Elections Archive

Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
54
Turnout
51.9%
Electors
3,97,13,395
Votes polled
2,06,00,067
NOTA
0
Leading party
INC(I)

Party leaderboard

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Total seats54

54 of 54 seats shown

Constituencies

Bihar 1947 1999 constituencies 1980
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
ArariaGENDumar Lal Baitha (INC(I))Nawal Kishore Bharti (JNP(S))49.3%62,824 (16.4%)55.8%
ArrahGENChandradeo Prasad Verma (JNP(S))Imamul Hai Khan (JNP)38.4%8,949 (2.2%)50.3%
AurangabadGENSatyendra Narain Singh (JNP)Sidhnath Singh (INC(I))61.8%1,74,829 (38.8%)60.2%
BagahaSCBhola Raut (INC(I))Narsing Baitha (INC(U))62.8%1,23,398 (43.8%)42.3%
BaliaGENSurya Narayan Singh (CPI)Chandrabhanu Devi (INC(I))34.5%1,900 (0.5%)54.5%
BankaGENChandra Shekhar Singh (INC(I))Limaye Madhu (JNP(S))49.8%76,423 (22.2%)50.9%
BarhGENDharmvir Singh (INC(U))Kamla Devi (JNP)40.2%31,606 (6.6%)62.0%
BegusaraiGENKrishna Shahi (INC(I))Shyam Nandan Mishra (JNP(S))60.1%1,72,723 (38.2%)59.4%
BettiahGENKedar Pandey (INC(I))Fazlur Rahman (JNP(S))54.5%1,04,725 (33.2%)45.4%
BhagalpurGENBhagwat Jha Azad (INC(I))Jageshwar Mandal (JNP(S))42.3%76,685 (18.4%)54.8%
BikramganjGENTapeshwar Singh (INC(I))Ram Awdhesh Singh (JNP(S))37.7%21,386 (4.9%)56.0%
BuxarGENK. K. Tiwari (INC(I))Suraj Prasad (CPI)37.8%31,724 (9.0%)45.5%
ChapraGENSatyadeo Singh (JNP)Lallu Prasad (JNP(S))41.2%8,781 (2.3%)51.7%
ChatraSCRanjit Singh (INC(I))Sukdeo Prasad Verma (JNP)40.0%45,586 (17.1%)41.8%
DarbhangaGENHari Nath Mishra (INC(I))Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav (JNP(S))48.2%58,201 (12.4%)64.7%
DhanbadGENA. K. Roy (IND)Yogeshwar Prasad 'yogesh' (INC(I))34.2%15,306 (3.8%)48.9%
DumkaSTShibu Siren (IND)Prithivi Chand Kisku (INC(I))37.5%3,513 (1.2%)48.1%
GayaSCRamswaroop Ram (INC(I))Ishwar Chaudhary (JNP)38.5%33,927 (8.8%)55.0%
GiridihGENBindeshwari Dubey (INC(I))Ramdas Singh (JNP)35.4%26,029 (8.7%)44.8%
GoddaGENSamin Udin (INC(I))Jagdambi Prasad Yadav (JNP)36.6%30,342 (8.7%)50.1%
GopalganjGENNagina Rai (INC(I))Dwarka Nath Tiwari (JNP)47.6%63,820 (19.0%)46.5%
HajipurGENRam Vilas Paswan (JNP(S))Medni Paswan (JNP)57.8%1,45,839 (31.6%)61.1%
HazaribaghGENKunwar Basant Narayan Singh (JNP)Azima Hussain (INC(I))35.1%29,364 (10.7%)39.3%
JahanabadGENMahendara Prasad (INC(I))Chandra Shekhar Singh (CPI)41.2%28,142 (5.0%)66.2%
JamshedpurGENRudra Pratap Sarangi (JNP)V.G. Gopal (INC(I))29.2%10,457 (3.3%)48.4%

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Party board

Party results · Bihar 1947 1999 1980
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
INC(I)305436.4%73,77,583
JNP85423.6%47,68,323
JNP(S)53616.6%33,58,613
CPI4147.3%14,75,238
INC(U)4166.8%13,66,819
IND23917.4%14,98,639
JKD1130.7%1,42,447
CPM030.9%1,90,273
FBL040.2%33,567
SSD050.1%19,417
SUC010.1%11,110
RPI010.0%1,863
BSP010.0%1,701
RRP010.0%1,364

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