Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1989

54 constituencies in Bihar, 59.11% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

711

18 women, 2 elected

Turnout

59.11%

3.09 cr of 5.22 cr

Leading party

32 of 54 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
JD Janata Dal	32	+32	38	1,16,19,517	37.66%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	8	+8	24	36,17,091	11.72%	+4.80
INC Indian National Congress	4	-44	54	86,59,832	28.07%	-23.78
CPI Communist Party of India	4	+2	12	24,47,484	7.93%	-0.31
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	3	+3	9	9,78,494	3.17%	+1.84
IPF IPF	1	+1	10	7,13,280	2.31%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	+1	3	4,33,871	1.41%	+0.35
MCOR MCOR	1	+1	1	2,47,013	0.80%	—
IND Independent	0	-1	429	13,27,965	4.30%	-4.08
JNPJP JNPJP	0	0	14	2,71,029	0.88%	—
LKDB LKDB	0	0	28	1,93,007	0.63%	—
JKD JKD	0	0	5	1,29,222	0.42%	—
DDP DDP	0	0	47	1,07,193	0.35%	—
SSD SSD	0	0	7	32,686	0.11%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	6	30,227	0.10%	—
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	6	12,569	0.04%	—
SOPL SOPL	0	0	4	7,571	0.02%	—
HJD HJD	0	0	2	6,663	0.02%	—
AMB AMB	0	0	2	3,744	0.01%	—
BKUS BKUS	0	0	1	3,504	0.01%	—
PBI PBI	0	0	1	3,341	0.01%	—
PHJ PHJ	0	0	1	2,890	0.01%	—
PVP Paschimanchal Vikas Party	0	0	2	2,055	0.01%	—
DMM DMM	0	0	1	1,582	0.01%	—
SUC SUC	0	0	1	576	0.00%	—
LMS LMS	0	0	1	575	0.00%	—
BKS BKS	0	0	1	367	0.00%	—
BLKD BLKD	0	0	1	145	0.00%	—

JD32 (59%)
BJP8 (15%)
INC4 (7%)
CPI4 (7%)
JMM3 (6%)
IPF1 (2%)
Others2 (4%)

JD32
BJP8
INC4
CPI4
JMM3
IPF1
Others2

JD32
BJP8
INC4
CPI4
JMM3
IPF1
CPM1
MCOR1

Constituency performance

From the 54 results in Bihar

Closest contest

KHUNTI

won by 3,785 (1.14%)

Biggest victory

HAJIPUR

won by 5,04,448 (68.95%)

Highest turnout

HAJIPUR

74.84%

Lowest turnout

SINGHBHUM

36.36%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Lok Sabha election (1984), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained4 (7%)
Changed hands50 (93%)

4 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 50 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Bihar, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 54 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 54

