ST · Bihar 1947 1999
Dumka
Babu Lal Marandi (BJP) won by 12,556 votes (2.1%).
- Electors
- 9,51,918
- Votes polled
- 6,01,894
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 63.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 2.1% (median 7.6%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1998 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 | Babu Lal MarandiWinner | BJP | 2,77,334 | 47.0% |
| 2 | Shibu Soren | JMM | 2,64,778 | 44.9% |
| 3 | Kaleshwar Hembram | CPI | 25,500 | 4.3% |
| 4 | David Murmu | JD | 17,088 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Lalita Hemrem | SP | 4,074 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Chetan Marandi | IND | 1,159 | 0.2% |
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