GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Ranchi
Shiva Prasad Sahu (INC(I)) won by 38,126 votes (13.8%).
- Electors
- 6,94,669
- Votes polled
- 2,82,539
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 40.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 13.8% (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
- 41.8%(+20.8%)
- Turnout
- 51.6%(-9.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.6%
Winning margin over time · Ranchi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiva Prasad SahuWinner | INC(I) | 1,06,506 | 38.7% |
| 2 | Shiva Kumar Sinha | JNP | 68,380 | 24.8% |
| 3 | Bhola Prasad Singh | JNP(S) | 26,679 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Ghanshyam Mahto | FBL | 26,025 | 9.4% |
| 5 | Ram Tahal Choudhry | IND | 24,398 | 8.9% |
| 6 | David Bhanja | JKD | 6,480 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Basant Lal | IND | 6,134 | 2.2% |
| 8 | R. N. Samaiyar | IND | 2,344 | 0.9% |
| 9 | Shiva Prasad Mehta | IND | 1,784 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Manohar Mahto | IND | 1,613 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Ram Karan Pal | INC(U) | 1,273 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Abdul Rauf | IND | 1,103 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Shiva Prasad Ram | IND | 775 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Rameshwar Prasad Chowdhery | IND | 598 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Md. Abrarul Hoda | IND | 591 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Ram Gopal Chitlangiyan | IND | 453 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Ahmed Azad | IND | 352 | 0.1% |
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