GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jahanabad
Hari Lal Prasad Sinha (BLD) won by 2,50,970 votes (51.2%).
- Electors
- 7,51,428
- Votes polled
- 4,99,226
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 66.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 51.2% (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.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 2.2%(-4.8%)
- Turnout
- 71.1%(-6.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 83.8%
Winning margin over time · Jahanabad
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hari Lal Prasad SinhaWinner | BLD | 3,17,954 | 64.9% |
| 2 | Chandrika Prasad Yadav | INC | 66,984 | 13.7% |
| 3 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | CPI | 59,467 | 12.1% |
| 4 | Brajnandan Prasad | SSD | 32,180 | 6.6% |
| 5 | Mohammad Yusuf Azad | IND | 3,607 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Bijendra Sharma | IND | 2,983 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Bimal Prasad Sharma | IND | 2,934 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Rukunuddin Ahmad | IND | 1,450 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Kariman Singh | IND | 1,085 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Rajendra Sharma | IND | 1,010 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Rampati Singh | IND | 608 | 0.1% |
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