Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Jhanjharpur

Dhanik Lal Mandal (BLD) won by 1,57,481 votes (33.9%).

Electors
6,29,783
Votes polled
4,70,515
Valid votes
Turnout
74.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 33.9% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
19.0%(+13.6%)
Turnout
64.9%(-2.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
92.5%

Winning margin over time · Jhanjharpur

1977198019841989199119961998199935%

Candidates

Candidates · Jhanjharpur 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dhanik Lal MandalWinnerBLD3,05,55465.8%
2Jagannath MishraINC1,48,07331.9%
3Dinraj ShandilyaIND6,4861.4%
4Sheochandra ThakurIND3,0230.7%
5Jai Prakash Nath MishraIND1,3940.3%

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