Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name Mahesh Prasad Rai contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against Lal Babu Ray
with 1% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Lal Babu Ray | IND | 35,628 |
| Lal Babu Ray | IND | 29,424 |
| Yadu Banshi Ray | RJD | 18,457 |
| Jeetendra Kumar Rai | JD(U) | 13,129 |
| Ram Kumar Singh | JD(U) | 12,024 |
| Sheo Pujan Prasad Rai | RJD | 11,831 |
| Nilam Devi | BSP | 9,581 |
| Lal Babu Ray | IND | 4,473 |
| Sheo Pujan Prasad Rai | IND | 3,849 |
| Chulhan Prasad Singh | CPI | 2,760 |
| Bigan Manjhi | IND | 2,709 |
| Vijay Kumar | LJP | 2,334 |
| Rajesh Kumar Singh | IND | 1,674 |
| Ritlal Manjhi | BSP | 1,640 |
| Awadhesh Kumar | SP | 1,369 |
| Rajendra Manjhi | IND | 1,251 |
| Ajeet Kumar Yadav | IND | 1,109 |
| Shio Kumar Ram | IND | 1,050 |
| Vakil Ram | IND | 1,026 |
| Shashi Bhushan Ojha | IND | 1,002 |
| Mustaffa Azad | IND | 963 |
| Pratap Kumar Singh | LSD | 925 |
| Tej Narayan Singh | IND | 911 |
| Sheo Nath Sharma | ABHM | 837 |
| Ashwani Kr. | SAP | 809 |
| Mahesh Prasad Rai | IND | 746 |
| Haresh Prasad | IND | 626 |
| Braj Behari Kuar | IND | 508 |
| Umesh Singh | IND | 497 |
| Bhageran Ram | IND | 484 |
| Fazal Haque | AD | 422 |
| Nirmala Singh | IND | 370 |
LOST against Yadubanshi Rai
with 0% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Yadubanshi Rai | RJD | 68,463 |
| Surendra Sharma | SAP | 45,573 |
| Bhishma Prasad Yadva | INC | 5,096 |
| Jawahar Lal Chaudhary | NCP | 682 |
| Sushila Devi | IND | 472 |
| Yogendra Singh | IND | 456 |
| Mithilesh Sharma | RLD | 278 |
| Lal Babu Giri | BHJC | 254 |
| Kumar Kamenshwer | IND | 175 |
| Mahesh Prasad Rai | IND | 144 |
| Ram Pravesh Rai | IND | 91 |
| Aravind Kumar | IND | 73 |
LOST against Shahid Ali Khan
with 3% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Shahid Ali Khan | RJD | 58,740 |
| Harishankar Prasad | BJP | 58,705 |
| Baidyanath Hathi | CPI | 9,249 |
| Indal Singh Navin | IND | 6,374 |
| Khalil Ansari | INC | 6,253 |
| Mahesh Prasad Rai | IND | 4,101 |
| Shailendra Kumar | NCP | 2,589 |
| Om Prakash | SWJP | 894 |
| Manoj Kumar | SHS | 621 |
| Vishwanath Singh | BSP | 493 |
| Bhagawan Rai | SP | 410 |
| Nageshwar Paswan | IND | 410 |
| Awadh Kishore Yadav | BJC(R) | 349 |
| Azimullah | IND | 206 |
| Ghan Syam Kumar | AJBP | 177 |
| Naga Paswan | IND | 173 |
| Ram Jinis Ram | IND | 59 |
LOST against Hari Shankar Prasad
with 9% vote share
LOST against Shahid Ali Khan
with 11% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Shahid Ali Khan | JD | 23,059 |
| Hari Shankar Prasad | IND | 16,973 |
| Laliteshwar Pd. Singh | BJP | 14,243 |
| Khalil Ansari | INC | 13,765 |
| Mahesh Prasad Rai | IND | 12,812 |
| Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav | IND | 10,608 |
| Raghunath Rai | IND | 8,082 |
| Narendra Prasad Sinha | CPI | 7,409 |
| Bindeshwar Mandal | IND | 5,595 |
| Harishchandra Singh | IND | 1,637 |
| Yogendra Mahto | IND | 505 |
| Mahanth Vidyanand Das | IND | 457 |
| Ram Chandra Mahto | IND | 421 |
| Narottam Vyas | BJS | 304 |
| Ashok Kumar Verma | JNP | 265 |
| Ganesh Devi | IND | 256 |
| Parichhan Paswan | IND | 232 |
| Suraj Paswan | IND | 216 |
| Shobhakant Thakur | IND | 206 |
| Ram Lakhan Prasad | IND | 168 |
| Lal Babu Mahto | IND | 146 |
| Kamladeo Paswan | IND | 135 |
| Ram Bilas Mahto | IND | 132 |
| Ram Charitra Yadav | IND | 116 |
| Ram Kishore Sah | IND | 106 |
| Ekwal Husain | IND | 97 |
| Ram Briksh Paswan | ABSP | 94 |
| Shiva Chandra Rai | IND | 69 |
| Prabhu Raut | IND | 69 |
| Prameshwar Thakur | IND | 67 |
| Md. Islam | IND | 56 |
| Md. Azimullah | IND | 20 |
| Abdul Bari | IND | 13 |