GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jahanabad
Mahendara Prasad (INC(I)) won by 28,142 votes (5.0%).
- Electors
- 8,63,650
- Votes polled
- 5,71,648
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 66.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 5.0% (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.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 2.2%(-4.8%)
- Turnout
- 71.1%(-6.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 83.8%
Winning margin over time · Jahanabad
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahendara PrasadWinner | INC(I) | 2,31,946 | 41.2% |
| 2 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | CPI | 2,03,804 | 36.2% |
| 3 | Brajnandan Sahay | IND | 66,013 | 11.7% |
| 4 | Hari Lal Prasad Sinha | JNP | 54,456 | 9.7% |
| 5 | Shankar Prasad Singh | IND | 2,184 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Ganesh Prasad Singh | IND | 1,456 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Jagannath Acharya | IND | 1,323 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Md. Ali | IND | 813 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Ramanand Prasad Mochi | IND | 633 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Ram Jatan Prasad | IND | 554 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Akhilesh Sharma | IND | 361 | 0.1% |
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