ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Shibu Soren (JMM) won by 5,478 votes (1.1%).
- Electors
- 9,49,909
- Votes polled
- 5,28,690
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 55.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 1.1% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 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
- 0.9%(-1.3%)
- Turnout
- 58.3%(-5.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 72.9%
Winning margin over time · Dumka
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shibu SorenWinner | JMM | 1,65,411 | 31.9% |
| 2 | Babu Lal Marandi | BJP | 1,59,933 | 30.9% |
| 3 | Basudev Besra | JD | 1,36,244 | 26.3% |
| 4 | Thakur Tudu | INC | 34,524 | 6.7% |
| 5 | Helen Soren | IND | 4,724 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Parmeshwar Baski | IND | 4,397 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Shyam Lal Kisku | IND | 3,572 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Philemon Soren | IND | 2,738 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Mathu Murmu | IND | 2,017 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Jonathan Tudu | JKPP | 1,546 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Ram Dulal Dehari | IND | 1,311 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Panchanan Tudu | IND | 895 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Budhu Mohali | IND | 491 | 0.1% |
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