ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Satya Charan Besra (INC) won by 10,084 votes (6.3%).
- Electors
- 5,25,852
- Votes polled
- 1,66,147
- Valid votes
- 1,60,670
- Turnout
- 31.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 6.3% (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
- 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 | Satya Charan BesraWinner | INC | 56,888 | 35.4% |
| 2 | Satrughan Besra | CPI | 46,804 | 29.1% |
| 3 | Bateshwar Hembrom | BJS | 26,470 | 16.5% |
| 4 | Shibu Murmu | IND | 21,560 | 13.4% |
| 5 | Kunji Ram Tudu | PHJ | 4,354 | 2.7% |
| 6 | Pagan Manjhi | IND | 2,583 | 1.6% |
| 7 | Kistu Marandi | JKP | 1,297 | 0.8% |
| 8 | N. Nag | IND | 714 | 0.4% |
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