Kanti Assembly Constituency Election Result

Kanti is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. Election results of Kanti assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Kanti Assembly Constituency Seat (Bihar) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2020	Mohammad Israil Mansuri	RJD	64458
2015	Ashok Kumar Choudhary (sadatpur)	IND	58111
2010	Ajit Kumar	JD(U)	39648
Oct2005	Ajit	JD(U)	38294
Feb2005	Ajit	LJP	38987
2000	Gulam Jilani Warasi	RJD	35023
1995	Mufti Mohammad Quasim	JD	66231
1990	Nalini Ranjan Singh	JD	20149
1985	Nalini Ranjan Singh	SUC	17890
1980	Nailini Ranjan Singh	SUC	26705
1977	Thakur Pd Singh	JNP	18495
1972	Shambhu Sharan Thakur	INC	11593

2020 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mohammad Israil Mansuri Male 44 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal hurricane lamp	64458 32.89%
2	Ajit Kumar Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent gas cylinder	54144 27.63%
3	Mohammad Jamal Male 55 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united) arrow	25891 13.21%
4	Bijay Prasad Singh Male 69 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party bungalow	18093 9.23%
5	Neera Devi Female 32 yr GEN	IND Independent pressure cooker	9885 5.04%
6	Sunil Kumar Male 33 yr GEN	JNSHKVPD Janshakti Vikas Party (democratic) ring	2744 1.4%
7	Krishna Devi Female 65 yr GEN	JMBP Jai Maha Bharath Party flute	2188 1.12%
8	Lal Babu Roy Male 36 yr GEN	SUCI Socialist Unity Centre Of India (communist) battery torch	2057 1.05%
9	Anay Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	RJnJnP Rashtriya Jan Jan Party bat	1975 1.01%
10	Vimal Kumar Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent auto- rickshaw	1626 0.83%
11	Sudisthnath Thakur Male 33 yr GEN	BJKVP Bajjikanchal Vikas Party grapes	1509 0.77%
12	Nota	NOTA None Of The Above nota	1507 0.77%
13	Gagandev Kumar Chauhan Male 34 yr GEN	BLND Bihar Lok Nirman Dal box	1390 0.71%
14	Rajendra Kumar Male 45 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	1302 0.66%
15	Mala Sinha Female 32 yr GEN	TPLRSP The Plurals Party ludo	1273 0.65%
16	Anand Kumar Jha Male 26 yr GEN	LCD Lok Chetna Dal tyres	1023 0.52%
17	Anshu Kumar Male 25 yr GEN	RSWD Rashtra Sewa Dal winnower	980 0.5%
18	Ajit Kumar Male 35 yr GEN	GJKP Gareeb Jankranti Party matchbox	966 0.49%
19	Binay Kumar Bipin Male 52 yr GEN	IND Independent television	923 0.47%
20	Gautam Kumar Male 28 yr GEN	IND Independent apple	554 0.28%
21	Mahamad Jafaruddin Male 39 yr GEN	HSAP Hindustan Sampoorna Azad Party balloon	542 0.28%
22	Ashmin Khatoon Female 44 yr GEN	BLRP Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party bucket	482 0.25%
23	Arun Prasad Male 41 yr GEN	RJBP Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party cauliflower	450 0.23%
	Total		195962 63.28%

In 2020, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 309654 electors. Total number of valid vote was 195962. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Mohammad Israil Mansuri won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 64458 votes. Independent candidate Ajit Kumar stood second with total 54144 votes. He lost by 10314 votes.

