GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Hazaribagh
Kunwar Basant Narayan Singh (JNP) won by 29,364 votes (10.7%).
- Electors
- 7,15,407
- Votes polled
- 2,81,511
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 39.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 10.7% (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.
Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 30.9%(+7.2%)
- Turnout
- 49.5%(-8.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 65.1%
Winning margin over time · Hazaribagh
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunwar Basant Narayan SinghWinner | JNP | 96,182 | 35.1% |
| 2 | Azima Hussain | INC(I) | 66,818 | 24.4% |
| 3 | Bhuneshwar Prasad Mahto | CPI | 52,135 | 19.0% |
| 4 | Upendra Nath Verma | JNP(S) | 30,301 | 11.1% |
| 5 | Arjun Ram | IND | 15,286 | 5.6% |
| 6 | Udit Narain Prasad | IND | 3,615 | 1.3% |
| 7 | Premu Naik | IND | 3,121 | 1.1% |
| 8 | A. D. Nandi | JKD | 2,705 | 1.0% |
| 9 | John Pankaj | IND | 1,948 | 0.7% |
| 10 | Shane Ahmad Siddique | IND | 1,651 | 0.6% |
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