HAZARIBAGH
Constituency no. 48 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1967.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called HAZARIBAGH. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 1999
Yashwant Sinha
BJP
Elections held
10
1967–1999
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1999
1,82,642
30.86% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
RJDAkalu Ram Mahto
- Votes
- 1,01,314
- Vote share
- 17.12%
- Behind by
- 1,82,642
Electors
12,13,735
Total votes polled
5,91,881
Valid votes
5,91,881
NOTA votes
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Turnout
48.8%
Full result, 1999
13 candidates · 5,91,881 valid votes
Yashwant SinhaBJPwon
2,83,956
48.0%
Akalu Ram MahtoRJD
1,01,314
17.1%
Teklal MahtoJMMU
71,346
12.1%
Ramendra KumarCPI
55,615
9.4%
Ishwari Ram PaswanINC
36,929
6.2%
Deoki Nandan VediaCPI(ML)(L)
20,898
3.5%
Fagu BesaraJMM
12,687
2.1%
Deonath PaswanBSP
3,829
0.7%
Harvansh Kumar SrivastavaIND
2,113
0.4%
Mahendra RamIND
1,327
0.2%
Prashant SahayIND
634
0.1%
Naushad HasanIND
632
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Yashwant Sinha | BJP | 2,83,956 | 47.98% | Akalu Ram Mahto | 1,82,642 |
| 1998 | YASHWANT SINHA | BJP | 3,23,283 | 46.71% | BHUWANESHWAR PD.MEHTA | 1,63,506 |
| 1996 | MAHABIR LAL VISWAKARMA | BJP | 2,37,357 | 38.36% | BHUMESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA | 71,251 |
| 1991 | BHUNESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA | CPI | 1,71,725 | 34.45% | YADUNATH PANDEY | 24,681 |
| 1989 | YADUNATH PANDEY | BJP | 2,33,060 | 43.98% | BHUNESHWAR PD. MEHTA | 43,419 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
