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Bihar · PC 47 · 1998
Dhanbad
Winner — Lok Sabha 1998
RITA VERMA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 49.9%MCO 29.8%7 others 20.4%
Votes
4,42,590
50.6% share
Winning margin
1,78,689
20.4% of votes
Total votes cast
8,87,017
Candidates
9
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RITA VERMA | NDA (NDA) | 4,42,590 | 50.6% |
| 2 | A.K. ROY | MCO | 2,63,901 | 30.2% |
| 3 | AKLU RAM MAHATO | 1,47,222 | 16.8% | |
| 4 | MARIGENDRA KUMAR YADAV | IND | 5,779 | 0.7% |
| 5 | SURENDRA PRASAD ROY | 5,147 | 0.6% | |
| 6 | SAROJ KUMAR CHAUDHARY | IND | 3,135 | 0.4% |
| 7 | KULDIP CHAUDHARY | IND | 2,637 | 0.3% |
| 8 | MADHAV DHIVAR | AMB | 2,573 | 0.3% |
| 9 | RAM NAGINA | IND | 1,647 | 0.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean20.4%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.6% · min 1.9% · max 47.5%
How contested is turnout?
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54%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.6%MCO 30.2%RJD 16.8%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.