Sheohar Assembly Election Result 1995

Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 1995

Raghunath Jha of Janata Dal won the Sheohar Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 1995 state assembly election, securing 55,051 votes (58.00% vote share). The runner-up was Anand Mohan (Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party) with 27,453 votes.

A total of 26 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.

Top Candidates (Votes)
Constituency Details
  • State: Bihar
  • Constituency: Sheohar
  • Constituency Number: 22
  • District: Sheohar
  • Total Contestants: 26
  • Election Year: 1995
  • Election Type: Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly)
Position Candidate Name Votes Votes% Party
1 Raghunath Jha 55051 58.00% Janata Dal
2 Anand Mohan 27453 28.90% Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party
3 Ajay Ku. Gupta 5149 5.40% Independent
4 Devender Kumar Yadav 1297 1.40% Independent
5 Ram Babu Singh 1138 1.20% Indian National Congress
6 Chintranjan Singh 459 0.50% Independent
7 Shatrughan Raut 402 0.40% Independent
8 Arvind Kumar Yadav 395 0.40% Independent
9 Ragunath Singh-I 373 0.40% Independent
10 Nandu Singh 347 0.40% Independent
11 Hardya Nandan Jha 301 0.30% Doordarshi Party
12 Ashok Kumar Singh 297 0.30% Independent
13 Ramagya Singh 289 0.30% Independent
14 Mahender Baitha 265 0.30% Independent
15 Kamlesh Kumar Singh 255 0.30% Independent
16 Tripurari Kunwar 222 0.20% Independent
16 Ram Shankar Ram 222 0.20% Independent
18 Raghunath Singh-Ii 213 0.20% Independent
19 Kamlender Ku. Singh 146 0.20% Independent
20 Ram Vinay Paswan 125 0.10% Bahujan Samaj Party
20 Ram Balak Dwivedi 125 0.10% Independent
22 Ashok Tiwari 119 0.10% Independent
23 Satyanarayan Prasad 116 0.10% Independent
24 Vasdev Prasad 95 0.10% Independent
25 Ravinder Nath Pandey 64 0.10% Independent
25 Srikant Pd. Gupta 64 0.10% Independent

About Sheohar Assembly Constituency

The Sheohar constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 1995 Assembly election, 26 candidates contested for this seat. Raghunath Jha (Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 55,051 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

26 candidates contested from Sheohar assembly constituency in the 1995 Vidhan Sabha election.

Sheohar is an assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency in Bihar.

Raghunath Jha (Janata Dal) won the Sheohar assembly seat in the 1995 Vidhan Sabha election.