GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jahanabad
Ramasharay Pd. Singh (CPI) won by 30,976 votes (4.2%).
- Electors
- 9,39,919
- Votes polled
- 7,55,148
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 80.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 4.2% (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.
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 | Ramasharay Pd. SinghWinner | CPI | 3,76,640 | 50.7% |
| 2 | Mahendra Prasad | INC | 3,45,664 | 46.5% |
| 3 | Viveka Nand Sharma | BJP | 7,865 | 1.1% |
| 4 | Jai Ram Prasad | IND | 4,991 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Rama Nand Prasad | IND | 1,406 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Mahender Singh | IND | 1,108 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Md. Yusuf Azad | IND | 1,022 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Panna Lal Rai | IND | 953 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Birendra Kumar Singh | IND | 670 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Ajai Kumar | IND | 523 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Ram Ratan Chaudhary | IND | 442 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Jai Nandan Sharma | IND | 439 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Satya Prasad Singh | IND | 421 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Ram Jatan Prasad | IND | 417 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Saryu Nand Prasad | IND | 249 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Gupteshwar Sharma | IND | 213 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Aziz | IND | 209 | 0.0% |
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