Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2010
Rameshwar Prasad of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Nokha Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2010 state assembly election, securing 39,020 votes (33.40% vote share). The runner-up was Kanti Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) with 27,297 votes.
A total of 22 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 | Rameshwar Prasad | 39020 | 33.40% | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Kanti Singh | 27297 | 23.40% | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 3 | Saiyad Kaisar Nehal | 9295 | 8.00% | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION) |
| 4 | Baban Singh Kushwaha | 8158 | 7.00% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 5 | Anand Mohan Singh | 6420 | 5.50% | Independent |
| 6 | Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey | 5842 | 5.00% | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Ram Awadh Singh | 4916 | 4.20% | Independent |
| 8 | Paras Nath Singh | 4117 | 3.50% | Communist Party Of India |
| 9 | Munmun Dubey | 2002 | 1.70% | Independent |
| 10 | Madho Murari Prasad Gupta | 1723 | 1.50% | Independent |
| 11 | Jagdanand Singh | 957 | 0.80% | Independent |
| 12 | Shobha Singh | 951 | 0.80% | Independent |
| 13 | Jitendra Kumar Paswan | 831 | 0.70% | Republican Party Of India (A) |
| 14 | Shioshankar Yadav | 744 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 15 | Birbahadur Pal | 743 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 16 | Usha Devi | 702 | 0.60% | Samajwadi Party |
| 17 | Md. Shamiullah Mansuri | 594 | 0.50% | Shoshit Samaj Dal (AKHIL BAHARATIYA) |
| 18 | Dayanand Prasad | 546 | 0.50% | Bharat Vikas Morcha |
| 19 | Ram Audhesh Singh | 534 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 20 | Jayram Singh | 526 | 0.50% | Indian Justice Party |
| 21 | Md. Jamil Ansari | 406 | 0.40% | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 22 | Ram Narayan Prasad | 380 | 0.30% | Independent |
The Nokha constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2010 Assembly election, 22 candidates contested for this seat. Rameshwar Prasad (Bharatiya Janata Party) emerged as the winner securing 39,020 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.