REPUBLIC OF INDIA LOK SABHA ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999 ==================================================================== Polling took place between 5 September and 3 October 1999 BIHAR ==================================================================== STATE SUMMARY ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 8,204,850 23.0 23 Bihar People's Party 607,810 01.7 - Communist Party of India (CPI) 959,705 02.7 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 350,958 01.0 1 CPIML (Liberation) (CPIMLL) 897,081 02.5 - Indian National Congress (INC) 3,142,603 08.8 4 Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 7,405,701 20.8 18 Jharkand Mukti Morcha 727,510 02.0 - National Congress Party (NCP) 476,004 01.3 - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 10,085,302 28.3 7 Others 2,794,905 07.8 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 35,652,429 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Constituencies and MPs elected -------------------------------------------------------------------- Araria: Sukdeo Paswan (RJD) Arrah: Ram Prasad Singh (RJD) Aurangabad: Shyama Singh (INC) Bagaha (SC): Bahendra Baitha (JDU) Banka: Digvijay Singh (CPM) Barh: Ramjivan Singh (JDU) Begusarai: Rajo Singh (INC) Bettiah: Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal (BJP) Bikramganj: Kanti Singh (RJD) Buxar: Lal Muni Choubey (BJP) Chapra: Rajiv Pratap Rudi (BJP) Chatra: Nagmani (RJD) Darbhanga: Kirti Azad (BJP) Dhanbad: Rita Verma (BJP) Dumka (ST): Babu Lal Marandi (BJP) Gaya (SC): Ramji Manjhi (BJP) Giridih: Ravindra Kumar Pandey (BJP) Godda: Jagdambi Prasad Yadav (BJP) Gopalganj: Raghunath Jha (JDU) Hajipur (SC): Ram Vilas Paswan (JDU) Hazaribagh: Yashwant Sinha (BJP) Jahanabad: Arun Kumar (JDU) Jamshedpur: Abha Mahato (BJP) Jhanjahrpur: Devendra Prasad Yadav (JDU) Katihar: Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (BJP) Khagaria: Renu Kumari (JDU) Khunti (ST): Kariya Munda (BJP) Kishanganj: Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (BJP) Kodarma: Tilakdhari P D Singh (INC) Lohardaga (ST): Dukha Bhagat (BJP) Madhepura: Sharad Yadav (JDU) Madhubani: Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav (BJP) Maharajganj: Prabhunath Singh (JDU) Minghyr: Brahma Nand Mandal (JDU) Motihari: Radha Mohan Singh (BJP) Muzaffarpur: Captain Jai N P Nishad (JDU) Nalanda: George Fernandes (JDU) Nawada (SC): Sanjay paswan (BJP) Palamau (SC): Braj Mohan Ram (BJP) Patna: C P Thakur (BJP) Purnea: Rajesh Ranjan (Independent) Rajmahal (ST): Thomas Hansda (INC) Ranchi (Ram Tahal Choudhary (BJP) Rosera (SC): Ram Chandra Paswan (JDU) Saharsa: Dinesh Chandra Yadav (JDU) Samastipur: Manjay Lal (JDU) Sasaram (SC): Muni Lall (BJP) Sheohar: M D Anwarul Haque (RJD) Singhbhum: Laxman Giluwa (BJP) Sitamarhi: Nawal Kishore Rai (JDU) Siwan: M Sahabuddin (RJD) Vaishali: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD) VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ===================================================================== BAGAHA (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahendra Baitha JD(U) 261,498 45.86 Purnamasi Ram RJD 206,747 36.25 Kanchan Baitha 56,561 09.92 5 others 45,464 07.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 570,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BETTIAH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal BJP 343,027 49.78 Mataur Rahman RJD 303,377 44.03 8 others 42,636 06.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 689,040 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MOTIHARI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Radha Mohan Singh BJP 338,696 50.02 Rama Devi RJD 317,026 46.82 7 others 21,340 03.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 677,062 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOPALGANJ ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raghunath Jha JD(U) 365,107 49.22 Kali Prasad Pandey RJD 328,983 44.35 4 others 47,754 06.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 741,844 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SIWAN ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sahabuddin RJD 385,069 54.83 Amar Nath Yadav CPI(MLL) 255,229 36.34 Akhlaque Ahmad JD(U) 53,382 07.60 4 others 8,613 01.23 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 702,293 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MAHARAJGANJ ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prabhunath Singh JD(U) 398,475 57.15 Mahachandra Prasad Singh INC 294,412 42.22 1 other 4,413 00.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 697,300 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPRA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Pratap Rudi BJP 390,477 50.71 Hira Lal Rai RJD 346,924 45.05 6 others 32,674 04.24 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 770,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAJIPUR (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ram Vilas Paswan JD(U) 434,609 55.75 Ramai Ram RJD 329,105 42.21 5 others 15,887 02.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 779,601 -------------------------------------------------------------------- VAISHALI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 308,458 43.46 Lovely Anand BPSP 263,066 37.06 Shashi Kumar Rai 112,450 15.84 7 others 25,778 03.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 709,752 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MUZAFFARPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jai Nishad JD(U) 363,820 50.56 Mahendra Sahni RJD 303,100 42.12 13 others 52,607 07.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 719,527 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SITAMARHI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nawal Kishore Rai JD(U) 410,557 55.28 Suryadeo Rai RJD 309,300 41.64 7 others 22,895 03.