Elections Archive

Bihar 1947 1999 · 1999

State seat map, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
54
Turnout
61.5%
Electors
5,87,88,098
Votes polled
3,61,43,272
NOTA
0
Leading party
BJP

Party leaderboard

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Total seats54

54 of 54 seats shown

Constituencies

Bihar 1947 1999 constituencies 1999
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
ArariaGENSukdeo Paswan (RJD)Parmanand Rishidev (BJP)48.3%2,169 (0.3%)62.2%
ArrahGENRam Prasad Singh (RJD)H P Singh (JD(U))38.7%92,282 (13.5%)61.5%
AurangabadGENShyama Singh (INC)Sushil Kumar Singh (JD(U))47.1%70,416 (10.4%)62.7%
BagahaSCMahendra Baitha (JD(U))Purnamasi Ram (RJD)45.9%54,751 (9.6%)56.3%
BaliaGENRamjivan Singh (JD(U))Ashok Kumar (RJD)33.9%12,032 (2.4%)50.8%
BankaGENDigvijay Singh (JD(U))Giridhari Yadav (IND)37.3%21,408 (3.4%)59.8%
BarhGENNitish Kumar (JD(U))Vijay Krishna (RJD)48.2%1,335 (0.2%)70.3%
BegusaraiGENRajo Singh (INC)Shyam Sundar Singh (JD(U))50.1%19,950 (3.1%)57.7%
BettiahGENDr Madan Prasad Jaiswal (BJP)Mataur Rahman (RJD)49.8%39,650 (5.8%)63.4%
BhagalpurGENSubodh Ray (CPM)Prabhash Chandra Tiwari (BJP)47.9%45,540 (6.8%)55.1%
BikramganjGENKanti Singh (RJD)Vashisht Narayan Singh (JD(U))47.1%34,768 (4.7%)65.8%
BuxarGENLal Muni Choubey (BJP)Shivanand Tiwary (RJD)39.1%11,606 (1.9%)59.2%
ChapraGENRajiv Pratap Rudi (BJP)Hira Lal Rai (RJD)50.7%43,553 (5.7%)77.6%
ChatraSCNagmani (RJD)Dhirendra Agrawal (BJP)52.7%55,099 (13.2%)42.0%
DarbhangaGENKirti Azad (BJP)Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi (RJD)52.2%55,548 (7.3%)73.4%
DhanbadGENRita Verma (BJP)A K Roy (MCO)48.1%14,226 (1.9%)53.8%
DumkaSTBabu Lal Marandi (BJP)Rupi Soren Kisku (JMM)36.9%4,648 (0.9%)58.3%
GayaSCRamji Manjhi (BJP)Rajesh Kumar (RJD)50.2%20,783 (3.3%)61.3%
GiridihGENRavindra Kumar Pandey (BJP)Rajendra Prasad Singh (INC)46.7%19,824 (3.7%)48.5%
GoddaGENJagdambi Prasad Yadav (BJP)Suraj Mandal (JMM)34.9%79,892 (12.6%)59.0%
GopalganjGENRaghunath Jha (JD(U))Kali Prasad Pandey (RJD)49.2%36,124 (4.9%)63.8%
HajipurGENRam Vilas Paswan (JD(U))Ramai Ram (RJD)55.7%1,05,504 (13.5%)74.3%
HazaribaghGENYashwant Sinha (BJP)Akalu Ram Mahto (RJD)48.0%1,82,642 (30.9%)49.5%
JahanabadGENArun Kumar (JD(U))Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD)43.0%17,287 (2.2%)71.1%
JamshedpurGENAbha Mahato (BJP)Ghanashyam Mahato (INC)45.4%1,21,488 (19.3%)54.7%

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Party board

Party results · Bihar 1947 1999 1999
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
BJP232923.0%82,04,850
JD(U)182320.8%74,05,701
RJD73628.3%1,00,85,302
INC4168.8%31,42,603
IND11874.2%14,82,483
CPM121.0%3,50,958
CPI092.7%9,59,705
CPI(ML)(L)0232.5%8,79,081
JMM0132.0%7,27,510
BPSP021.7%6,07,810
NCP0191.3%4,76,004
MCO011.0%3,51,839
BSP0300.9%3,38,049
JMM(U)040.4%1,54,433
AJBP0310.3%1,17,393
CVP010.2%56,561
JKP020.2%53,972
JD(S)0130.1%50,023
BHJC040.1%34,552
BJC(R)040.1%32,871
JP090.1%25,475
SJP(R)060.1%23,534
LS020.1%18,619
UGDP010.0%11,153
RLD060.0%10,419

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