Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Dhanbad

Rita Verma (w) (BJP) won by 85,299 votes (14.7%).

Electors
11,69,411
Votes polled
5,92,422
Valid votes
Turnout
50.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1991 national median: 14.7% (median 10.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1991 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
1.9%(-18.6%)
Turnout
53.8%(-8.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
94.3%

Winning margin over time · Dhanbad

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199947%

Candidates

Candidates · Dhanbad 1991
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rita Verma (w)WinnerBJP2,57,06644.3%
2A.K. RoyM-COR1,71,76729.6%
3Aklu Ram MahtoJMM61,25210.6%
4Yogeshwar Prasad YogeshINC56,4139.7%
5Amtaf DuttaIND4,8560.8%
6Ram Prasad NoniaIND3,4490.6%
7Rajendra NishadIND2,4380.4%
8A.N. DubeyIND1,9770.3%
9Nandi Kishore ChowIND1,9180.3%
10Vavneshwar Pd. SinghSSD1,3980.2%
11Nand Kumar PandeyJKP1,3730.2%
12Shamaele NabiJP1,1380.2%
13Devan ManjhiIND1,0580.2%
14Satyendra Kumar AzadBSP1,0540.2%
15Rajendra SawIND1,0160.2%
16Md. Fahim KhanIND8670.1%
17Masih SorenIND7650.1%
18Durga Pd. KeshariIND7560.1%
19Ambai SoyenIND7470.1%
20Krishna PaswanIND7390.1%
21A.p.sharmaIND6890.1%
22Rajendra Prasad PandeyIND6290.1%
23Rajendra SinghIND6010.1%
24Jitendra Kumar SinghIND5890.1%
25Movin AkhtarIND5480.1%
26Ashish Kumar NandiIND4850.1%
27Ajodhya RamanIND4790.1%
28Ram Vandan SinghIND4750.1%
29Jai Mohan ThakurDDP4630.1%
30Budhan RamBKUS4140.1%
31M.S. ChhabraIND3890.1%
32Ganauri PaswanIND3750.1%
33Sudhanshu MahthaIND3580.1%
34Ishwar MahtoIND3240.1%
35Suman Kumar SinghIND3000.1%
36Vinod Bihari SinhaIND2890.0%
37Ram Avtar AgarwalIND2740.0%
38Md. AslamIND2540.0%
39Sudarshan MishraIND2180.0%
40Izhar AhmadIND2030.0%

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