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 742,752 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SHEOHAR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mohamed Anwarul Haque RJD 347,279 48.51 Anand Mohan BPSP 344,744 48.15 6 others 23,913 03.34 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 715,936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MADHUBANI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav BJP 328,616 46.48 Dr Shakil Ahmad INC 266,001 37.63 Bhogendra Jha CPI 99,394 14.06 3 others 12,937 01.83 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 706,948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- JHANJHARPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Devendra Prasad Yadav JD(U) 375,852 55.73 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 248,038 36.78 8 others 50,526 07.49 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 674,416 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARBHANGA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirti Azad BJP 395,549 52.16 Mohamed Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 340,001 44.84 7 others 22,741 03.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 758,291 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSERA (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ram Chandra Paswan JD(U) 420,564 58.11 Pitamber Paswan RJD 277,648 38.36 5 others 25,502 03.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 723,714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SAMASTIPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manjay Lal JD(U) 368,776 46.62 Ashok Singh RJD 356,088 45.02 9 others 66,174 08.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 791,038 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nitish Kumar JD(U) 362,016 48.23 Vijay Krishna RJD 360,681 48.05 9 others 27,971 03.73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 750,668 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALIA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramjivan Singh JD(U) 169,443 33.93 Ashok Kumar RJD 157,411 31.52 Shatrughan Prasad Singh CPI 139,836 28.00 5 others 32,695 06.55 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 499,385 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SAHARSA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinesh Chandra Yadav JD(U) 392,926 54.45 Surya Narayan Yadav RJD 298,433 41.36 3 others 30,238 04.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 721,597 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MADHEPURA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharad Yadav JD(U) 328,761 50.70 Lalu Prasad RJD 298,441 46.02 4 others 21,271 03.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 648,473 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARARIA (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sukdeo Paswan RJD 308,579 48.32 Parmanand Rishidev BJP 306,410 47.98 6 others 23,657 03.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 638,646 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KISHANGANJ ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Syed Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 258,035 35.96 Taslimuddin RJD 249,387 34.75 Maulana Asrarul Haque NCP 197,478 27.52 3 others 12,735 01.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 717,635 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PURNEA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Ranjan 438,193 63.17 Jay Krishna Mandal BJP 185,627 26.76 12 others 69,898 10.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 693,718 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KATIHAR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikhil Kumar Choudhary BJP 280,911 43.92 Tariq Anwar NCP 144,059 22.52 Mubarak Hussain INC 141,575 22.14 Ram Prakash Mahto 48,900 07.65 10 others 24,113 03.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 639,558 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RAJMAHAL (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Hansda INC 250,298 44.68 Som Marandi BJP 188,199 33.59 Simon Marandi 114,608 20.46 4 others 7,143 01.27 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 560,248 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DUMKA (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Babu Lal Marandi BJP 201,141 36.87 Rupi Soren Kisku 196,493 36.02 Ramesh Hembram INC 134,625 24.68 7 others 13,241 02.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 545,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GODDA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jagdambi Prasad Yadav BJP 221,191 34.91 Suraj Mandal 141,299 22.30 Furkan Ansari INC 108,852 17.18 Sanjay Kumar CPI 86,430 13.64 Javed Iqbal Ansari RJD 60,094 09.49 3 others 15,690 02.48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 633,556 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BANKA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digvijay Singh JD(U) 233,453 37.28 Giridhari Yadav 212,045 33.86 Shakuni Choudhary RJD 160,678 25.66 5 others 20,117 03.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626,293 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BHAGALPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subodh Ray CPM 321,159 47.94 Prabhash Chandra Tiwari BJP 275,619 41.15 10 others 73,093 10.91 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 669,871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KHAGARIA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Renu Kumari JD(U) 293,412 44.29 Nayana Rana RJD 261,590 39.49 Satya Narain Singh CPI 72,206 10.90 6 others 35,231 05.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 662,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONGHYR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brahma Nand Mandal JD(U) 346,615 49.15 Bijoy Kumar Bijoy RJD 324,800 46.05 5 others 33,863 04.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 705,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGUSARAI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajo Singh INC 318,244 50.10 Shyam Sundar Singh JD(U) 298,294 46.96 3 others 18,729 02.