GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Dhanbad
Ram Narain Sharma (INC) won by 70,923 votes (30.7%).
- Electors
- 5,70,192
- Votes polled
- 2,38,464
- Valid votes
- 2,31,189
- Turnout
- 41.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 30.7% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 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
- 1.9%(-18.6%)
- Turnout
- 53.8%(-8.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 94.3%
Winning margin over time · Dhanbad
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Narain SharmaWinner | INC | 1,07,308 | 46.4% |
| 2 | Vinod Vihari Mahto | CPM | 36,385 | 15.7% |
| 3 | Pran Prasad | JAP | 23,714 | 10.3% |
| 4 | S. K. Rai | CPI | 16,243 | 7.0% |
| 5 | Gautam Kumar | BJS | 12,256 | 5.3% |
| 6 | P. N. Sur | BKD | 11,365 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Pranav Chatterjee | SSP | 6,557 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Kameshwar Jha | IND | 6,160 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Safi Ahmad | HSD | 2,946 | 1.3% |
| 10 | Nalini Ranjan Singh | SUC | 2,750 | 1.2% |
| 11 | Bhagwan Das Paswan | IND | 2,146 | 0.9% |
| 12 | Udit Narayan Prasad | IND | 1,473 | 0.6% |
| 13 | Budhan Ram | IND | 759 | 0.3% |
| 14 | N. Nag | IND | 621 | 0.3% |
| 15 | M .a. Zafar Ansari | IND | 506 | 0.2% |
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