GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jhanjharpur
Gauri Shankar Rajhans (INC) won by 2,05,392 votes (35.3%).
- Electors
- 7,82,753
- Votes polled
- 5,89,464
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 75.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 35.3% (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.
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 | Gauri Shankar RajhansWinner | INC | 3,75,745 | 64.6% |
| 2 | Dhanik Lal Mandal | LKD | 1,70,353 | 29.3% |
| 3 | Ramphal Choudhary | JNP | 21,360 | 3.7% |
| 4 | Uma Kant Rai | IND | 4,468 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Mohan Gosain | IND | 3,350 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Mahabir Paswan | IND | 2,698 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Prabho Dayal Kej | IND | 1,839 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Badri Narain Yadav | IND | 1,342 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Sitaram Ram | IND | 817 | 0.1% |
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