1999 Indian general election in Bihar

Indian general election in Bihar, 1999

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54 seats
Turnout	61.48%
First party Second party   Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee Nitish Kumar Party BJP JD(U) Alliance NDA NDA Last election 20 Did not exist Seats won 23 18 Seat change 3 18 Popular vote 82,04,850 74,05,701 Percentage 23.01% 20.77% Swing 1.02% New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Sonia Gandhi Party RJD INC Alliance INC+ INC+ Last election 17 5 Seats won 7 4 Seat change 10 1 Popular vote 1,00,85,302 31,42,603 Percentage 28.29% 8.81% Swing 1.71% 1.54%
Bihar
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP

The 1999 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 54 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress led alliance. ^[1] NDA, an alliance formed in last election, consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the Congress led alliance was constituted of the Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Communist Party of India and the Marxist Co-ordination Committee.

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, NDA secured landslide victory winning 41 out of 54 seats. ^[2] Bihar emerged as most successful state for NDA, winning most seats in any state, leading to their huge victory under Vajpayee in the election.

The results were huge setbacks for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) limiting their seats to just 7, even RJD Supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav lost his election from Madhepura constituency to Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal (United) in close fight by 30320 votes. ^[3]

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll event	Phase
	III	IV	V
Notification date	21 August	30 August	07 September
Last date for filing nomination	28 August	06 September	14 September
Scrutiny of nomination	30 August	07 September	15 September
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	01 September	09 September	17 September
Date of poll	18 September	25 September	03 October
Date of counting of votes/Result	6 October 1999

Voting Phases
III (19 seats)	IV (19 seats)	V (16 seats)
Dumka Godda Sasaram Bikramganj Aurangabad Jahanabad Nawada Gaya Chatra Kodaram Giridh Dhanbad Hazaribagh Ranchi Jamshedpur Singbhum Khunti Lohardagav Palamau	Bagaha Bettiah Motihari Gopalganj Siwan Maharajganj Chapra Hajipur Vaishali Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Barh Balia Munger Begusarai Nalanda Patna Arrah Buxar	Sitamarhi Sheohar Madhubani Jhanjharpur Rosera Samastipur Saharsa Madhepura Araria Kishanganj Purnia Katihar Banka Bhagalpur Khagaria Rajmahal

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Nand Kishore Yadav	29
	Janata Dal (United)			Sharad Yadav	23
	Bihar People's Party			Anand Mohan Singh	2

   Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	35 + 1 [a]
	Indian National Congress			Sadanand Singh	15 + 1 [b]
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Subodh Roy	2
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee			A. K. Roy	1
	Communist Party of India			Indrajit Gupta	1 + 8 [c]