2015 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ashok Kumar Choudhary (sadatpur) Male 42 yr SC	IND Independent pressure cooker	58111 32.38%
2	Ajit Kumar Male 51 yr GEN	HAMS Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) telephone	48836 27.21%
3	Md Parwez Alam Male 43 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal hurricane lamp	47050 26.22%
4	Umesh Paswan Male 41 yr SC	IND Independent cup & saucer	3109 1.73%
5	Ashok Kumar Chodhary (dhamauli Ramnath) Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent balloon	2144 1.19%
6	Md Inamul Haque Male 29 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	2031 1.13%
7	Amar Deo Singh Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent frock	1948 1.09%
8	Lal Babu Roy Male 26 yr GEN	SUCI Socialist Unity Centre Of India (communist) glass tumbler	1850 1.03%
9	Arjun Prasad Gupta Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent bottle	1832 1.02%
10	Ajit Kumar Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent ring	1797 1%
11	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	1460 0.81%
12	Md Naushad Male 26 yr GEN	ABHKP Akhil Bharatiya Hind Kranti Party gas cylinder	1372 0.76%
13	Abhay Shankar Thakur Male 39 yr GEN	GJDS Garib Janta Dal (secular) auto- rickshaw	1238 0.69%
14	Anil Kumar Ray Male 49 yr GEN	JAPL Jan Adhikar Party (loktantrik) hockey & ball	1207 0.67%
15	Mahmad Jafaruddin Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent coconut	1112 0.62%
16	Md Haseeb Male 46 yr GEN	RSMD Rashtriya Samanta Dal cot	849 0.47%
17	Chandan Kumar Suman Male 26 yr GEN	NJPI National Janta Party (indian) sewing machine	842 0.47%
18	Sanjeev Kumar Jha Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent walking stick	734 0.41%
19	Ravindra Shekhar Male 55 yr GEN	SKLP Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party boat with man and sail	514 0.29%
20	Laddu Sahani Male 33 yr GEN	BMUP Bahujan Mukti Party bead necklace	514 0.29%
21	Kumar Nath Singh Male 60 yr GEN	BJKVP Bajjikanchal Vikas Party grapes	466 0.26%
22	Laddan Khan Male 32 yr GEN	RVNP Rashtravadi Janata Party battery torch	452 0.25%
	Total		179468 65.21%

In 2015, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 275200 electors. Total number of valid vote was 179468. Independent candidate Ashok Kumar Choudhary (sadatpur) won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 58111 votes. Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) candidate Ajit Kumar stood second with total 48836 votes. He lost by 9275 votes.

2010 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Kumar Male 37 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united)	39648 31.79%
2	Md Israil Male 60 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	31233 25.04%
3	Ashok Kumar Choudhary Male 37 yr SC	IND Independent	29768 23.87%
4	Amardev Singh Male 51 yr GEN	IND Independent	3107 2.49%
5	Suresh Prasad Gupta Male 42 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	1913 1.53%
6	Shahid Equbal Male 41 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	1831 1.47%
7	Kashi Nath Sahani Male 49 yr GEN	SUCI Socialist Unity Centre Of India (communist)	1773 1.42%
8	Abhay Shankar Thakur Male 31 yr GEN	NCP Nationalist Congress Party	1733 1.39%
9	Taiyab Ali Male 32 yr GEN	RPP Rashtriya Pragati Party	1501 1.2%
10	Ajay Shankar Sharma Male 50 yr GEN	IND Independent	1403 1.13%
11	Anwar Azad Male 35 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1330 1.07%
12	Md Habib Male 58 yr GEN	IND Independent	1247 1%
13	Chandrakanta Shahi Female 52 yr GEN	IND Independent	1157 0.93%
14	Arun Sah Male 41 yr GEN	BJKD Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (democratic)	1043 0.84%
15	Umesh Paswan Male 36 yr SC	IND Independent	1040 0.83%
16	Syed Noushad Hashmi Male 36 yr GEN	SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (rashtriya)	809 0.65%
17	Md Naushad Male 26 yr GEN	LSSP Loktantrik Sarvjan Samaj Party	635 0.51%
18	Dinesh Kumar Singh Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	608 0.49%
19	Chandeshwar Rai Male 28 yr GEN	JD(S) Janata Dal (secular)	546 0.44%
20	Devendra Rakesh Male 50 yr GEN	BJKVP Bajjikanchal Vikas Party	530 0.42%
21	Munna Mahto Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent	527 0.42%
22	Prem Kumar Male 35 yr SC	RASED Rashtra Sewa Dal	523 0.42%
23	Raju Thakur Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	447 0.36%
24	Md Nasir Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	359 0.29%
	Total		124711 60.64%

In 2010, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 205660 electors. Total number of valid vote was 124711. Janata Dal (united) candidate Ajit Kumar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 39648 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Md Israil stood second with total 31233 votes. He lost by 8415 votes.

