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State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Monghyr
Total Votes Polled:	742042
Winner: SAP	Brahmanand Mandal	281098
Runner Up: JD	Upendra Pd. Verma	259952
Margin: 21146 (2.88%)

Brahmanand Mandal won the seat for the CPI in 1991; in 1996 he had crossed over to the Samata Party, and retained it for Nitish Kumar's party. In 1971, the seat had rejected the attempts of one Madhu Limaye to represent it.