Pyare Singh | 87 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 33 | Awadhesh Choudhary | 74 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 33 | Shrawan Kumar | 74 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 35 | Shribhagwan Singh | 68 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 36 | Khijar Hayat | 56 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 37 | Nirmal Singh | 37 | 0.00% | Independent |
The Dehri constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 1995 Assembly election, 37 candidates contested for this seat. Md. Ilyas Hussain (Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 40,864 votes.
State Assembly elections in India determine which party or coalition forms the state government. The party or alliance winning a majority of Assembly seats in a state gets to form the government and appoint the Chief Minister. Unlike Lok Sabha elections which are held simultaneously across India, each state follows its own election cycle, typically every five years.
How to read this data: The candidate table above shows all contestants ranked by position. The vote percentage column shows each candidate's share of the total votes polled in this constituency. The bar chart visualizes the top candidates' vote counts for quick comparison.