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
1	Bagaha (SC)		JD(U)	Mahendra Baitha		RJD	Purnmasi Ram
2	Bettiah		BJP	Madan Prasad Jaiswal		RJD	Mataour Rahman
						CPI	Triveni Tiwari
3	Motihari		BJP	Radha Mohan Singh		RJD	Rama Devi
4	Gopalganj		JD(U)	Raghunath Jha		RJD	Kali Prasad Pandey
5	Siwan		JD(U)	Akhlaq Ahmed		RJD	Mohammad Shahabuddin
6	Maharajganj		JD(U)	Prabhunath Singh		INC	Mahachandra Prasad Singh
7	Chapra		BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		RJD	Hira Lal Rai
8	Hajipur (SC)		JD(U)	Ram Vilas Paswan		RJD	Ramai Ram
9	Vaishali		BPP	Lovely Anand		RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
10	Muzaffarpur		JD(U)	Jai Narain Prasad Nishad		RJD	Mahendra Sahni
11	Sitamarhi		JD(U)	Nawal Kishore Rai		RJD	Suryadeo Rai
12	Sheohar		BPP	Anand Mohan Singh		RJD	Md Anwarul Haque
13	Madhubani		BJP	Hukmdev Narayan Yadav		INC	Shakeel Ahmad
						CPI	Bhogendra Jha
14	Jhanjharpur		JD(U)	Devendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	Surendra Prasad Yadav
15	Darbhanga		BJP	Kirti Azad		RJD	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
16	Rosera (SC)		JD(U)	Ram Chandra Paswan		RJD	Pitambar Paswan
17	Samastipur		JD(U)	Manjay Lal		RJD	Ashok Singh
18	Barh		JD(U)	Nitish Kumar		RJD	Vijay Krishna
19	Balia		JD(U)	Ramjivan Singh		RJD	Ashok Kumar
						CPI	Shatrughan Prasad Singh
20	Saharsa		JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		RJD	Surya Narayan Yadav
21	Madhepura		JD(U)	Sharad Yadav		RJD	Lalu Prasad
22	Araria (SC)		BJP	Parmanand Rishidev		RJD	Sukdeo Paswan
23	Kishanganj		BJP	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain		RJD	Taslimuddin
24	Purnea		BJP	Jai Krishna Mandal		CPI(M)	Abdul Khalil Ahmad
25	Katihar		BJP	Nikhil Kumar Choudhary		INC	Mubarak Hussain
26	Rajmahal (ST)		BJP	Som Marandi		INC	Thomas Hansda
27	Dumka (ST)		BJP	Babu Lal Marandi		INC	Ramesh Hembram
28	Godda		BJP	Jagadambi Prasad Yadav		RJD	Javed Iqbal Ansari
						INC	Furqan Ansari
						CPI	Sanjay Kumar
29	Banka		JD(U)	Digvijay Singh		RJD	Shakuni Choudhary
30	Bhagalpur		BJP	Prabhas Chandra Tiwari		CPI(M)	Subodh Ray
31	Khagaria		JD(U)	Renu Kumari		RJD	Nayana Rana
						CPI	Satyanarayan Singh
32	Monghyr		JD(U)	Brahmanand Mandal		RJD	Bijoy Kumar Bijoy
33	Begusarai		JD(U)	Shyam Sundar Singh		INC	Rajo Singh
34	Nalanda		JD(U)	George Fernandes		CPI	Gaya Singh
35	Patna		BJP	C P Thakur		RJD	Ram Kripal Yadav
36	Arrah		JD(U)	H P Singh		RJD	Ram Prasad Kushwaha
37	Buxar		BJP	Lalmuni Chaubey		RJD	Shivanand Tiwary
						CPI	Tej Narayan Singh
38	Sasaram (SC)		BJP	Muni Lall		RJD	Ram Keshi Bharati
39	Bikramganj		JD(U)	Vashisht Narayan Singh		RJD	Kanti Singh
40	Aurangabad		JD(U)	Sushil Kumar Singh		INC	Shyama Singh
41	Jahanabad		JD(U)	Arun Kumar		RJD	Surendra Prasad Yadav
42	Nawada (SC)		BJP	Sanjay Paswan		RJD	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
43	Gaya (SC)		BJP	Ramji Manjhi		RJD	Rajesh Kumar
44	Chatra		BJP	Dhirendra Agarwal		RJD	Nagmani
45	Kodarma		BJP	Rati Lal Prasad Verma		INC	Tilakdhari Singh
46	Giridih		BJP	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		INC	Rajendra Prasad Singh
47	Dhanbad		BJP	Rita Verma		MCC	A. K. Roy
48	Hazaribagh		BJP	Yashwant Sinha		RJD	Aklu Ram Mahto
						INC	Ishwari Ram Paswan
						CPI	Ramendra Kumar
49	Ranchi		BJP	Ram Tahal Choudhary		INC	K. K. Tewary
50	Jamshedpur		BJP	Abha Mahato		INC	Ghanashyam Mahato
						CPI	Dulal Munshi
51	Singhbhum (ST)		BJP	Laxman Gilua		INC	Vijay Singh Soy
52	Khunti (ST)		BJP	Kariya Munda		INC	Sushila Kerketta
53	Lohardaga (ST)		BJP	Dukha Bhagat		INC	Indra Nath Bhagat
54	Palamu (SC)		BJP	Braj Mohan Ram		RJD	Jorawar Ram

Voting and results

Party wise

Alliance/Party				Seats			Popular Vote
				Contested	Won	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	29	23	3	82,04,850	23.01	1.02
			Janata Dal (United)	23	18	New	74,05,701	20.77	New
	UPA		Rashtriya Janata Dal	36	7	10	1,00,85,302	28.29	1.71
			Indian National Congress	16	4	1	31,42,603	8.81	1.54
			Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	2	1	1	3,50,958	0.98	0.58
			Communist Party of India	9	0		9,59,705	2.69	0.71
			Marxist Co-ordination Committee	1	0		3,51,839	0.99	0.28
-	-		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	23	0		8,79,081	2.47	0.35
-	-		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	13	0		7,27,510	2.04	0.41
-	-		Nationalist Congress Party	19	0	New	4,76,004	1.34	New
-	-		Independents (politician)	187	1	1	14,82,483	4.16	2.19