Oct2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Male 37 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united)	38294
2	Muhamad Haidar Male 32 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	28091
3	Mohammad Jamal Male 50 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	16630
4	Shashi Kumar Male 51 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	6547
5	Manish Kumar Male 32 yr SC	IND Independent	2644
6	Tarkeshwar Giri Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	2270
7	Virendra Kumar Male 34 yr GEN	JJJKMC Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congess	1250
8	Amar Deo Male 50 yr GEN	IND Independent	1157
9	Krishnadev Rai Male 41 yr GEN	AD Apna Dal	1024
10	Ashok Kumar Male 28 yr SC	IND Independent	708
	Total		98615

In Oct2005, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 98615. Janata Dal (united) candidate Ajit won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 38294 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Muhamad Haidar stood second with total 28091 votes. He lost by 10203 votes.

Feb2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Male 36 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	38987
2	Md Jamal Male 50 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	34819
3	Arvind Kumar Male 42 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	8579
4	Mahendra Sahni Male 42 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	4965
5	Lakhichandra Ray Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	3285
6	Sudhir Kumar Male 29 yr SC	IND Independent	2202
7	Ramji Paswan Male 42 yr SC	IND Independent	2056
8	Shashi Kumar Male 51 yr GEN	IND Independent	1472
9	M D Quasim Male 54 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	1444
10	Mukesh Kumar Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	987
11	Md Haidar Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	962
12	Shashi Bhushan Male 44 yr GEN	BJKVP Bajjikanchal Vikas Party	706
13	Lok Nath Male 34 yr SC	IND Independent	689
14	Devendra Ram Male 34 yr SC	IND Independent	481
15	Ashok Baitha Male 33 yr SC	IND Independent	288
	Total		102246

In Feb2005, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 102246. Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate Ajit won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 38987 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Md Jamal stood second with total 34819 votes. He lost by 4168 votes.

2000 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Gulam Jilani Warasi Male	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	35023 32.78%
2	Ajit Kumar Male	AJBP Ajeya Bharat Party	23979 22.44%
3	Harendra Kumar Male	SAP Samata Party	17089 15.99%
4	Mohamad Jamal Male	IND Independent	11005 10.3%
5	Lakhi Chandra Rai Male	IND Independent	8452 7.91%
6	Kapildeo Sahni Male	IND Independent	2290 2.14%
7	Sitaram Sah Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1826 1.71%
8	Ram Kumar Male	IND Independent	1779 1.66%
9	Lakhendra Chaudhary Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	1297 1.21%
10	Manju Chaudhary Female	INC Indian National Congress	1013 0.95%
11	Nalini Ranjan Singh Male	IND Independent	936 0.88%
12	Sadhu Saran Singh Male	IND Independent	677 0.63%
13	Harshwardhan Thakur Male	NCP Nationalist Congress Party	508 0.48%
14	Habib Mustafa Rahmani Male	IND Independent	454 0.42%
15	Sanjay Kumar Male	IND Independent	215 0.2%
16	Raghunath Paswan Male	IND Independent	114 0.11%
17	Shailendra Jha Male	IND Independent	114 0.11%
18	Sahjad Alam Male	IND Independent	84 0.08%
	Total		106855 65.96%

In 2000, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 165046 electors. Total number of valid vote was 106855. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Gulam Jilani Warasi won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35023 votes. Ajeya Bharat Party candidate Ajit Kumar stood second with total 23979 votes. He lost by 11044 votes.

