ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Shibu Siren (IND) won by 3,513 votes (1.2%).
- Electors
- 6,45,270
- Votes polled
- 3,10,392
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 48.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 1.2% (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
- 0.9%(-1.3%)
- Turnout
- 58.3%(-5.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 72.9%
Winning margin over time · Dumka
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shibu SirenWinner | IND | 1,12,160 | 37.5% |
| 2 | Prithivi Chand Kisku | INC(I) | 1,08,647 | 36.4% |
| 3 | Batehswar Hemborom | JNP | 37,084 | 12.4% |
| 4 | Satrudhan Besra | CPI | 36,246 | 12.1% |
| 5 | Bengamintudu | JKD | 4,584 | 1.5% |
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