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01-April-2004 15:58 IST
General Elections 1999 - Over view of Bihar : Election Backgrounder 22

In Bihar during the 1999 General Elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) got highest percentage of votes i.e. 28.29% and captured 36 seats. BJP was second with vote percentage of 23.01% and 23 seats. Janta Dal United (JDU) secured 20.77% votes and won 18 seats. No other party in the State could reach to double digit as far as voting percentage was concerned.

Partywise percentage of votes, number of contestants and seats won in the elections are as follows:

Party

No. of Contestants

Seats

won

Votes Polled

% Of Votes Polled

BJP

29

23

8204850

23.01%

BSP

30

0

338049

0.95%

CPI

9

0

959705

2.69%

CPM

2

1

350958

0.98%

INC

16

4

3142603

8.81%

JD(S)

13

0

50023

0.14%

JD(U)

23

18

7405701

20.77%

FBL

3

0

9640

0.03%

JMM

13

0

727510

2.04%

JP

9

0

25475

0.07%

LS

2

0

18619

0.05%

NCP

19

0

476004

1.34%

RJD

36

7

10085302

28.29%

RSP

1

0

164

0.00%

SHS

4

0

9188

0.03%

SJP(R)

6

0

23534

0.07%

UGDP

1

0

11153

0.03%

ABHM

2

0

1715

0.00%

ABJS

1

0

1613

0.00%

AJBP

31

0

117393

0.33%

AMB

2

0

5482

0.02%

BHJC

4

0

34552

0.10%

BHJVP

1

0

571

0.00%

         

Party

No. of Contestants

Seats

won

Votes Polled

% Of Votes Polled

BJC(R)

4

0

32871

0.09%

BMF

1

0

737

0.00%

BPSP

2

0

607810

1.70%

CPI(ML)(L)

23

0

879081

2.47%

CVP

1

0

56561

0.16%

JKP

2

0

53972

0.15%

JMM(U)

4

0

154433

0.43%

KVSB

1

0

1481

0.00%

LSWP

2

0

7479

0.02%

MCO

1

0

351839

0.99%

RLD

6

0

10419

0.03%

SPSP

3

0

6924

0.02%

SSD

3

0

6535

0.02%

IND

187

1

1482483

4.16%

Total:

497

54

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