GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Jahanabad
Arun Kumar (JD(U)) won by 17,287 votes (2.2%).
- Electors
- 11,05,202
- Votes polled
- 7,86,107
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 71.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 2.2% (median 7.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1999 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 2.2%(-4.8%)
- Turnout
- 71.1%(-6.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 83.8%
Winning margin over time · Jahanabad
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arun KumarWinner | JD(U) | 3,33,332 | 43.0% |
| 2 | Surendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | 3,16,045 | 40.8% |
| 3 | Ramadhar Singh | CPI(ML)(L) | 99,325 | 12.8% |
| 4 | Ramashraya Prasad Singh | IND | 16,878 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Walma Mochi | IND | 2,456 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Rampati Ram | SPSP | 1,647 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Mahendra Manjhi | IND | 1,640 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Nahku Choudhary | IND | 1,101 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Sidhnath Singh | AJBP | 1,006 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Shravan Yadav | IND | 961 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Lakshman Thakur | JP | 891 | 0.1% |
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