Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1999
54 constituencies in Bihar, 60.65% turnout.
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
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
- BJP
- JD(U)
- RJD
- INC
Constituency results
All 54 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–54 of 54
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINGHBHUM | BJPLaxman Gilua | INCVijay Singh Soy | 82,31117.46% | 55.7% |
| SITAMARHI | JD(U)Nawal Kishore Rai | RJDSuryadeo Rai | 1,01,25713.63% | 65.9% |
| SIWAN | RJDM Sahabuddin | CPI(ML)(L)Amar Nath Yadav | 1,29,84018.49% | 71.0% |
| VAISHALI | RJDRaghuvansh Prasad Singh | BPSPLovely Anand | 45,3926.40% | 67.7% |
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.
