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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 13

AdapurAssembly by-election result, 1998

Shyam Bihari Prasad (RJD) won Adapur in the 1998 assembly by-election with 42.8% of the vote, beating Virendra Prasad (CPM) by 12,383 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 13 was also called Adapur, on the old boundaries. It kept its number when seats were renumbered in 2005, after Jharkhand became a separate state. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2005. From 2010, seat no. 13 is Harsidhi. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Shyam Bihari Prasad
RJD
RJD 42.8%CPM 31.3%8 others 25.9%
Votes
45,863
42.8% share
Winning margin
12,383
11.6% of votes
Candidates
10

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Shyam Bihari Prasad
RJD
RJD
45,86342.8%
2
Virendra Prasad
CPM
CPM
33,48031.3%
3
Hari Shankar Prasad Yadav
INC
INC
20,26118.9%
4
Faiyajul Azam
JD
JD
2,8182.6%
5
Mahendra Patel
CPI(ML)(L)
CPI(ML)(L)
2,6312.5%
6
Vidhanand Prasar
IND
IND
7230.7%
7
Madan Paswan
IND
IND
4840.5%
8
Sudama Padit
IND
IND
3990.4%
9
Dahaur Paswan
IND
IND
3580.3%
10
Jamil Akhter
IND
IND
1200.1%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A clear win, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
11.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 93% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.14

How did the vote split?

SEAT
42.8%won by RJD
RJD 42.8%CPM 31.3%INC 18.9%Others 7.0%

This seat number was reused from 2010. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2010, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Adapur, 1977–2005

  1. 1977RAM PRIT RAI (INC), margin 5.3%
  2. 1980SHARMIM UDIN HASMI (JNP(SC)), margin 5.0%
  3. 1985HARI SHANKER PRASAD YADAV (INC), margin 6.5%
  4. 1990BRAJ BIHARI PRASAD (JD), margin 27.6%
  5. 1995BRAJ BIHARI PRASAD (JD), margin 30.2%
  6. 2000VIRENDRA PRASAD (IND), margin 0.2%
  7. 2005 (Feb)SHYAM BIHARI PRASAD (JD(U)), margin 18.2%
  8. 2005 (Oct)SHYAM BIHARI PRASAD (JD(U)), margin 14.5%