ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Bateshwar Hemram (BLD) won by 53,254 votes (22.8%).
- Electors
- 5,79,061
- Votes polled
- 2,39,826
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 41.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 22.8% (median 24.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Bateshwar HemramWinner | BLD | 1,15,386 | 49.5% |
| 2 | Prithiwichand Kisku | INC | 62,132 | 26.6% |
| 3 | Satrughan Besra | CPI | 38,655 | 16.6% |
| 4 | Chandra Murmu | PHJ | 9,924 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Joginder Nath Marandi | IND | 4,293 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Seth Sanatan Kisku Rapaj | IND | 2,943 | 1.3% |
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