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Bettiah, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bettiah (Bihar) was won by Raghunath Jha (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 24,671 votes over Madan Prasad Jaiswal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bettiah, Bihar, from 1962 to 2004.

Full Election History, 1962–2004

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Bhola Raut Indian National Congress 79,043 55.8% Shio Prasad (Swatantra Party) 41,790 (29.5 pts)
1967 K. N. Tiwari Indian National Congress 78,294 34.2% J. K. Shukla (Samyukta Socialist Party) 45,483 (19.8 pts)
1971 Kamal Nath Tiwari Indian National Congress 145,965 72.7% Ranvijai Sahi (Independent) 110,377 (55.0 pts)
1977 Fazlur Rahman Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,486 58.7% Kedar Pandey (Indian National Congress) 96,328 (30.3 pts)
1980 Kedar Pandey Congress (I) 172,019 54.5% Fazlur Rahman (Janata Party (Secular)) 104,725 (33.2 pts)
1984 Manoj Kumar Pande Indian National Congress 223,945 55.8% Pitambar Singh (Communist Party of India) 135,268 (33.7 pts)
1989 Dharmesh Prassad Verma Janata Dal 209,009 40.9% Abdul Mogani Kaifi (Communist Party of India) 48,348 (9.5 pts)
1991 Faiyazulazam Janata Dal 283,073 54.5% Madan Pra. Jaiswal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 98,358 (18.9 pts)
1996 Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 315,899 50.6% Nasim Ahmad (Janata Dal) 51,489 (8.2 pts)
1998 Dr.Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 301,388 43.7% Motiurrahman (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 41,901 (6.1 pts)
1999 Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 343,027 49.8% Mataur Rahman (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 39,650 (5.8 pts)
2004 Raghunath Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal 211,590 37.1% Madan Prasad Jaiswal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 24,671 (4.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhola Raut Indian National Congress 79,043 55.8%
Shio Prasad Swatantra Party 37,253 26.3%
Shattrudhan Ram Praja Socialist Party 25,411 17.9%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. N. Tiwari Indian National Congress 78,294 34.2%
J. K. Shukla Samyukta Socialist Party 32,811 14.3%
R. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31,472 13.7%
M. D. Puri Independent 26,507 11.6%
N. L. Singh Independent 21,236 9.3%
C. B. M. Misra Swatantra Party 20,901 9.1%
S. P. Jhunjhunwala Independent 12,901 5.6%
V. P. Thakur Independent 5,143 2.2%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Nath Tiwari Indian National Congress 145,965 72.7%
Ranvijai Sahi Independent 35,588 17.7%
Ambika Prasad Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 16,121 8.0%
Faiazul Azam Independent 3,089 1.5%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Fazlur Rahman Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,486 58.7%
Kedar Pandey Indian National Congress 90,158 28.4%
Ramashray Singh CPI (Marxist) 28,416 8.9%
Maya Devi Independent 8,263 2.6%
Laxmi Kant Tiwary Independent 2,697 0.8%
Chhedi Khan Independent 1,478 0.5%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kedar Pandey Congress (I) 172,019 54.5%
Fazlur Rahman Janata Party (Secular) 67,294 21.3%
Nasim Ahmed Janata Party 62,242 19.7%
Deo Narain Prasad Independent 4,222 1.3%
Maya Devi Independent 4,078 1.3%
Viswa Nath Sahni Independent 3,884 1.2%
Chedi Khan Independent 2,004 0.6%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoj Kumar Pande Indian National Congress 223,945 55.8%
Pitambar Singh Communist Party of India 88,677 22.1%
Shami Muddin Hashmi LKD 50,426 12.6%
Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 28,628 7.1%
Maya Devi Gupta Independent 3,775 0.9%
Bhola Prasad Gupta Independent 2,206 0.6%
Deo Narayan Prasad Independent 1,506 0.4%
Md. Sarfudin Bismil Independent 1,247 0.3%
Chhedi Khan Independent 598 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dharmesh Prassad Verma Janata Dal 209,009 40.9%
Abdul Mogani Kaifi Communist Party of India 160,661 31.5%
Manoj Kumar Pandey Indian National Congress 107,990 21.2%
Avadh Kishor Saha Independent 16,928 3.3%
Jaya Prakash Bharatiya Jana Sangh 5,948 1.2%
Raghunath Saha DDP 2,177 0.4%
Dev Narayan Prassad Sastri Independent 1,844 0.4%
Rajindra Prasad Independent 1,294 0.3%
Shivaji Arya LKD (B) 1,239 0.2%
Rameshvar Misra Independent 1,020 0.2%
Manjur Khan Independent 853 0.2%
Raghunath Gupta Independent 678 0.1%
Mayadevi Gupta Independent 625 0.1%
Harisankar Dube Independent 281 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Faiyazulazam Janata Dal 283,073 54.5%