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 635,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NALANDA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Fernandes JD(U) 464,458 53.29 Gaya Singh CPI 358,637 41.15 7 others 48,484 05.56 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 871,579 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PATNA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C P Thakur BJP 379,370 47.30 Ram Kripal Yadav RJD 332,478 41.45 Ramanand Yadav 47,682 05.94 21 others 42,577 05.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 802,107 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRAH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ram Prasad Singh RJD 264,140 38.74 H P Singh JD(U) 171,858 25.21 Rameshwar Prasad CPI(MLL) 141,939 20.82 Rang Bahadur Singh 87,263 12.80 10 others 16,589 02.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 681,789 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BUXAR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lal Muni Choubey BJP 235,968 39.15 Shivanand Tiwary RJD 224,362 37.22 Tej Narayan Singh CPI 67,916 11.27 Mitranand Singh CPI(MLL) 36,385 06.04 Sobh Nath Ram Anokha BSP 32,957 05.47 2 others 5,161 00.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 602,749 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SASARAM (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Muni Lall BJP 257,223 39.37 Ram Keshi Bharati RJD 238,547 36.51 Chandrika Das BSP 82,861 12.68 Chhedi Paswan NCP 46,449 07.11 4 others 28,235 04.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 653,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BIKRAMGANJ ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kanti Singh RJD 346,259 47.12 Vashisht Narayan Singh JD(U) 311,491 42.38 Arun Singh CPI(MLL) 52,384 07.13 8 others 24,784 03.37 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 734,918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- AURANGABAD ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shyama Singh INC 317,418 47.05 Sushil Kumar Singh JD(U) 247,002 36.61 Raja Ram Singh 83,970 12.45 7 others 26,233 03.89 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 674,623 -------------------------------------------------------------------- JAHANABAD ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arun Kumar JD(U) 333,332 42.99 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 316,045 40.77 Ramadhar Singh CPI(MLL) 99,325 12.81 8 others 26,580 03.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 775,282 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAWADA (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanjay Paswan BJP 453,943 53.38 Vijay Kumar Choudhary RJD 369,858 43.49 10 others 26,551 03.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 850,352 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAYA (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramji Manjhi BJP 319,530 50.21 Rajesh Kumar RJD 298,747 46.94 6 others 18,173 02.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 636,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHATRA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nagmani RJD 219,783 52.73 Dhirendra Agrawal BJP 164,684 39.51 12 others 32,302 07.75 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 416,769 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KODARMA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tilakdhari Pd Singh INC 273,808 46.02 Ritlal Prasad Verma BJP 263,630 44.31 7 others 60,559 10.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 594,997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIRIDIH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ravindra Kumar Pandey BJP 248,454 46.70 Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 228,630 42.97 Shiva Mahato 42,802 08.04 6 others 12,150 02.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 532,036 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DHANBAD ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rita Verma BJP 366,065 48.07 A K Roy 351,839 46.21 8 others 43,557 05.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 761,461 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARIBAGH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yashwant Sinha BJP 283,956 47.98 Akalu Ram Mahto RJD 101,314 17.12 Teklal Mahto 71,346 12.05 Ramendra Kumar CPI 55,615 09.40 Ishwari Ram Paswan INC 36,929 06.24 8 others 42,721 07.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 591,881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RANCHI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ram Tahal Choudhary BJP 379,261 65.72 K K Tewari INC 138,084 23.93 Prem Chand Mahto 39,021 06.76 8 others 20,724 03.59 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 577,090 -------------------------------------------------------------------- JAMSHEDPUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abha Mahato BJP 285,232 45.40 Ghanashyam Mahato INC 163,744 26.06 Sunil Kumar Mahato 80,417 12.80 Dulal Munshi CPI 56,354 08.97 Sudhir Mahato 36,065 05.74 5 others 6,416 01.02 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 628,228 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SINGHBHUM (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laxman Giluwa BJP 231,237 49.04 Vijay Singh Soy INC 148,926 31.59 Champai Soren 71,527 15.17 4 others 19,810 04.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 471,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KHUNTI (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kariya Munda BJP 187,484 46.31 Sushila Kerketta INC 161,222 39.82 N E Horo 52,981 13.09 1 other 3,151 00.78 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 404,838 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LOHARDAGA (ST) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dukha Bhagat BJP 163,658 45.02 Indra Nath Bhagat INC 159,835 43.97 Bishwanath Bhagat 28,245 07.77 6 others 11,776 03.24 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 363,514 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PALAMAU (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Braj Mohan Ram BJP 271,657 53.37 Jorawar Ram RJD 186,532 36.65 Rampati Ram BSP 34,809 06.84 2 others 15,962 03.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 508,960 --------------------------------------------------------------------