1995 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mufti Mohammad Quasim Male	JD Janata Dal	66231 66.1%
2	Ajit Kumar Male	INC Indian National Congress	9381 9.36%
3	Shailendra Kumar Chaudhary Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	7572 7.56%
4	Baleshwar Rasulpuri Male	SUCI Socialist Unity Centre Of India	5399 5.39%
5	Nalini Ranjan Singh Male	SAP Samata Party	4460 4.45%
6	Mahesh Kumar Pandey Male	IND Independent	1936 1.93%
7	Shyam Kumar Ojha Male	SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (rashtriya)	521 0.52%
8	Vinod Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	294 0.29%
9	Md Umar Ansari Male	BPP Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party	285 0.28%
10	Sudhakar Sharma Male	IND Independent	269 0.27%
11	Mahesh Kumar Male	IND Independent	264 0.26%
12	Ramesh Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	251 0.25%
13	Mahendra Roy Male	IND Independent	247 0.25%
14	Ramashanker Prasad Singh Male	IND Independent	209 0.21%
15	Shambhu Kumar Patel Male	IND Independent	208 0.21%
16	Shanker Ram Male	IND Independent	191 0.19%
17	Ramesh Kumar Male	IND Independent	191 0.19%
18	Vijay Kumar Male	IND Independent	175 0.17%
19	Prof Janmenjai Kumar Male	SOP(L) Socialist Party (lohia)	168 0.17%
20	Anjani Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	134 0.13%
21	Sanjay Kumar Tripathi Male	IND Independent	125 0.12%
22	Radhika Devi Female	IND Independent	110 0.11%
23	Shiv Sewak Pandey Male	IND Independent	108 0.11%
24	Sanita Singh Female	IND Independent	98 0.1%
25	Ram Chandra Ojha Male	IND Independent	95 0.09%
26	Kiran Sinha Female	IND Independent	93 0.09%
27	Mohammad Motiur Rahman Male	IND Independent	80 0.08%
28	Janardan Tripathi Male	IND Independent	79 0.08%
29	Bhupendra Rai Male	IND Independent	78 0.08%
30	Ram Chandra Prasad Singh Male	IND Independent	71 0.07%
31	Chunu Kant Thakur Male	IND Independent	68 0.07%
32	Ali Raza Ansari Male	IND Independent	66 0.07%
33	Ramjee Urf Sunil Male	IND Independent	64 0.06%
34	Chandra Kishore Chanchal Male	IND Independent	64 0.06%
35	Surendra Prasad Singh Male	IND Independent	63 0.06%
36	Sadhu Sharan Singh Male	IND Independent	63 0.06%
37	Kedar Prasad Shahi Male	IND Independent	57 0.06%
38	Mohammad Bashir Male	IND Independent	56 0.06%
39	Umashanker Chaudhary Male	IND Independent	50 0.05%
40	Rabi Pratap Sarraf Male	IND Independent	44 0.04%
41	Satya Narayan Thakur Male	IND Independent	43 0.04%
42	Sajjad Ahmad Male	IND Independent	38 0.04%
43	Sanjay Kumar Male	IND Independent	37 0.04%
44	Subodh Kumar Male	IND Independent	33 0.03%
45	Sanjay Kumar Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	27 0.03%
46	Syed Nazre Ri Abbas Male	IND Independent	27 0.03%
47	Umesh Mahto Male	IND Independent	22 0.02%
48	Mohammad Ataur Rahman Male	IND Independent	18 0.02%
49	Zainul Abedin Male	IND Independent	18 0.02%
50	Md Izhar Alam Male	IND Independent	13 0.01%
	Total		100194 63.6%

In 1995, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 164478 electors. Total number of valid vote was 100194. Janata Dal candidate Mufti Mohammad Quasim won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66231 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Ajit Kumar stood second with total 9381 votes. He lost by 56850 votes.

