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'''Deokinandan Singh''', an [[India]]n politician and [[trade union]]ist.<br />
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As of 1973, Singh was a member of the General Council of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Trade Union Record, Vol. 32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9FYAAAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=All-India Trade Union Congress|page=19}}</ref><br />
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Singh was elected to the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] in an 18 March 1979 by-election in the [[Matihani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Matihani seat]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3a2AAAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=247}}</ref> Singh obtained 25,660 votes, defeating the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] candidate [[Vashishth Narayan Singh]] and Mithilesh Kumar Singh of the [[Janata Party]].<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref> The by-election had been called following the murder of communist legislator Sitaram Mishra in 1978.<ref name="wmr">{{cite book|title=World Marxist Review, Vol. 22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMMKAAAAIAAJ|year=1979|page=601}}</ref><br />
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Singh contested the Matihani seat again in the Legislative Assembly elections of [[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]] and [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]. He finished in second place both times, with 23,796 votes (36.18%) in 1980 and 30,542 votes (44.15%) in 1985.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%20Bihar%201980.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalRep_BH_85.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref><br />
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