Constituency Wise Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Bagaha (SC)	Mahendra Baitha		JD(U)	261,498	45.86	Purnmasi Ram		RJD	206,747	36.25	54,751	9.61
2	Bettiah	Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal		BJP	343,027	49.78	Mataour Rahman		RJD	303,377	44.03	39,650	5.75
3	Motihari	Radha Mohan Singh		BJP	338,696	50.02	Rama Devi		RJD	317,026	46.82	21,670	3.20
4	Gopalganj	Raghunath Jha		JD(U)	365,107	49.22	Kali Prasad Pandey		RJD	328,983	44.35	36,124	4.87
5	Siwan	M. Sahabuddin		RJD	385,069	54.83	Amarnath Yadav		CPI(ML)	255,229	36.34	129,840	18.49
6	Maharajganj	Prabhunath Singh		JD(U)	398,475	57.15	Mahachandra Prasad Singh		INC	294,412	42.22	104,063	14.93
7	Chapra	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		BJP	390,477	50.71	Hira Lal Rai		RJD	346,924	45.05	43,553	5.66
8	Hajipur (SC)	Ram Vilas Paswan		JD(U)	434,609	55.75	Ramai Ram		RJD	329,105	42.21	105,504	13.54
9	Vaishali	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh		RJD	308,458	43.46	Lovely Anand		BPSP	263,066	37.06	45,392	6.40
10	Muzaffarpur	Captain Jai N. Prasad Nishad		JD(U)	363,820	50.56	Mahendra Sahni		RJD	303,100	42.12	60,720	8.44
11	Sitamarhi	Nawal Kishore Rai		JD(U)	410,557	55.28	Suryadeo Rai		RJD	309,300	41.64	101,257	13.64
12	Sheohar	Md Anwarul Haque		RJD	347,279	48.51	Anand Mohan		BPSP	344,744	48.15	2,535	0.36
13	Madhubani	Hukmdev Narayan Yadav		BJP	328,616	46.48	Dr Shakil Ahmad		INC	266,001	37.63	62,615	8.85
14	Jhanjharpur	Devendra Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	375,852	55.73	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	248,038	36.78	127,814	18.95
15	Darbhanga	Kirti Azad		BJP	395,549	52.16	Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi		RJD	340,001	44.84	55,548	7.32
16	Rosera (SC)	Ram Chandra Paswan		JD(U)	420,564	58.11	Pitambar Paswan		RJD	277,648	38.36	142,916	19.75
17	Samastipur	Manjay Lal		JD(U)	368,776	46.62	Ashok Singh		RJD	356,088	45.02	12,688	1.60
18	Barh	Nitish Kumar		JD(U)	362,016	48.23	Vijay Krishna		RJD	360,681	48.05	1,335	0.18
19	Balia	Ramjivan Singh		JD(U)	169,443	33.93	Ashok Kumar		RJD	157,411	31.52	12,032	2.41
20	Saharsa	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		JD(U)	392,926	54.45	Surya Narayan Yadav		RJD	298,433	41.36	94,493	13.09
21	Madhepura	Sharad Yadav		JD(U)	328,761	50.70	Lalu Prasad Yadav		RJD	298,441	46.02	30,320	4.68
22	Araria (SC)	Sukdeo Paswan		RJD	308,579	48.32	Parmanand Rishidev		BJP	306,410	47.98	2,169	0.34
23	Kishanganj	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain		BJP	258,035	35.96	Taslimuddin		RJD	249,387	34.75	8,648	1.21
24	Purnea	Rajesh Ranjan		IND	438,193	63.17	Jay Krishna Mandal		BJP	185,627	26.76	252,566	36.41
25	Katihar	Nikhil Kumar Choudhary		BJP	280,911	43.92	Tariq Anwar		NCP	144,059	22.52	136,852	21.40
26	Rajmahal (ST)	Thomas Hansda		INC	250,298	44.68	Som Marandi		BJP	188,199	33.59	62,099	11.09
27	Dumka (ST)	Babulal Marandi		BJP	201,141	36.87	Rupi Soren Kisku		JMM	196,493	36.02	4,648	0.85
28	Godda	Jagdambi Prasad Yadav		BJP	221,191	34.91	Suraj Mandal		JMM	141,299	22.30	79,892	12.61
29	Banka	Digvijay Singh		JD(U)	233,453	37.28	Giridhari Yadav		IND	212,045	33.86	21,408	3.42
30	Bhagalpur	Subodh Roy		CPI(M)	321,159	47.94	Prabhash Chandra Tiwari		BJP	275,619	41.15	45,540	6.79
