 Jagdish Prasad Choudhary of Congress (I) defeated Ram Padarnath Mahto of Janata Party (SC).Yashwant Kumar Choudhary of Janata Party defeated Jagdish Prasad Choudhary of Congress in 1977.Jagdish Prasad Choudhary of Indian National Congress defeated Yashwant Kumar Choudhary of Janata Party in 1972.