ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Prithiwi Chand Kisku (INC) won by 97,187 votes (26.2%).
- Electors
- 7,08,326
- Votes polled
- 3,80,961
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 53.8%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 26.2% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.9%(-1.3%)
- Turnout
- 58.3%(-5.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 72.9%
Winning margin over time · Dumka
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prithiwi Chand KiskuWinner | INC | 1,99,722 | 53.9% |
| 2 | Shibu Soren | JMM | 1,02,535 | 27.7% |
| 3 | Basudeo Besra | CPI | 56,245 | 15.2% |
| 4 | Bateshwar Hemrom | IND | 4,822 | 1.3% |
| 5 | Budhu Mohli | IND | 2,857 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Jona Bikram Besra | IND | 1,960 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Adward Marandi | IND | 1,291 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Sebastian Murmu | IND | 1,156 | 0.3% |
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