Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Jhanjharpur

Devandra Prassad Yadav (JD) won by 1,59,336 votes (29.9%).

Electors
9,58,736
Votes polled
5,39,539
Valid votes
Turnout
56.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 29.9% (median 12.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1989 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

1977198019841989199119961998199935%

Candidates

Candidates · Jhanjharpur 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Devandra Prassad YadavWinnerJD3,39,45463.8%
2Gauri Sankar RajhansINC1,80,11833.9%
3Radhakant PhadariLKD (B)3,8430.7%
4Vahandra Lal MandalIND1,3890.3%
5Ramde YadavIND1,3480.3%
6Sharavan Kumar MishraIND1,2040.2%
7Puran SumIND1,1650.2%
8Acharya MunisJNP (JP)8810.2%
9Sagar SahIND5020.1%
10Nohan GosainDDP3780.1%
11Surya Na. YadavIND3520.1%
12Krishna ViharyIND3500.1%
13Prabhu Daya KejriwalIND3360.1%
14Yogendra JhaIND2810.1%
15Govind Na. DasIND2630.0%
16Yogendra ThakurIND2020.0%

Showing 16 of 16 rows