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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devandra Prassad YadavWinner | JD | 3,39,454 | 63.8% |
| 2 | Gauri Sankar Rajhans | INC | 1,80,118 | 33.9% |
| 3 | Radhakant Phadari | LKD (B) | 3,843 | 0.7% |
| 4 | Vahandra Lal Mandal | IND | 1,389 | 0.3% |
| 5 | Ramde Yadav | IND | 1,348 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Sharavan Kumar Mishra | IND | 1,204 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Puran Sum | IND | 1,165 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Acharya Munis | JNP (JP) | 881 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Sagar Sah | IND | 502 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Nohan Gosain | DDP | 378 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Surya Na. Yadav | IND | 352 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Krishna Vihary | IND | 350 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Prabhu Daya Kejriwal | IND | 336 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Yogendra Jha | IND | 281 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Govind Na. Das | IND | 263 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Yogendra Thakur | IND | 202 | 0.0% |
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