1990 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nalini Ranjan Singh Male	JD Janata Dal	20149 25.01%
2	Shambhu Sharan Thakur Male	INC Indian National Congress	14466 17.96%
3	Baleshwar Resulpuri Male	IND Independents	13803 17.14%
4	Ratneshwar Pd Singh Male	IND Independents	6796 8.44%
5	Shamsul Hoda Male	LKD(B) Lok Dal (b)	3975 4.93%
6	Bhuwneshwar Rai Male	IND Independents	3660 4.54%
7	Vali Sa Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	3506 4.35%
8	Ramkripal Singh Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	3367 4.18%
9	Lakshmi Na Sah Male	IND Independents	1978 2.46%
10	Haroon Rashid Male	IND Independents	1904 2.36%
11	Bhup Narain Singh Male	HMS Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	1505 1.87%
12	Dahaur Prasad Gupta Male	BBP Bharatiya Backward Party	1145 1.42%
13	Ghanshyam Jha Male	IND Independents	924 1.15%
14	Chandeshwar Paswan Male	IND Independents	634 0.79%
15	Satya Narain Sharma Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	536 0.67%
16	Sudhakar Sharma Male	IND Independents	436 0.54%
17	Nand Kishore Rai Male	IND Independents	288 0.36%
18	Arvind Ku Sharma Male	IND Independents	201 0.25%
19	Shyam Na Singh Male	IND Independents	185 0.23%
20	Simal Bihari Singh Male	IND Independents	184 0.23%
21	Sikandar Mia Male	IND Independents	151 0.19%
22	Shyam Chandra Rai Male	IND Independents	116 0.14%
23	Sanjiv Ku Thakur Male	DDP Doordarshi Party	109 0.14%
24	Maheshwar Mishra Male	IND Independents	98 0.12%
25	Umesh Thakur Male	IND Independents	94 0.12%
26	Gyan Chandra Sah Male	IND Independents	93 0.12%
27	Ajay Kumar Male	IND Independents	91 0.11%
28	Garibnath Thakur Male	IND Independents	33 0.04%
29	Shyam Nandan Thakur Male	IND Independents	30 0.04%
30	Vinod Kumar Thakur Male	IND Independents	29 0.04%
31	Laliteswar Pd Yadav Male	IND Independents	22 0.03%
32	Umashankar Singh Male	IND Independents	21 0.03%
33	Sukdev Sah Male	IND Independents	20 0.02%
	Total		80549 55.71%

In 1990, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 147123 electors. Total number of valid vote was 80549. Janata Dal candidate Nalini Ranjan Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 20149 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Shambhu Sharan Thakur stood second with total 14466 votes. He lost by 5683 votes.

1985 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nalini Ranjan Singh Male	SUC Surajya Party	17890 26.95%
2	Tarkeshari Sinha Female	LKD Lok Dal	17681 26.63%
3	Bhuneshwar Rai Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	9109 13.72%
4	Kailash Bihari Sharma Male	INC Indian National Congress	8415 12.68%
5	Samsul Hoda Male	IND Independent	6170 9.29%
6	Vjoy Prasad Singh Male	JNP Janta Party	1871 2.82%
7	Ramchandra Choudhary Male	IND Independent	1046 1.58%
8	Lakhendra Chaudhary Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	748 1.13%
9	Ramdeo Sharma Male	IND Independent	693 1.04%
10	Laliteshwar Prasad Yadav Male	IND Independent	587 0.88%
11	Sachhida Nand Singh Male	IND Independent	559 0.84%
12	Radhika Devi Female	IND Independent	438 0.66%
13	Ishwar Na Singh Male	IND Independent	365 0.55%
14	Ajoy Shankar Sharma Male	IND Independent	277 0.42%
15	Kaushal Kishore Thakur Male	IND Independent	229 0.34%
16	Chandra Shekhar Singh Male	IND Independent	108 0.16%
17	Maheshwar Mishra Male	IND Independent	105 0.16%
18	Lakhi Paswan Male	IND Independent	47 0.07%
19	Shyam Kumar Ojha Male	IND Independent	45 0.07%
	Total		66383 54.76%

