Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1999
54 constituencies in Bihar, 60.65% turnout.
Seats
54
Candidates
497
20 women, 5 elected
Turnout
60.65%
3.57 cr of 5.88 cr
Leading party
BJP
23 of 54 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Bihar
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 23 | +3 | 29 | 82,04,850 | 23.01% | -1.01 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 18 | +18 | 23 | 74,05,701 | 20.77% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | -10 | 36 | 1,00,85,302 | 28.29% | +1.71 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 4 | -1 | 16 | 31,42,603 | 8.81% | +1.54 |
| INDIndependent | 1 | +1 | 187 | 14,82,483 | 4.16% | +2.19 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3,50,958 | 0.98% | +0.59 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9,59,705 | 2.69% | -0.70 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8,79,081 | 2.47% | +0.35 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7,27,510 | 2.04% | -0.41 |
| BPSPBharatiya Praja Surajya Paksha | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6,07,810 | 1.70% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4,76,004 | 1.34% | — |
| MCOMCO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,51,839 | 0.99% | +0.28 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3,38,049 | 0.95% | +0.42 |
| JMMUJMMU | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,54,433 | 0.43% | — |
| AJBPAJBP | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1,17,393 | 0.33% | +0.27 |
| CVPCVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56,561 | 0.16% | — |
| JKPJKP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53,972 | 0.15% | 0.00 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 50,023 | 0.14% | — |
| BHJCBHJC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34,552 | 0.10% | — |
| BJCRBJCR | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32,871 | 0.09% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25,475 | 0.07% | +0.03 |
| SJPRSJPR | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23,534 | 0.07% | -1.08 |
| LSLS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18,619 | 0.05% | -0.06 |
| UGDPUGDP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11,153 | 0.03% | — |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10,419 | 0.03% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9,640 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9,188 | 0.03% | -0.02 |
| LSWPLSWP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7,479 | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| SPSPSardar Patel Siddhant Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6,924 | 0.02% | — |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6,535 | 0.02% | -0.04 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5,482 | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,715 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,613 | 0.00% | — |
| KVSBKVSB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,481 | 0.00% | — |
| BMFBMF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 737 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| BHJVPBHJVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 571 | 0.00% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 0.00% | — |
- BJP23 (43%)
- JD(U)18 (33%)
- RJD7 (13%)
- INC4 (7%)
- IND1 (2%)
- CPM1 (2%)
- BJP23
- JD(U)18
- RJD7
- INC4
- IND1
- CPM1
- BJP23
- JD(U)18
- RJD7
- INC4
- IND1
- CPM1
Constituency performance
From the 54 results in Bihar
Closest contest
BARH
won by 1,335 (0.18%)
Biggest victory
RANCHI
won by 2,41,177 (41.79%)
Highest turnout
CHAPRA
76.74%
Lowest turnout
LOHARDAGA
38.73%
Seat change
Against Bihar's previous Lok Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained17 (31%)
- Changed hands37 (69%)
17 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 37 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
- BJP
- JD(U)
- RJD
- INC
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 54 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 54
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARARIA | RJDSukdeo Paswan | BJPParmanand Rishidev | 2,1690.34% | 61.2% |