31	Khagaria	Renu Kumari		JD(U)	293,412	44.29	Nayana Rana		RJD	261,590	39.49	31,822	4.80
32	Monghyr	Brahmanand Mandal		JD(U)	346,615	49.15	Bijoy Kumar Bijoy		RJD	324,800	46.05	21,815	3.10
33	Begusarai	Rajo Singh		INC	318,244	50.10	Shyam Sundar Singh		JD(U)	298,294	46.96	19,950	3.14
34	Nalanda	George Fernandes		JD(U)	464,458	53.29	Gaya Singh		CPI	358,637	41.15	105,821	12.14
35	Patna	C. P. Thakur		BJP	379,370	47.30	Ram Kripal Yadav		RJD	332,478	41.45	46,892	5.85
36	Arrah	Ram Prasad Singh		RJD	264,140	38.74	H. P. Singh		JD(U)	171,858	25.21	92,282	13.53
37	Buxar	Lal Muni Choubey		BJP	235,968	39.15	Shivanand Tiwari		RJD	224,362	37.22	11,606	1.93
38	Sasaram (SC)	Muni Lall		BJP	257,223	39.37	Ram Keshi Bharati		RJD	238,547	36.51	18,676	2.86
39	Bikramganj	Kanti Singh		RJD	346,259	47.12	Vashisht Narayan Singh		JD(U)	311,491	42.38	34,768	4.74
40	Aurangabad	Shyama Singh		INC	317,418	47.05	Sushil Kumar Singh		JD(U)	247,002	36.61	70,416	10.44
41	Jahanabad	Arun Kumar		JD(U)	333,332	42.99	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	316,045	40.77	17,287	2.22
42	Nawada (SC)	Sanjay Paswan		BJP	453,943	53.38	Vijay Kumar Choudhary		RJD	369,858	43.49	84,085	9.89
43	Gaya (SC)	Ramji Manjhi		BJP	319,530	50.21	Rajesh Kumar		RJD	298,747	46.94	20,783	3.27
44	Chatra	Nagmani		RJD	219,783	52.73	Dhirendra Agrawal		BJP	164,684	39.51	55,099	13.22
45	Kodarma	Tilakdhari Prasad Singh		INC	273,808	46.02	Ritlal Prasad Verma		BJP	263,630	44.31	10,178	1.71
46	Giridih	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		BJP	248,454	46.70	Rajendra Prasad Singh		INC	228,630	42.97	19,824	3.73
47	Dhanbad	Rita Verma		BJP	366,065	48.07	A. K. Roy		MCO	351,839	46.21	14,226	1.86
48	Hazaribagh	Yashwant Sinha		BJP	283,956	47.98	Akalu Ram Mahto		RJD	101,314	17.12	182,642	30.86
49	Ranchi	Ram Tahal Choudhary		BJP	379,261	65.72	K. K. Tewari		INC	138,084	23.93	241,177	41.79
50	Jamshedpur	Abha Mahato		BJP	285,232	45.40	Ghanashyam Mahato		INC	163,744	26.06	121,488	19.34
51	Singhbhum (ST)	Laxman Gilua		BJP	231,237	49.04	Vijay Singh Soy		INC	148,926	31.59	82,311	17.45
52	Khunti (ST)	Kariya Munda		BJP	187,484	46.31	Sushila Kerketta		INC	161,222	39.82	26,262	6.49
53	Lohardaga (ST)	Dukha Bhagat		BJP	163,658	45.02	Indra Nath Bhagat		INC	159,835	43.97	3,823	1.05
54	Palamu (SC)	Braj Mohan Ram		BJP	271,657	53.37	Jorawar Ram		RJD	186,532	36.65	85,125	16.72

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2000 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	107	67
	Janata Dal (United)	89	21
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	70	124
	Indian National Congress	23	23
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	6	12
	Communist Party of India	5	5
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	3	6
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	3	1
	Bihar People's Party	3	0
	Nationalist Congress Party	2	0
	Others	9	63
Total		324

References

1. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
2. "With Modi becoming BJP's darling, will JDU's Nitish Kumar leave alliance?". 30 November 1999.
3. "Madhepura: Twice beaten by Lalu, Sharad now RJD nominee".

Notes

1. Friendly Contest on Godda and Hazaribagh between INC and RJD.
2. Friendly Contest on Godda and Hazaribagh between INC and RJD.
3. CPI Contested only Nalanda constituency under the alliance of INC and RJD.