Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Hazaribagh

Yashwant Sinha (BJP) won by 1,63,506 votes (23.6%).

Electors
12,13,735
Votes polled
7,04,206
Valid votes
Turnout
58.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 23.6% (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.

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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Yashwant SinhaWinnerBJP3,23,28346.7%
2Bhuwaneshwar Pd.mehtaCPI1,59,77723.1%
3Teklal MahtoJMM(M)1,40,05320.2%
4Deoki Nandan VediaCPI(ML)(L)30,0834.3%
5Pratima DeviJMM28,9644.2%
6Arjun RamIND4,2800.6%
7Umesh Kumar ChoubeyAJBP3,7550.5%
8Mahendra RamIND1,9500.3%

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