| ARRAH | RJDRam Prasad Singh | JD(U)H P Singh | 92,28213.54% | 60.8% |
| AURANGABAD | INCShyama Singh | JD(U)Sushil Kumar Singh | 70,41610.44% | 61.8% |
| BAGAHA | JD(U)Mahendra Baitha | RJDPurnamasi Ram | 54,7519.60% | 55.4% |
| BALIA | JD(U)Ramjivan Singh | RJDAshok Kumar | 12,0322.41% | 50.1% |
| BANKA | JD(U)Digvijay Singh | INDGiridhari Yadav | 21,4083.42% | 58.9% |
| BARH | JD(U)Nitish Kumar | RJDVijay Krishna | 1,3350.18% | 69.4% |
| BEGUSARAI | INCRajo Singh | JD(U)Shyam Sundar Singh | 19,9503.14% | 57.2% |
| BETTIAH | BJPDr Madan Prasad Jaiswal | RJDMataur Rahman | 39,6505.75% | 62.7% |
| BHAGALPUR | CPMSubodh Ray | BJPPrabhash Chandra Tiwari | 45,5406.80% | 54.3% |
| BIKRAMGANJ | RJDKanti Singh | JD(U)Vashisht Narayan Singh | 34,7684.73% | 65.1% |
| BUXAR | BJPLal Muni Choubey | RJDShivanand Tiwary | 11,6061.93% | 58.5% |
| CHAPRA | BJPRajiv Pratap Rudi | RJDHira Lal Rai | 43,5535.66% | 76.7% |
| CHATRA | RJDNagmani | BJPDhirendra Agrawal | 55,09913.22% | 41.0% |
| DARBHANGA | BJPKirti Azad | RJDMd Ali Ashraf Fatmi | 55,5487.33% | 72.7% |
| DHANBAD | BJPRita Verma | MCOA K Roy | 14,2261.87% | 53.1% |
| DUMKA | BJPBabu Lal Marandi | JMMRupi Soren Kisku | 4,6480.85% | 57.3% |
| GAYA | BJPRamji Manjhi | RJDRajesh Kumar | 20,7833.27% | 60.2% |
| GIRIDIH | BJPRavindra Kumar Pandey | INCRajendra Prasad Singh | 19,8243.73% | 47.7% |
| GODDA | BJPJagdambi Prasad Yadav | JMMSuraj Mandal | 79,89212.61% | 58.3% |
| GOPALGANJ | JD(U)Raghunath Jha | RJDKali Prasad Pandey | 36,1244.87% | 63.0% |
| HAJIPUR | JD(U)Ram Vilas Paswan | RJDRamai Ram | 1,05,50413.53% | 73.3% |
| HAZARIBAGH | BJPYashwant Sinha | RJDAkalu Ram Mahto | 1,82,64230.86% | 48.8% |
| JAHANABAD | JD(U)Arun Kumar | RJDSurendra Prasad Yadav | 17,2872.23% | 70.2% |
| JAMSHEDPUR | BJPAbha Mahato | INCGhanashyam Mahato | 1,21,48819.34% | 54.1% |
| JHANJHARPUR | JD(U)Devendra Prasad Yadav | RJDSurendra Prasad Yadav | 1,27,81418.95% | 64.0% |
| KATIHAR | BJPNikhil Kumar Choudhary | NCPTariq Anwar | 1,36,85221.40% | 61.5% |
| KHAGARIA | JD(U)Renu Kumari | RJDNayana Rana | 31,8224.80% | 63.4% |
| KHUNTI | BJPKariya Munda | INCSushila Kerketta | 26,2626.49% | 48.6% |
| KISHANGANJ | BJPSyed Shahnawaz Hussain | RJDTaslimuddin | 8,6481.21% | 63.5% |
| KODARMA | INCTilakdhari Pd Singh | BJPRitlal Prasad Verma | 10,1781.71% | 52.3% |
| LOHARDAGA | BJPDukha Bhagat | INCIndra Nath Bhagat | 3,8231.05% | 38.7% |
| MADHEPURA | JD(U)Sharad Yadav | RJDLalu Prasad | 30,3204.68% | 65.0% |
| MADHUBANI | BJPHukumdeo Narayan Yadav | INCDr Shakil Ahmad | 62,6158.86% | 64.2% |
| MAHARAJGANJ | JD(U)Prabhunath Singh | INCMahachandra Prasad Singh | 1,04,06314.92% | 71.0% |
| MONGHYR | JD(U)Brahma Nand Mandal | RJDBijoy Kumar Bijoy | 21,8153.09% | 61.5% |
| MOTIHARI | BJPRadha Mohan Singh | RJDRama Devi | 21,6703.20% | 60.9% |
| MUZAFFARPUR | JD(U)Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad | RJDMahendra Sahni | 60,7208.44% | 67.4% |
| NALANDA | JD(U)George Fernandes | CPIGaya Singh | 1,05,82112.14% | 73.9% |
| NAWADA | BJPSanjay Paswan | RJDVijay Kumar Choudhary | 84,0859.89% | 72.4% |
| PALAMAU | BJPBraj Mohan Ram | RJDJorawar Ram | 85,12516.73% | 47.1% |
| PATNA | BJPC P Thakur | RJDRam Kripal Yadav | 46,8925.85% | 54.5% |
| PURNEA | INDRajesh Ranjan | BJPJay Krishna Mandal | 2,52,56636.41% | 63.9% |
| RAJMAHAL | INCThomas Hansda | BJPSom Marandi | 62,09911.08% | 58.9% |
| RANCHI | BJPRam Tahal Choudhary | INCK K Tewari | 2,41,17741.79% | 51.0% |
| ROSERA | JD(U)Ram Chandra Paswan | RJDPitamber Paswan | 1,42,91619.75% | 67.2% |
| SAHARSA | JD(U)Dinesh Chandra Yadav | RJDSurya Narayan Yadav | 94,49313.09% | 63.2% |
| SAMASTIPUR | JD(U)Manjay Lal | RJDAshok Singh | 12,6881.60% | 64.9% |
| SASARAM | BJPMuni Lall | RJDRam Keshi Bharati | 18,6762.86% | 57.1% |
| SHEOHAR | RJDMd Anwarul Haque | BPSPAnand Mohan | 2,5350.35% | 66.1% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1999?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 23 of 54 seats in Bihar, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1999?
Turnout was 60.65% — 3.57 cr of 5.88 cr registered electors voted.
How many Lok Sabha seats does Bihar have?
Bihar has 54 Lok Sabha seats.