State · 199840 of 543 seats
Bihar
Bihar elects 40 . RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL won 17 of 40 seats.
66Out of every 100 voters here, 66 voted. India: 62.
The numbers
Turnout
66.28%
+4.3 pts vs India
Electors
4.39crore
in 40 constituencies
Women MPs
2
of 16 women candidates
Candidates
360
16 women · NOTA 0.0%
Who won the 40 seats
one tile per constituency, grouped by party
Votes vs seats
pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats
Share of votesShare of seats
RJD32% → 43%
SAP21% → 25%
BJP17% → 20%
INC5% → 8%
JD11% → 3%
AIRJP1% → 3%
CPI3% → 0%
Vote share
bars: % of valid votes · right: seats
Notable contests
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Constituencies
40 · tap one for the full result
Mahendra Baitha · SAP2,31,91943.1%Purnamasi Ram · JD1,86,17634.6%Third · AIRJP62,58011.6%
Turnout 53.2%Electors 10,28,588Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dr.Madan Prasad Jaiswal · BJP3,01,38843.7%Motiurrahman · RJD2,59,48737.6%Third · JD69,48410.1%
Turnout 63.6%Electors 10,98,319Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rama Devi · RJD2,74,27241.5%Radha Mohan Singh · BJP1,86,19828.1%Third · SP1,62,76324.6%
Turnout 60.4%Electors 11,12,139Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Abdul Ghafoor · SAP3,22,01245.7%Lal Babu Pd. Yadav · RJD2,53,40735.9%Third · BJC87,47812.4%
Turnout 60.8%Electors 11,76,915Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
M.Sahabuddin · RJD3,27,34149.2%Vijay Shankar Dubey · BJP2,06,85731.1%Third · CPI(ML)L1,12,22316.9%
Turnout 68.4%Electors 9,87,686Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Prabhunath Singh · SAP3,60,26554.2%Mahachandra Prasad Singh · INC1,54,71223.3%Third · SJP(R)1,19,58718.0%
Turnout 68.4%Electors 9,82,307Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Heera Lal Rai · RJD3,31,59145.0%Rajeev Pratap Rudy · BJP3,22,26443.7%Third · JD66,1489.0%
Turnout 74.3%Electors 10,02,577Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ram Vilas Paswan · JD4,86,35060.6%Ram Sunder Das · SJP(R)3,08,78938.5%Third · Independent3,6900.5%
Turnout 75.2%Electors 10,67,712Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh · RJD3,22,10144.0%Brishim Patel · SAP2,80,60738.3%Third · JD1,11,06715.2%
Turnout 70.7%Electors 10,49,832Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad · RJD3,19,99643.0%Harendra Kumar · SAP2,98,07340.0%Third · JD81,25010.9%
Turnout 71.4%Electors 10,61,584Candidates 16NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sita Ram Yadav · RJD2,77,89836.4%Nawal Kishore Rai · JD2,54,38933.3%Third · BJP2,25,18729.5%
Turnout 68.8%Electors 11,24,360Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Anand Mohan · AIRJP2,89,83041.6%Hari Kishore Singh · SAP1,96,68628.2%Third · JD1,86,31726.7%
Turnout 66.6%Electors 10,77,623Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dr.Shakeel Ahmad · INC2,85,02939.8%Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav · BJP2,68,54437.5%Third · CPI1,54,27321.5%
Turnout 66.1%Electors 11,02,007Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Surendra Prasad Yadav · RJD2,60,70037.5%Jagdish N. Choudhary · SAP2,23,43232.2%Third · JD1,66,99024.1%
Turnout 67.0%Electors 10,53,245Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Md.Ali Asharaf Fatmi · RJD3,15,50343.3%Tara Kant Jha · BJP2,79,39538.4%Third · JD76,10210.4%
Turnout 71.0%Electors 10,43,327Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Pitambar Paswan · RJD2,60,49238.0%Ram Sewak Hazari · SAP2,17,21131.7%Third · JD1,97,13828.8%
Turnout 64.7%Electors 10,77,564Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajit Kumar Mehta · RJD3,01,09938.2%Ashok Singh · SAP2,63,44533.5%Third · JD93,83111.9%
Turnout 65.7%Electors 12,18,831Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Nitish Kumar · SAP3,56,83647.7%Vijoy Krishna · RJD3,41,64645.7%Third · JD34,2644.6%
Turnout 69.3%Electors 10,93,635Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rajbanshi Mahto · RJD2,40,11939.3%Shatraghna Pd. Singh · CPI1,87,63530.7%Third · BJP1,73,54428.4%
Turnout 62.7%Electors 9,96,528Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Anuplal Yadav · RJD2,59,96135.8%Dinesh Chandra Yadav · JD2,05,79328.3%Third · SAP1,92,74926.5%
