GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Dhanbad
A. K. Roy (IND) won by 15,306 votes (3.8%).
- Electors
- 8,29,241
- Votes polled
- 4,05,558
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 48.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 3.8% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 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
- 1.9%(-18.6%)
- Turnout
- 53.8%(-8.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 94.3%
Winning margin over time · Dhanbad
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. K. RoyWinner | IND | 1,36,280 | 34.2% |
| 2 | Yogeshwar Prasad 'yogesh' | INC(I) | 1,20,974 | 30.4% |
| 3 | Narendra Kumar Singh | JNP | 78,081 | 19.6% |
| 4 | Ahmad Kumar Ansari | JNP(S) | 27,605 | 6.9% |
| 5 | Aklu Ram Mahato | IND | 10,931 | 2.7% |
| 6 | Kedar Prasad Sao | IND | 4,263 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Haradhan Singh | IND | 2,797 | 0.7% |
| 8 | S. P. Roy | INC(U) | 2,681 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Surajdeo Na. Yadav | IND | 1,992 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Genori Paswan | IND | 1,640 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Narayan Mahato | JKD | 1,583 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Dewan Manjhi | IND | 1,572 | 0.4% |
| 13 | P. K. Roy | IND | 1,475 | 0.4% |
| 14 | Sudhansu Mahtha | IND | 1,444 | 0.4% |
| 15 | Ajit Singh | IND | 941 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Anukul Kumar Bose | IND | 929 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Lal Mohan Mukhi | IND | 881 | 0.2% |
| 18 | S. N.prasad | IND | 769 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Satyandra Kumar Singh | IND | 643 | 0.2% |
| 20 | Budhan Ram | IND | 522 | 0.1% |
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