GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Ranchi
Subodh Kant Sahay (JD) won by 14,986 votes (3.2%).
- Electors
- 9,25,104
- Votes polled
- 4,77,706
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 51.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 3.2% (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.
Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 41.8%(+20.8%)
- Turnout
- 51.6%(-9.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.6%
Winning margin over time · Ranchi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subodh Kant SahayWinner | JD | 1,63,919 | 35.2% |
| 2 | Ram Tahal Choudhary | BJP | 1,48,933 | 31.9% |
| 3 | Shiv Prasad Sahu | INC | 1,27,631 | 27.4% |
| 4 | Ambika Prasad Singh | IND | 4,518 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Sitesh Sharma | JNP (JP) | 3,942 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Gulam Mustafa | JKD | 2,992 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Raj Kishore Bhaiya | DDP | 2,768 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Ajay Kumar Kachchap | IND | 1,769 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Sant Lal Wadhwa | IND | 1,631 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Theodore Kujur | LKD (B) | 1,280 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Shafique Alam | IND | 1,013 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Satya Naiain Singh | IND | 942 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Rajendra Singh | CPM | 899 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Ravindra Oraon | IND | 816 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Jitwai Mahto | IND | 782 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Awadhaswar Chowdhary | IND | 651 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Manohar Mahto | IND | 603 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Shiv Prasad Agarwal | IND | 602 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Seraj Ansari | LMS | 575 | 0.1% |
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