GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Ranchi
Ram Tahal Choudhary (BJP) won by 39,292 votes (6.6%).
- Electors
- 11,26,150
- Votes polled
- 6,11,980
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 6.6% (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
- 41.8%(+20.8%)
- Turnout
- 51.6%(-9.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.6%
Winning margin over time · Ranchi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Tahal ChoudharyWinner | BJP | 2,15,278 | 35.9% |
| 2 | Keshwa Mahto Kamlesh | INC | 1,75,986 | 29.4% |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar Singh | JD | 1,58,449 | 26.5% |
| 4 | Bhagwan Pd. Bhagat | JMM | 11,504 | 1.9% |
| 5 | Francis Sarbas | IND | 7,831 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Jitray Mahto | IND | 5,584 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Ashish Kr. Thakur | JMM(M) | 3,913 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Sukhnath Munda | IND | 2,882 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Akhamar Ansari | IND | 2,506 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Uday Shankar Prasad | IND | 2,030 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Sadhu Lal Munda | PSSS | 1,792 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Balbhadra Das | IND | 1,440 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Radhyshyam Singh | JKP | 1,196 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Jakaria | ABLTASJM | 1,111 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Chhatrapati Shahi Munda | AIIC(T) | 1,102 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Rajendra Mahto | JKPP | 1,026 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Bisheswar Mahto | IND | 962 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Niranjan Kumar | IND | 785 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Unit Kishor Sahu | IND | 731 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Jayram Tiwary | IND | 554 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Kanhai Lal Singh | IND | 551 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Sona Ram Biruwa | IND | 517 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Sushil Sharma | IND | 351 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Sanjay Kumar Nag | IND | 330 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Rajeshwar Pandey | IND | 259 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Ajit Kumar | IND | 255 | 0.0% |
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