Elections Archive

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

1977198019841989199119961998199935%

Candidates

Candidates · Jhanjharpur 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dhanik Lal MandalWinnerJNP(S)2,02,71044.5%
2Jagannath MishraINC(I)1,57,22734.5%
3Kameshwari DeviJNP84,13518.5%
4Gangadhar MandalIND3,5240.8%
5Ras Lal YadavIND1,9640.4%
6Lekha Nand JhaIND1,7180.4%
7Hare Ram SinghIND1,6160.4%
8Ram Vilash SahaniIND1,0600.2%
9ShafiqullaIND9870.2%
10BrajnandanIND6300.1%

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