Constituency
79. Saharsa
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-SAHARSA
JDU 54.5%won by 13.1%RJD 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 13.1%.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 54.5% of the vote here (+54.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,42,103
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
7,21,597
Margin
94,493
13.09%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JDU- 1Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,92,92654.5%
- 2Surya Narayan YadavRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,98,43341.4%
- 3Niraj KumarBHJC · BHJC12,9691.8%
- 4Dinesh Prasad SinhaAJBP · AJBP11,4791.6%
- 5Lalan ChoudharyIndependent · IND5,7900.8%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–RJD swing
- +48.9%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 54.5%
- RJD share
- 35.8% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- 63.7% → 63.2%