Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Saharsa

Dinesh Chandera Yadav (JD) won by 1,52,445 votes (21.8%).

Electors
11,31,004
Votes polled
7,09,379
Valid votes
Turnout
62.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 21.8% (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
13.1%(+5.6%)
Turnout
64.1%(-0.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
95.8%

Winning margin over time · Saharsa

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199941%

Candidates

Candidates · Saharsa 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinesh Chandera YadavWinnerJD3,99,80457.1%
2Surya Narian YadavINC2,47,35935.3%
3Noor AhmedIND28,5074.1%
4Mohammed FirozIND3,5330.5%
5Dukha SadaIND3,5060.5%
6Chiranjiv JhaAIIC(T)2,8880.4%
7Sukhdeo SharmaIND2,2940.3%
8Musahaharu YadavIND2,2340.3%
9Ram Deb MahtoIND1,9680.3%
10Nirmal MishraIND1,6300.2%
11Bhupinder Prasad YadavIND1,3180.2%
12Chander Narian SinghIND9020.1%
13Ram Prasad BhagatIND8290.1%
14Ganesh KumarIND8240.1%
15Lal Bahadur ChowdharyIND6570.1%
16Ras Behari MandalIND6540.1%
17Mithlesh KumarIND5520.1%
18Suresh Prasad MehtaIND5380.1%

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