Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 1995
Mufti Mohammad Quasim of Janata Dal won the Kanti Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 1995 state assembly election, securing 66,231 votes (66.10% vote share). The runner-up was Ajit Kumar (Indian National Congress) with 9,381 votes.
A total of 50 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 | Mufti Mohammad Quasim | 66231 | 66.10% | Janata Dal |
| 2 | Ajit Kumar | 9381 | 9.40% | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Shailendra Kumar Chaudhary | 7572 | 7.60% | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Baleshwar Rasulpuri | 5399 | 5.40% | Socialist Unity Centre Of India |
| 5 | Nalini Ranjan Singh | 4460 | 4.50% | Samata Party |
| 6 | Mahesh Kumar Pandey | 1936 | 1.90% | Independent |
| 7 | Shyam Kumar Ojha | 521 | 0.50% | Samajwadi Janata Party (RASHTRIYA) |
| 8 | Vinod Kumar Singh | 294 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 9 | Md. Umar Ansari | 285 | 0.30% | Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party |
| 10 | Sudhakar Sharma | 269 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 11 | Mahesh Kumar | 264 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 12 | Ramesh Kumar Singh | 251 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 13 | Mahendra Roy | 247 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 14 | Ramashanker Prasad Singh | 209 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 15 | Shambhu Kumar Patel | 208 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 16 | Shanker Ram | 191 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 16 | Ramesh Kumar | 191 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 18 | Vijay Kumar | 175 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 19 | Prof. Janmenjai Kumar | 168 | 0.20% | Socialist Party (LOHIYA) |
| 20 | Anjani Kumar Singh | 134 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 21 | Sanjay Kumar Tripathi | 125 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 22 | Radhika Devi | 110 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 23 | Shiv Sewak Pandey | 108 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 24 | Sanita Singh | 98 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 25 | Ram Chandra Ojha | 95 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 26 | Kiran Sinha | 93 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 27 | Mohammad Motiur Rahman | 80 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 28 | Janardan Tripathi | 79 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 29 | Bhupendra Rai | 78 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 30 | Ram Chandra Prasad Singh | 71 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 31 | Chunu Kant Thakur | 68 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 32 | Ali Raza Ansari | 66 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 33 | Chandra Kishore Chanchal | 64 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 33 | Ramjee Urf Sunil | 64 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 35 | Surendra Prasad Singh | 63 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 35 | Sadhu Sharan Singh | 63 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 37 | Kedar Prasad Shahi | 57 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 38 | Mohammad Bashir | 56 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 39 | Umashanker Chaudhary | 50 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 40 | Rabi Pratap Sarraf | 44 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 41 | Satya Narayan Thakur | 43 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 42 | Sajjad Ahmad | 38 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 43 | Sanjay Kumar | 37 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 44 | Subodh Kumar | 33 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 45 | Sanjay Kumar | 27 | 0.00% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 45 | Syed Nazre Ri Abbas | 27 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 47 | Umesh Mahto | 22 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 48 | Mohammad Ataur Rahman | 18 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 48 | Zainul Abedin | 18 | 0.00% | Independent |
| 50 | Md. Izhar Alam | 13 | 0.00% | Independent |
The Kanti constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 1995 Assembly election, 50 candidates contested for this seat. Mufti Mohammad Quasim (Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 66,231 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.