Elections Archive

Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
54
Turnout
59.5%
Electors
5,84,38,317
Votes polled
3,47,44,087
NOTA
0
Leading party
JD

Party leaderboard

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Total seats54

54 of 54 seats shown

Constituencies

Bihar 1947 1999 constituencies 1996
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
ArariaGENSukdeo Paswan (JD)Ramji Rishideo (BJP)42.8%48,278 (8.3%)56.7%
ArrahGENChandra Deo Prasad Verma (JD)Ram Prasad Singh (SAP)30.1%41,041 (6.4%)58.5%
AurangabadGENVirendra Kumar Singh (JD)Satyendra Narayan Singh (INC)34.5%23,032 (4.3%)50.2%
BagahaSCMahendra Baitha (SAP)Bhola Ram Toofani (JD)44.1%56,072 (12.3%)45.8%
BaliaGENShatrughan Prasad Singh (CPI)Ram Lakhan Singh (BJP)50.9%88,334 (16.8%)54.1%
BankaGENGiridhari Yadav (JD)Digvijay Singh (SAP)43.9%14,715 (2.3%)60.8%
BarhGENNitish Kumar (SAP)Vijay Krishna (JD)51.5%64,854 (9.3%)65.0%
BegusaraiGENRamendra Kumar (IND)Krishna Sahi (INC)42.9%25,924 (3.9%)60.7%
BettiahGENMadan Prasad Jaiswal (BJP)Nasim Ahmad (JD)50.6%51,489 (8.2%)57.9%
BhagalpurGENChunchun Prasad Yadav (JD)Prabhash Chandra Tiwari (BJP)41.8%53,137 (8.2%)53.4%
BikramganjGENKanti Singh (JD)Vashishta Narayan Singh (SAP)42.3%2,423 (0.4%)58.8%
BuxarGENLal Muni Choubey (BJP)Tej Narain Singh (CPI)45.3%63,764 (10.9%)57.8%
ChapraGENRajiv Pratap Rudi (BJP)Lal Babu Rai (JD)47.8%15,496 (2.2%)71.4%
ChatraSCDheerendra Agrawal (BJP)Krishna Nandan Prasad (JD)42.9%54,370 (10.8%)50.7%
DarbhangaGENMd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi (JD)Dhirendra Kumar Jha (BJP)51.9%1,04,021 (16.8%)61.3%
DhanbadGENRita Verma (BJP)Shamresh Singh (JD)33.4%22,196 (2.7%)57.2%
DumkaSTShibu Soren (JMM)Babu Lal Marandi (BJP)31.9%5,478 (1.1%)55.7%
GayaSCBhagwati Devi (JD)Krishna Kumar Choudhary (BJP)46.6%59,623 (9.5%)59.9%
GiridihGENRavindra Kumar Pandey (BJP)Saba Ahmed (JD)36.5%91,663 (15.3%)55.0%
GoddaGENJagdambi Prasad Yadav (BJP)Salauddin Ansari (JD)35.9%56,185 (9.0%)58.2%
GopalganjGENLal Babu Pd. Yadav (JD)Kali Prasad Pandey (INC)44.1%1,19,496 (17.7%)59.1%
HajipurGENRam Vilas Paswan (JD)Ram Sundar Das (SAP)51.6%46,231 (6.2%)71.8%
HazaribaghGENMahabir Lal Viswakarma (BJP)Bhumeshwar Prasad Mehta (CPI)38.4%71,251 (11.5%)51.8%
JahanabadGENRamashraya Prasad Singh (CPI)Jagdish Sharma (INC)35.7%95,650 (12.2%)72.7%
JamshedpurGENBhardwaj Nitish Janardan (BJP)Inder Singh Namdhari (JD)33.4%55,137 (8.3%)59.2%

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Party board

Party results · Bihar 1947 1999 1996
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
JD224431.9%1,09,11,044
BJP183220.5%70,29,890
SAP62014.5%49,46,601
CPI375.1%17,38,016
INC25413.0%44,46,053
IND11,1035.4%18,34,924
JMM1182.6%8,98,505
SP131.3%4,59,918
CPI(ML)(L)0212.1%7,21,619
JMM(M)060.9%2,94,997
CPM030.8%2,88,892
BSP0330.6%2,16,100
MCO010.3%1,14,406
AIIC(T)0390.3%1,11,003
JKP060.2%74,247
JKPP050.2%58,132
SHS0140.0%13,020
BKUS060.0%10,873
JP020.0%9,704
PHK030.0%6,904
PSSS070.0%6,079
AMB020.0%4,994
SSD040.0%4,845
BLPY010.0%3,616
VJP010.0%3,328

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