SheoharAssembly by-election result, 1998
Thakur Ratnakar (RJD) won Sheohar in the 1998 assembly by-election with 56.6% of the vote, beating Raghunath Jha (SAP) by 16,566 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 66 was Runisaidpur. It kept its number when seats were renumbered in 2005, after Jharkhand became a separate state. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2005. From 2010, seat no. 66 is Pranpur. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Thakur Ratnakar won by 16.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thakur Ratnakar | 56,44856.6% | |
| 2 | Raghunath Jha | 39,88240.0% | |
| 3 | Ravishar Singh IND | IND | 9521.0% |
| 4 | Gori Sah IND | IND | 6130.6% |
| 5 | Dinesh Kuwar IND | IND | 5020.5% |
| 6 | Atakur Rahman | 4640.5% | |
| 7 | Md. Husnain IND | IND | 4320.4% |
| 8 | Sambhudayal Sah IND | IND | 2200.2% |
| 9 | Md. Safirwlla Manswri IND | IND | 1450.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
RJD and SAP took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.08 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2010. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2010, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Sheohar, 1977–2005
- 1977RAGHUNATH JHA (INC), margin 16.4%
- 1980RAGHUNATH JHA (INC(I)), margin 8.3%
- 1985RAGHUNATH JHA (JNP), margin 24.3%
- 1990RAGHUNATH JHA (JD), margin 26.0%
- 1995RAGHUNATH JHA (JD), margin 29.1%
- 2000SATAYA NR. PRASAD (RJD), margin 4.8%
- 2005 (Feb)AJIT KUMAR JHA (RJD), margin 5.6%
- 2005 (Oct)AJIT KUMAR JHA (RJD), margin 0.2%