RANCHI
Constituency no. 49 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1967.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called RANCHI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 1999
Ram Tahal Choudhary
BJP
Elections held
10
1967–1999
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1999
2,41,177
41.79% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INCK K Tewari
- Votes
- 1,38,084
- Vote share
- 23.93%
- Behind by
- 2,41,177
Electors
11,31,760
Total votes polled
5,77,090
Valid votes
5,77,090
NOTA votes
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Turnout
51.0%
Full result, 1999
11 candidates · 5,77,090 valid votes
Ram Tahal ChoudharyBJPwon
3,79,261
65.7%
K K TewariINC
1,38,084
23.9%
Prem Chand MahtoJMM
39,021
6.8%
Anant Prasad GuptaCPI(ML)(L)
6,306
1.1%
Napendra Krishna MahtoFBL
4,732
0.8%
Agni PandeyIND
2,890
0.5%
Mahesh KumarBSP
2,674
0.5%
Fransis SarwanIND
1,675
0.3%
Ajay RaiAJBP
1,046
0.2%
Madan MundaIND
818
0.1%
Matuwar RamIND
583
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ram Tahal Choudhary | BJP | 3,79,261 | 65.72% | K K Tewari | 2,41,177 |
| 1998 | RAMTAHAL CHOUDHARY | BJP | 3,98,022 | 58.12% | KESHAV MAHTO KAMLESH | 1,43,580 |
| 1996 | RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY | BJP | 2,15,278 | 35.94% | KESHWA MAHTO KAMLESH | 39,292 |
| 1991 | RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY | BJP | 2,23,824 | 48.47% | AWADHESH KUMAR SINGH | 1,19,577 |
| 1989 | SUBODH KANT SAHAY | JD | 1,63,919 | 35.16% | RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY | 14,986 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above