GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jhanjharpur
Dhanik Lal Mandal (JNP(S)) won by 45,483 votes (10.0%).
- Electors
- 7,00,394
- Votes polled
- 4,59,432
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 65.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 10.0% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 19.0%(+13.6%)
- Turnout
- 64.9%(-2.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.5%
Winning margin over time · Jhanjharpur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhanik Lal MandalWinner | JNP(S) | 2,02,710 | 44.5% |
| 2 | Jagannath Mishra | INC(I) | 1,57,227 | 34.5% |
| 3 | Kameshwari Devi | JNP | 84,135 | 18.5% |
| 4 | Gangadhar Mandal | IND | 3,524 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Ras Lal Yadav | IND | 1,964 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Lekha Nand Jha | IND | 1,718 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Hare Ram Singh | IND | 1,616 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Ram Vilash Sahani | IND | 1,060 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Shafiqulla | IND | 987 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Brajnandan | IND | 630 | 0.1% |
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