Turnout 64.7%Electors 11,41,534Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Lalu Prasad · RJD2,97,68647.2%Sharad Yadav · JD2,45,70339.0%Third · SAP60,9219.7%
Turnout 64.6%Electors 9,97,175Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ramje Das Rishideo · BJP3,09,23345.6%Geeta Devi · RJD2,75,29640.6%Third · JD71,79010.6%
Turnout 66.1%Electors 10,44,252Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Taslim Uddin · RJD2,36,74432.5%Asrarul Haque · SP2,30,25631.6%Third · BJP2,30,21031.6%
Turnout 65.5%Electors 11,29,066Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jay Krishna Mandal · BJP2,65,09638.0%Rajesh Ranjan · SP2,29,27932.8%Third · INC1,02,29714.7%
Turnout 65.5%Electors 10,85,968Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tariq Anawar · INC3,37,36047.9%Nikhil Kumar Choudhary · BJP3,16,92345.0%Third · JD25,1443.6%
Turnout 68.9%Electors 10,38,547Candidates 15NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Digvijay Singh · SAP3,31,66047.1%Giridhari Yadav · RJD3,20,36945.5%Third · JD27,1173.9%
Turnout 66.3%Electors 10,61,020Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Prabhas Chandra Tiwari · BJP3,49,46344.6%Chun Chun Prasad Yadav · RJD2,57,61632.9%Third · CPI1,18,41515.1%
Turnout 64.7%Electors 12,32,585Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shakuni Choudhury · SAP3,33,47544.8%Anil Kumar Yadav · RJD2,50,28833.6%Third · CPI70,8739.5%
Turnout 72.2%Electors 10,44,743Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bijoy Kumar "bijoy" · RJD3,50,58345.2%Brahamanand Mandal · SAP3,46,51844.7%Third · JD42,4155.5%
Turnout 68.3%Electors 11,47,447Candidates 10NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rajo Singh · INC2,96,47543.0%Krishana Sahi · SAP2,43,56835.3%Third · CPI1,44,54021.0%
Turnout 63.5%Electors 11,06,695Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
George Fernandes · SAP4,44,78450.3%Ram Swaroop Prasad · RJD3,29,11437.2%Third · CPI(ML)L51,2915.8%
Turnout 75.9%Electors 11,78,070Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
C.P.Thakur · BJP3,31,86051.5%Ram Kripal Yadav · RJD2,79,25443.4%Third · CPI(ML)L14,5422.3%
Turnout 44.7%Electors 14,64,430Candidates 18NOTA 0 (0.0%)
H.P.Singh · SAP2,86,28639.4%Chandra Deo Prasad Verma · RJD2,28,12231.4%Third · CPI(ML)L1,63,94522.6%
Turnout 65.9%Electors 11,17,509Candidates 16NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Lalmuni Chaubey · BJP2,66,96141.0%Udai Pratap Singh · RJD1,82,64528.1%Third · CPI93,26514.3%
Turnout 64.1%Electors 10,26,575Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Muni Lall · BJP2,82,86542.1%Ram Keshi Prasad · RJD1,94,13728.9%Third · BSP1,41,32221.0%
Turnout 59.7%Electors 11,44,160Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bashist Narayan Singh · SAP3,01,78940.4%Kanti Singh · RJD2,93,93839.4%Third · CPI(ML)L80,22110.7%
Turnout 66.4%Electors 11,37,002Candidates 12NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sushil Kumar Singh · SAP2,95,44942.9%Virendra Kumar Singh · RJD2,09,15630.4%Third · JD74,97210.9%
Turnout 63.9%Electors 10,91,703Candidates 13NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Surendra Prasad Yadav · RJD3,55,32242.5%Arun Kumar · SAP2,96,41535.4%Third · CPI(ML)L1,32,59415.8%
Turnout 77.4%Electors 10,96,143Candidates 9NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Malti Devi · RJD4,05,49546.7%Kameshwar Paswan · BJP3,91,11145.0%Third · Independent38,7924.5%
Turnout 74.8%Electors 11,72,729Candidates 11NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Krishna Kumar Chaudhary · BJP3,03,22543.5%Bhagwati Devi · RJD2,65,77938.1%Third · JD1,15,14116.5%
Turnout 67.3%Electors 10,55,017Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
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About this data
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1998 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.
Constituencies of today's Telangana (16), Jharkhand (14), Chhattisgarh (11), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.
Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.