In 1985, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 123050 electors. Total number of valid vote was 66383. Surajya Party candidate Nalini Ranjan Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 17890 votes. Lok Dal candidate Tarkeshari Sinha stood second with total 17681 votes. She lost by 209 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nailini Ranjan Singh Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	26705 44.33%
2	Shambhu Sharan Thakur Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	15998 26.56%
3	Bhuvenshwar Rai Male	JNP(SR) Janata Party (secular) Raj Narain	6649 11.04%
4	Shyam Kumar Ojha Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	6411 10.64%
5	Baidyanath Prasad Sahani Male	IND Independents	1651 2.74%
6	Thakur Prasad Singh Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	1146 1.9%
7	Shailendra Kumar Chaudhary Male	JNP(SC) Janata Party (secular) - Ch. Charan Singh	828 1.37%
8	Lakhi Paswan Male	IND Independents	327 0.54%
9	Kiran Sinha Female	IND Independents	282 0.47%
10	Umashankar Singh Male	IND Independents	161 0.27%
11	Md Abbas Male	IND Independents	86 0.14%
	Total		60244 54.33%

In 1980, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 112654 electors. Total number of valid vote was 60244. Socialist Unity Centre Of India candidate Nailini Ranjan Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 26705 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Shambhu Sharan Thakur stood second with total 15998 votes. He lost by 10707 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Thakur Pd Singh Male	JNP Janata Party	18495 41.79%
2	Nalini Ranjan Singh Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	10642 24.04%
3	Bhubneshwar Rai Male	IND Independents	5612 12.68%
4	Shambhu Saran Thakur Male	INC Indian National Congress	3843 8.68%
5	Yamuna Pd Tripathi Male	IND Independents	1726 3.9%
6	Shailendra Kumar Chawdhary Male	IND Independents	1480 3.34%
7	Ishwar Narain Singh Male	IND Independents	555 1.25%
8	Ramchandra Singh Male	IND Independents	462 1.04%
9	Radhika Devi Female	IND Independents	376 0.85%
10	Gosai Bhagat Male	IND Independents	307 0.69%
11	Raj Mohan Mishra Male	IND Independents	303 0.68%
12	Haribans Singh Male	IND Independents	156 0.35%
13	Isra Mian Male	IND Independents	134 0.3%
14	Bhushan Prasad Singh Male	IND Independents	111 0.25%
15	Anrudh Singh Male	IND Independents	58 0.13%
	Total		44260 43.44%

In 1977, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 103333 electors. Total number of valid vote was 44260. Janata Party candidate Thakur Pd Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 18495 votes. Socialist Unity Centre Of India candidate Nalini Ranjan Singh stood second with total 10642 votes. He lost by 7853 votes.

1972 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Shambhu Sharan Thakur Male	INC Indian National Congress	11593 21.16%
2	Bhubneshwar Rai Male	IND Independents	10131 18.49%
3	Nalini Ranjan Sinha Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	8828 16.11%
4	Yamuna Pd Tripathi Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	6981 12.74%
5	Yogendra Prasad Sharma Male	BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	5445 9.94%
6	Harihar Prasad Sahi Male	IND Independents	5301 9.67%
7	Surja Deo Singh Male	IND Independents	2897 5.29%
8	Sulaiman Ansari Male	SOP Samyukta Socialist Party/socialist Party	1495 2.73%
9	Chaturbhuj Ram Male	IND Independents	920 1.68%
10	Radhika Devi Male	IND Independents	638 1.16%
11	Kiran Sinha Male	IND Independents	568 1.04%
	Total		54797 54.87%

In 1972, Kanti legislative assembly constituency had total 101427 electors. Total number of valid vote was 54797. Indian National Congress candidate Shambhu Sharan Thakur won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 11593 votes. Independents candidate Bhubneshwar Rai stood second with total 10131 votes. He lost by 1462 votes.