Madan Pra. Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 184,715 35.6%
Sahir Ahmad Indian National Congress 29,454 5.7%
Dharmesh Prasad Verma Janata Party 14,072 2.7%
Prem Chandra Hazra Independent 1,246 0.2%
Ajoy Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 1,176 0.2%
Prem Kumar Jaiswal Independent 1,169 0.2%
Arjun Pandey ICS(SCS) 987 0.2%
Prabhu Mishra Independent 951 0.2%
Sahjada Mainuddin Independent 327 0.1%
Shambhu Prasad Yadav Independent 311 0.1%
Nathuni Kaur Independent 287 0.1%
Rajdeo Tiwary Independent 237 0.0%
Shambhu Prasad Independent 225 0.0%
Soogriva Bhagat Independent 184 0.0%
Samsuddin Mian Independent 175 0.0%
Maya Devi Gupta (W) Independent 159 0.0%
Sahid Mian Independent 144 0.0%
Raghunath Sah DDP 138 0.0%
Hari Sankar Sharma Independent 104 0.0%
Rameshwar Raut Independent 63 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 315,899 50.6%
Nasim Ahmad Janata Dal 264,410 42.3%
Manoj Pandey Indian National Congress 19,921 3.2%
Virendra Prasad Gupta CPI (ML) Liberation 4,768 0.8%
Ramji Sharma Independent 4,280 0.7%
Madhuranjan Verma Independent 2,841 0.5%
Subhash Chandra Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 2,042 0.3%
Ramesh Prasad Independent 2,041 0.3%
Nagina Yadav Independent 1,887 0.3%
Dhurup Saha Independent 1,446 0.2%
Dashrath Ram Independent 1,345 0.2%
Devi Shankar Prasad Independent 1,099 0.2%
Uday Prasad Independent 573 0.1%
Ram Babu Kumar AIIC(T) 493 0.1%
Lachhuman Rai Independent 488 0.1%
Rajendra Sah Independent 348 0.1%
Ravindra Pandey Independent 297 0.0%
Tarkeshwar Prasad Independent 240 0.0%
Suman Kumar Independent 146 0.0%
Harendra Yadav Independent 117 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr.Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 301,388 43.7%
Motiurrahman Rashtriya Janata Dal 259,487 37.6%
Harendra Kumar Janata Dal 69,484 10.1%
Birbal Sharma Communist Party of India 42,166 6.1%
M.Fazlullah Independent 6,456 0.9%
Babu Man Pathak Indian National Congress 4,340 0.6%
Shankar Prasad Independent 3,761 0.5%
Jai Jati Prasad Yadav Independent 1,727 0.3%
Munna Singh Independent 1,549 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 343,027 49.8%
Mataur Rahman Rashtriya Janata Dal 303,377 44.0%
Triveni Tiwary Communist Party of India 23,317 3.4%
Dharmesh Prasad Verma SJP(R) 11,901 1.7%
Nafish Ahmad Independent 2,539 0.4%
Rais Lal Independent 2,293 0.3%
Sanjay Kumar Ojha AJBP 1,060 0.2%
Ram Lakhan Prasad Independent 644 0.1%
Ram Kumar Das Independent 596 0.1%
Daroga Chaudhary Independent 286 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghunath Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal 211,590 37.1%
Madan Prasad Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 186,919 32.8%
Ramchandra Sahani Communist Party of India 47,841 8.4%
Rajan Tiwari Independent 32,759 5.7%
Faiyazul Azam Bahujan Samaj Party 32,289 5.7%
Prakash Jha Independent 25,978 4.6%
Dharmesh Prasad Verma SJP(R) 7,935 1.4%
Virendra Prasad Gupta CPI (ML) Liberation 6,161 1.1%
Akbar Husain Independent 5,714 1.0%
Nasim Ahmad Samajwadi Party 4,151 0.7%
Rahmat Ali Independent 3,537 0.6%
Nafis Ahmad Independent 2,059 0.4%
Diwakar Mani Tripathi Independent 1,538 0.3%
Krishn Nand Prasad Independent 1,438 0.3%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 29.5 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 19.8 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 55.0 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 30.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 33.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 33.7 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 9.5 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 18.9 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.2 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.1 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 5.8 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 4.3 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004

Trend

Bettiah has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bettiah in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?

Raghunath Jha (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Bettiah, Bihar, in 2004 with 211,590 votes (37.1%), a margin of 24,671 votes over Madan Prasad Jaiswal.

Which parties have won Bettiah since 1962?

Since 1962, Bettiah has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Bettiah?

The closest result on record for Bettiah was 2004, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 24,671 votes (4.3 percentage points).

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