# 1999 Indian general election in Bihar

The 1999 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 54 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress led alliance. NDA, an alliance formed in last election, consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the Congress led alliance was constituted of the Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Communist Party of India and the Marxist Co-ordination Committee.
The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, NDA secured landslide victory winning 41 out of 54 seats. Bihar emerged as most successful state for NDA, winning most seats in any state, leading to their huge victory under Vajpayee in the election.
The results were huge setbacks for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) limiting their seats to just 7, even RJD Supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav lost his election from Madhepura constituency to Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal (United) in close fight by 30320 votes.

## Election Schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.
| Poll event | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase |
| Poll event | III | IV | V |
| Notification Date | 21 August | 30 August | 07 September |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 28 August | 06 September | 14 September |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 30 August | 07 September | 15 September |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 01 September | 09 September | 17 September |
| Date of poll | 18 September | 25 September | 03 October |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 | 6 October 1999 |
Voting Phases :
| III (19 seats) | IV (19 seats) | V (16 seats) |
| Dumka Godda Sasaram Bikramganj Aurangabad Jahanabad Nawada Gaya Chatra Kodaram Giridh Dhanbad Hazaribagh Ranchi Jamshedpur Singbhum Khunti Lohardagav Palamau | Bagaha Bettiah Motihari Gopalganj Siwan Maharajganj Chapra Hajipur Vaishali Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Barh Balia Munger Begusarai Nalanda Patna Arrah Buxar | Sitamarhi Sheohar Madhubani Jhanjharpur Rosera Samastipur Saharsa Madhepura Araria Kishanganj Purnia Katihar Banka Bhagalpur Khagaria Rajmahal |

## Voting and results
### Party wise

| Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular Vote | Popular Vote | Popular Vote |
| Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Contested | Won | +/- | Votes | % | +/- |
| | NDA | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29 | 23 | 3 | 82,04,850 | 23.01 | 1.02 |
| | NDA | | Janata Dal (United) | 23 | 18 | New | 74,05,701 | 20.77 | New |
| | UPA | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 36 | 7 | 10 | 1,00,85,302 | 28.29 | 1.71 |
| | UPA | | Indian National Congress | 16 | 4 | 1 | 31,42,603 | 8.81 | 1.54 |
| | UPA | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3,50,958 | 0.98 | 0.58 |
| | UPA | | Communist Party of India | 9 | 0 | | 9,59,705 | 2.69 | 0.71 |
| | UPA | | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 1 | 0 | | 3,51,839 | 0.99 | 0.28 |
| - | - | | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 23 | 0 | | 8,79,081 | 2.47 | 0.35 |
| - | - | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 13 | 0 | | 7,27,510 | 2.04 | 0.41 |
| - | - | | Nationalist Congress Party | 19 | 0 | New | 4,76,004 | 1.34 | New |
| - | - | | Independents (politician) | 187 | 1 | 1 | 14,82,483 | 4.16 | 2.19 |

### Constituency wise

| Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency | Name of elected M.P. | Party affiliation | Party affiliation |
| No. | Name | Type | Name of elected M.P. | Party affiliation | Party affiliation |
| 1 | Bagaha | SC | Mahendra Baitha | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2 | Bettiah | GEN | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Motihari | GEN | Radha Mohan Singh | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Gopalganj | GEN | Raghunath Jha | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 5 | Siwan | GEN | Mohammad Shahabuddin | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 6 | Maharajganj | GEN | Prabhunath Singh | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 7 | Chapra | GEN | Rajiv Pratap Rudi | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Hajipur | SC | Ram Vilas Paswan | | Janata Dal |
| 9 | Vaishali | GEN | Raghubansh Prasad Singh | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 10 | Muzaffarpur | GEN | Jai Narain Prasad Nishad | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 11 | Sitamarhi | GEN | Nawal Kishore Rai | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 12 | Sheohar | GEN | Md Anwarul Haque | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 13 | Madhubani | GEN | Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | Jhanjharpur | GEN | Devendra Prasad Yadav | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 15 | Darbhanga | GEN | Kirti Azad | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Rosera | SC | Ram Chandra Paswan | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 17 | Samastipur | GEN | Manjay Lal | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 18 | Barh | GEN | Nitish Kumar | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 19 | Balia | GEN | Ram Jeevan Singh | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 20 | Saharsa | GEN | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 21 | Madhepura | GEN | Sharad Yadav | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 22 | Araria | SC | Sukdeo Paswan | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 23 | Kishanganj | GEN | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 24 | Purnea | GEN | Rajesh Ranjan | | Independent |
| 25 | Katihar | GEN | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 26 | Rajmahal | ST | Thomas Hansda | | Indian National Congress |
| 27 | Dumka | ST | Babulal Marandi | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 28 | Godda | GEN | Jagdambi Prasad Yadav | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 29 | Banka | GEN | Digvijay Singh | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 30 | Bhagalpur | GEN | Subodh Roy | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 31 | Khagaria | GEN | Renu Kumari | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 32 | Monghyr | GEN | Brahmanand Mandal | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 33 | Begusarai | GEN | Rajo Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| 34 | Nalanda | GEN | George Fernandes | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 35 | Patna | GEN | C P Thakur | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 36 | Arrah | GEN | Ram Prasad Singh | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 37 | Buxar | GEN | Lalmuni Chaubey | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 38 | Sasaram | SC | Muni Lall | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 39 | Bikramganj | GEN | Kanti Singh | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 40 | Aurangabad | GEN | Shyama Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| 41 | Jahanabad | GEN | Arun Kumar | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 42 | Nawada | SC | Sanjay Paswan | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 43 | Gaya | SC | Ramji Manjhi | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 44 | Chatra | GEN | Nagmani | | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 45 | Kodarma | GEN | Tilakdhari Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| 46 | Giridh | GEN | Ravindra Kumar Pandey | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 47 | Dhanbad | GEN | Rita Verma | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 48 | Hazaribagh | GEN | Yashwant Sinha | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 49 | Ranchi | GEN | Ram Tahal Choudhary | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 50 | Jamshedpur | GEN | Abha Mahato | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 51 | Singbhum | ST | Laxman Giluwa | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 52 | Khunti | ST | Kariya Munda | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 53 | Lohardagav | ST | Dukha Bhagat | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 54 | Palamau | SC | Braj Mohan Ram | | Bharatiya Janata Party |