GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jhanjharpur
Devendra Prasad Yadav (JD) won by 1,30,074 votes (20.1%).
- Electors
- 9,59,716
- Votes polled
- 6,54,471
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 68.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 20.1% (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.
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 | Devendra Prasad YadavWinner | JD | 3,72,785 | 57.7% |
| 2 | Jagdina Chaudhary | INC | 2,42,711 | 37.6% |
| 3 | Shailendra Ku. Jha | BJP | 21,587 | 3.3% |
| 4 | Surendra Mishra | JP | 4,273 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Nilambar Jha | DDP | 553 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Acharya Munish | SOP(L) | 552 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Chandravir Kamat | IND | 497 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Kusheshwar Yadav | IND | 418 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Vijay Bhushan Yadav | IND | 402 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Ganga Pra. Yadav | IND | 382 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Ramdeo Mishra | IND | 258 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Ram Lakhan Roy | IND | 250 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Narendra Kumar Jha | IND | 197 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Ramdeo Yadav | IND | 192 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Anand Kumar Jha | IND | 164 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Raman Jee Jha | IND | 155 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Raj Narain Choudhary | IND | 146 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Misiri Paswan | IND | 137 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Udai Nath Jha | IND | 120 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Madan Kumar Chaudhary | IND | 65 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Bhupendra Yadav | IND | 63 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Prabhu Dayal Kejariwal | IND | 58 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Arun Kumar Choudhary | IND | 56 | 0.0% |
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