Elections Archive

ST · Bihar 1947 1999

Singhbhum

Bagun Sumbrui (JKP) won by 1,01,866 votes (59.1%).

Electors
5,23,404
Votes polled
1,80,378
Valid votes
Turnout
34.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 59.1% (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
17.5%(+15.3%)
Turnout
57.0%(-5.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
80.6%

Winning margin over time · Singhbhum

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199959%

Candidates

Candidates · Singhbhum 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bagun SumbruiWinnerJKP1,26,28873.3%
2Moran Singh PurtyINC24,42214.2%
3Hari Charan SinkuJKD7,5084.4%
4Jogeshwar NayakIND4,5642.6%
5Purna Chandra BiruaIND2,9851.7%
6Felix Heman Hebron RichardIND2,4461.4%
7Singray SundiIND1,9871.2%
8Ghanshyam PurtyIND1,1580.7%
9Mewa Lal HonhagaIND9120.5%

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