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ARARIA	JDSUKDEO PASWAN	INCDUMAR LAL BHITHA	72,65513.04%	60.7%
ARRAH	IPFRAMESHWAR PRASAD	JDTULSI SINGH	16,4403.01%	51.5%
AURANGABAD	JDRAM NARESH SINGH	INCSHYAMA SINGH	57,08210.10%	58.0%
BAGAHA	JDMAHENDRA BAITHA	INCBHOLARAI	88,03222.55%	44.8%
BALIA	CPISURYANARAYAN SINGH	INCCHANDRA BHATU DEVI	1,61,44931.54%	56.5%
BANKA	JDPRATAP SINGH	INCMANORMAN SINGH	2,16,61540.99%	55.3%
BARH	JDNITISH KUMAR	INCRAMLAKHAN SINGH YADAV	78,34711.25%	67.5%
BEGUSARAI	JDLALIT VIJAY SINGH	INCKRISHNA SAHI	74,72112.38%	61.2%
BETTIAH	JDDHARMESH PRASSAD VERMA	CPIABDUL MOGANI KAIFI	48,3489.47%	56.0%
BHAGALPUR	JDCHUN CHUN PRASAD YADAV	INCBHAGWAD JHA AZAD	4,35,39864.81%	64.2%
BIKRAMGANJ	JDRAM PARSAD SINGH	INCTAPESHWAR SINGH	1,25,99323.40%	54.7%
BUXAR	CPITEJ NARAIN SINGH	BJPKAMAL SINGH	37,3226.83%	55.3%
CHAPRA	JDLALOO PRASSAD	JNPJPTAJIV RANJAN SINGH	1,41,88221.73%	64.6%
CHATRA	JDUPENDER NATH VERMA	INCYOGEHSWAR PARSAD YOGESH	77,37117.07%	51.2%
DARBHANGA	JDSHAKEEUL RAHMAN	INCNAGENDRA JHA (BAGHANT)	78,45712.09%	70.4%
DHANBAD	MCORA.K.ROY	BJPSAMRESH SINGH	13,5712.13%	55.1%
DUMKA	JMMSHIBU SOHAN	INCPRITHWI CHANDKISHU	1,09,60127.00%	46.7%
GAYA	JDINSWAR CHAUDHARY	CPIJANKI PASWAN	2,52,92338.01%	68.9%
GIRIDIH	BJPRAM DAS SINGH	INDBINOD BIHARI MAHTO	8,1821.69%	51.7%
GODDA	BJPJANARDHAN YADAV	JMMSURAJ MANDAL	1,81,43331.94%	59.2%
GOPALGANJ	JDRAJMANGAL MISHRA	INCKALI PRASAD PANDAY	1,93,92128.45%	72.2%
HAJIPUR	JDRAM VILAS PASWAN	INCMAHABIR PASWAN	5,04,44868.95%	74.8%
HAZARIBAGH	BJPYADUNATH PANDEY	CPIBHUNESHWAR PD. MEHTA	43,4198.19%	52.4%
JAHANABAD	CPIRAMASHRAY PRASAD SINGH	INCSHYAMNANDAN MISHRA	72,90110.57%	65.2%
JAMSHEDPUR	JMMSHAILENDRA MAHTO	INCCHANDAN BAGCHI	8,8841.72%	54.1%
JHANJHARPUR	JDDEVANDRA PRASSAD YADAV	INCGAURI SANKAR RAJHANS	1,59,33629.95%	55.5%
KATIHAR	JDYUVARJ	INCTARIQUE ANWAR	1,03,17816.66%	72.4%
KHAGARIA	JDRAM SHARAN YADAV	INCSATISH PD. SINGH	1,36,52223.46%	61.5%
KHUNTI	BJPKARIA MUNDA	JKDMIRAL ENEM HORO	3,7851.14%	44.1%
KISHANGANJ	INCM.J.AKBAR	INDASRARUL HAQUE	25,9914.74%	57.4%
KODARMA	BJPRITLAL PRASAD VERMA	INCTILAKDHARI PRASAD SINGH	1,02,29419.08%	55.6%
LOHARDAGA	INCSUMATI ORAON	BJPLALIT ORAON	39,07210.58%	44.7%
MADHEPURA	JDRAMESH KUMAR YADAV RAVI	INCMAHAVIR PRASAD	2,92,94844.12%	68.0%
MADHUBANI	CPIBHOGENDRA JHA	INCA. HANNAN AN.	1,41,36625.70%	56.1%
MAHARAJGANJ	JDCHANRASBEKHAR	INCKRISHNA PRATAP	2,17,31837.08%	57.2%
MONGHYR	JDDHANRAJ SINGH	INCDEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV	55,1867.94%	68.4%
MOTIHARI	BJPRADHA MOHAN SINGH	CPIKAMALA MISHRA MADHUKAR	78,11114.37%	58.0%
MUZAFFARPUR	JDGEORGE FARNANDES	INCLALITESHWAR PD. SAHI	2,85,01039.84%	72.9%
NALANDA	INCRAM SAROOP PRASAD	CPIVIJOY KUMAR YADAV	11,2121.61%	64.3%
NAWADA	CPMPREM PARDEEP	BJPKAMASWAR PASWAN	1,49,60223.04%	56.4%
PALAMAU	JDJAORWAR RAM	BJPRAM DEO RAM	33,3968.74%	42.0%
PATNA	BJPSHAILENDRA NATH SRIVASTAVA	INCC.P.THAKUR	21,5933.48%	53.0%
PURNEA	JDTASLIMUDIN	CPMAJIT SARKAR	54,5579.71%	60.8%
RAJMAHAL	JMMSIMON MARANDI	INDJAI KUMAR TUDU	1,66,41536.45%	55.1%
RANCHI	JDSUBODH KANT SAHAY	BJPRAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY	14,9863.21%	50.4%
ROSERA	JDDASHAI CHAUDHARY	INCRAM BHAGAT PASWAN	2,04,48733.00%	64.2%
SAHARSA	JDSURYA NR. YADAV	INCCJANDRA KISHORE PATHAK	2,77,08136.44%	71.8%
SAMASTIPUR	JDMANJAI LAL	INCRAMDEO RAI	2,37,68134.20%	64.6%
SASARAM	JDCHHEDI PASWAN	INCMEERA KUMAR	1,13,65621.39%	55.0%
SHEOHAR	JDHARI KISHOR SINGH	INCMADHUREENDRA KUMAR SINGH	3,14,47550.26%	65.0%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.