Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Hazaribagh

Mahabir Lal Viswakarma (BJP) won by 71,251 votes (11.5%).

Electors
12,13,041
Votes polled
6,28,922
Valid votes
Turnout
51.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 11.5% (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.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
30.9%(+7.2%)
Turnout
49.5%(-8.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
65.1%

Winning margin over time · Hazaribagh

1957196719711977198019841989199119961998199949%

Candidates

Candidates · Hazaribagh 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahabir Lal ViswakarmaWinnerBJP2,37,35738.4%
2Bhumeshwar Prasad MehtaCPI1,66,10626.8%
3Teklal MehtoJMM(M)97,81615.8%
4Chandrashekhar DubeyINC56,1399.1%
5Gunni OraonCPI(ML)(L)18,9613.1%
6Heera Lal SahaJMM8,6931.4%
7Bigan MahtoIND3,7060.6%
8Nanhku MundaIND3,2550.5%
9Ragendra PrasadIND2,6630.4%
10Safir Uddin AnsariIND2,3530.4%
11Sukh Sagar PrasadBSP1,9330.3%
12Jyoti Lal RamIND1,6780.3%
13Virendra MahtoIND1,1490.2%
14Vartu SaoIND1,0990.2%
15Shankar DhobiIND1,0460.2%
16Shyam Sundar TiwaryJKP1,0400.2%
17Sanjeet Kumar SinghIND1,0150.2%
18Raghunath RamIND1,0130.2%
19Sushil Ku. SinghIND9340.2%
20Dwarika MahtoIND9320.2%
21Vinod ThakurIND9220.1%
22ShamimIND8490.1%
23Tulsi MahtoIND8480.1%
24Prehlad SharmaIND8240.1%
25Nand Lal SinghAIIC(T)7430.1%
26Bijay Ku. GuptaIND7070.1%
27Gallu Bedia Alias Chandrashekhar BediaPSSS6480.1%
28Sarfaraj HakimIND6150.1%
29Tilak Ram KushwahaIND5830.1%
30Sanjay Ku. SinhaIND5510.1%
31Shrilal TiwaryIND5250.1%
32Upendra Prasad SinghIND4610.1%
33Karu ChoudharyIND4450.1%
34Shyam Lal Ram AzadIND4330.1%
35Deonath PaswanIND3930.1%
36Sanjeev Kumar SinhaIND3650.1%

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