ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Suresh Chandra Chudhury (JHP) won by 15,644 votes (2.7%).
- Electors
- 7,50,384
- Votes polled
- 5,82,379
- Valid votes
- 5,82,379
- Turnout
- 77.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 2.7% (median 11.1%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.9%(-1.3%)
- Turnout
- 58.3%(-5.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 72.9%
Winning margin over time · Dumka
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suresh Chandra ChudhuryWinner | JHP | 1,48,888 | 25.6% |
| 1 | Debi SorenWinner | JHP | 1,33,244 | 22.9% |
| 3 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC | 96,772 | 16.6% |
| 4 | Lal Hembrom | INC | 87,529 | 15.0% |
| 5 | Nakul Prasad Choudhary | PSP | 47,227 | 8.1% |
| 6 | Kalidas Gupta | IND | 37,093 | 6.4% |
| 7 | Kashinath Mahto | IND | 31,626 | 5.4% |
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