KodarmaAssembly by-election result, 1998
Annapurna Devi (RJD) won Kodarma in the 1998 assembly by-election with 49.2% of the vote, beating Ramesh Singh (BJP) by 21,086 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 262 was Giridih. Seats were renumbered for the 2005 election, after Jharkhand became a separate state. From 2005, there is no seat no. 262. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Annapurna Devi won by 19.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annapurna Devi | 52,04649.2% | |
| 2 | Ramesh Singh | 30,96029.3% | |
| 3 | Umesh Chandra Agrawal | 19,97818.9% | |
| 4 | Uday Prakash Dwedi IND | IND | 7340.7% |
| 5 | Sohrab Khan Warsi | 5760.5% | |
| 6 | Bhushan Prasad IND | IND | 5680.5% |
| 7 | Moin Udin IND | IND | 4060.4% |
| 8 | Virendra Kumar Ram IND | IND | 3840.4% |
| 9 | Manindra Ram IND | IND | 1340.1% |
| 10 | Md. Himayun IND | IND | 590.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
RJD, BJP and INC took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.75 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
Ask the state
RBI 2024-25Figures for the state as a whole, not for this seat.