Elections Archive

Bihar 1947 1999 · 1989

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
54
Turnout
60.2%
Electors
5,21,93,269
Votes polled
3,14,41,378
NOTA
0
Leading party
JD

Party leaderboard

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Total seats54

54 of 54 seats shown

Constituencies

Bihar 1947 1999 constituencies 1989
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
ArariaGENSukdeo Paswan (JD)Dumar Lal Bhitha (INC)44.1%72,655 (13.0%)62.1%
ArrahGENRameshwar Prasad (IPF)Tulsi Singh (JD)32.7%16,440 (3.0%)52.6%
AurangabadGENRam Naresh Singh (JD)Shyama Singh (INC)47.7%57,082 (10.1%)58.9%
BagahaSCMahendra Baitha (JD)Bholarai (INC)59.5%88,032 (22.6%)45.4%
BaliaGENSuryanarayan Singh (CPI)Chandra Bhatu Devi (INC)63.4%1,61,449 (31.5%)57.9%
BankaGENPratap Singh (JD)Manorman Singh (INC)70.0%2,16,615 (41.0%)56.5%
BarhGENNitish Kumar (JD)Ramlakhan Singh Yadav (INC)53.0%78,347 (11.3%)68.7%
BegusaraiGENLalit Vijay Singh (JD)Krishna Sahi (INC)55.3%74,721 (12.4%)62.2%
BettiahGENDharmesh Prassad Verma (JD)Abdul Mogani Kaifi (CPI)40.9%48,348 (9.5%)57.0%
BhagalpurGENChun Chun Prasad Yadav (JD)Bhagwad Jha Azad (INC)81.5%4,35,398 (64.8%)65.3%
BikramganjGENRam Parsad Singh (JD)Tapeshwar Singh (INC)40.9%1,25,993 (23.4%)56.0%
BuxarGENTej Narain Singh (CPI)Kamal Singh (BJP)38.9%37,322 (6.8%)56.5%
ChapraGENLaloo Prassad (JD)Tajiv Ranjan Singh (JNP (JP))51.1%1,41,882 (21.7%)65.2%
ChatraSCUpender Nath Verma (JD)Yogehswar Parsad Yogesh (INC)49.6%77,371 (17.1%)52.3%
DarbhangaGENShakeeul Rahman (JD)Nagendra Jha (baghant) (INC)55.0%78,457 (12.1%)71.3%
DhanbadGENA.k.roy (M-COR)Samresh Singh (BJP)38.8%13,571 (2.1%)56.3%
DumkaSTShibu Sohan (JMM)Prithwi Chandkishu (INC)61.0%1,09,601 (27.0%)47.9%
GayaSCInswar Chaudhary (JD)Janki Paswan (CPI)58.6%2,52,923 (38.0%)70.1%
GiridihGENRam Das Singh (BJP)Binod Bihari Mahto (IND)33.9%8,182 (1.7%)52.9%
GoddaGENJanardhan Yadav (BJP)Suraj Mandal (JMM)54.2%1,81,433 (31.9%)60.4%
GopalganjGENRajmangal Mishra (JD)Kali Prasad Panday (INC)63.0%1,93,921 (28.4%)73.0%
HajipurGENRam Vilas Paswan (JD)Mahabir Paswan (INC)84.1%5,04,448 (69.0%)75.3%
HazaribaghGENYadunath Pandey (BJP)Bhuneshwar Pd. Mehta (CPI)44.0%43,419 (8.2%)53.9%
JahanabadGENRamashray Prasad Singh (CPI)Shyamnandan Mishra (INC)41.6%72,901 (10.6%)67.7%
JamshedpurGENShailendra Mahto (JMM)Chandan Bagchi (INC)27.1%8,884 (1.7%)55.8%

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Party board

Party results · Bihar 1947 1999 1989
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
JD323837.7%1,16,19,517
BJP82411.7%36,17,091
INC45428.1%86,59,832
CPI4127.9%24,47,484
JMM393.2%9,78,494
IPF1102.3%7,13,280
CPM131.4%4,33,871
M-COR110.8%2,47,013
IND04294.3%13,27,965
JNP (JP)0140.9%2,71,029
LKD (B)0280.6%1,93,007
JKD050.4%1,29,222
DDP0470.3%1,07,193
SSD070.1%32,686
BSP060.1%30,227
ABJS060.0%12,569
SOP(L)040.0%7,571
HJD020.0%6,663
AMB020.0%3,744
BKUS010.0%3,504
PBI010.0%3,341
PHJ010.0%2,890
PVP020.0%2,055
DMM010.0%1,582
SUC010.0%576

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