GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jhanjharpur
Devendra Prasad Yadav (JD) won by 78,149 votes (11.8%).
- Electors
- 10,57,257
- Votes polled
- 6,71,933
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 63.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 11.8% (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.
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 | 3,58,396 | 54.0% |
| 2 | Dhanik Lal Mandal(belha Wale) | INC | 2,80,247 | 42.2% |
| 3 | Jagdish Kamat | SP | 10,198 | 1.5% |
| 4 | Padam Na. Jha | IND | 3,289 | 0.5% |
| 5 | Subh Chandra Jha | IND | 2,137 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Chakrapani Jha | AIIC(T) | 1,896 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Dev Nath Singh | IND | 1,751 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Pandit Sushil Jha | IND | 1,043 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Barun Kumar Jha | IND | 919 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Gijo Devi | IND | 895 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Surya Nath Mishra | IND | 883 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Md. Khurshid Anwar | IND | 786 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Ganga Prasad Yadav | IND | 776 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Dhanik Lal Mandal(phulkahi Wale) | IND | 648 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Sushil Kumar Singh | IND | 363 | 0.1% |
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