Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Hazaribagh (Bihar) was won by Yashwant Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 182,642 votes over Akalu Ram Mahto. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Hazaribagh, Bihar, from 1957 to 1999.
Full Election History, 1957–1999
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Lalita Rajya Lakshmi
CNSPJP
78,486
67.7%
Badruzzaman Khan (Indian National Congress)
50,592 (43.6 pts)
1962
Basant Narain Singh
Swatantra Party
81,029
66.8%
Mohammad Alimuddin Ansari (Indian National Congress)
46,611 (38.4 pts)
1967
B. N. Singh
Independent
83,618
44.4%
D. Pandey (Indian National Congress)
19,758 (10.5 pts)
1971
Damodar Pandey
Indian National Congress
56,831
32.8%
Lalita Rajya Lakshmi (JAP)
10,988 (6.3 pts)
1977
Kunwar Basant Narain Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
186,058
64.7%
Damodar Pandey (Indian National Congress)
141,117 (49.0 pts)
1980
Kunwar Basant Narayan Singh
Janata Party
96,182
35.1%
Azima Hussain (Congress (I))
29,364 (10.7 pts)
1984
Damodar Pandey
Indian National Congress
176,762
47.8%
Bhuwaneshwar Pd. Mehto (Communist Party of India)
60,381 (16.3 pts)
1989
Yadunath Pandey
Bharatiya Janata Party
233,060
44.0%
Bhuneshwar Pd. Mehta (Communist Party of India)
43,419 (8.2 pts)
1991
Bhuneshwar Prasad Mehta
Communist Party of India
171,725
34.5%
Yadunath Pandey (Bharatiya Janata Party)
24,681 (5.0 pts)
1996
Mahabir Lal Viswakarma
Bharatiya Janata Party
237,357
38.4%
Bhumeshwar Prasad Mehta (Communist Party of India)
71,251 (11.5 pts)
1998
Yashwant Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
323,283
46.7%
Bhuwaneshwar Pd.Mehta (Communist Party of India)
163,506 (23.6 pts)
1999
Yashwant Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
283,956
48.0%
Akalu Ram Mahto (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
182,642 (30.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lalita Rajya Lakshmi
CNSPJP
78,486
67.7%
Badruzzaman Khan
Indian National Congress
27,894
24.1%
Swarn Singh
Jharkhand Party
9,525
8.2%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Basant Narain Singh
Swatantra Party
81,029
66.8%
Mohammad Alimuddin Ansari
Indian National Congress
34,418
28.4%
Enamul Haque
Janata Party
5,826
4.8%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
B. N. Singh
Independent
83,618
44.4%
D. Pandey
Indian National Congress
63,860
33.9%
G. Mishra
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
27,846
14.8%
R. K. Prasad
Communist Party of India
13,213
7.0%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Damodar Pandey
Indian National Congress
56,831
32.8%
Lalita Rajya Lakshmi
JAP
45,843
26.5%
Satruhan Prasad
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
30,656
17.7%
Ramnika Gupta
Samyukta Socialist Party
15,403
8.9%
Md. Rafique
Independent
15,399
8.9%
Sukhdeo Mahto
HSD
7,567
4.4%
Jagdish Narain Singh
JKP
1,437
0.8%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kunwar Basant Narain Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
186,058
64.7%
Damodar Pandey
Indian National Congress
44,941
15.6%
Chaturanan Mishra
Communist Party of India
35,809
12.4%
Ramsewak Ram Ravi
Independent
12,626
4.4%
Arjun Ram
Independent
8,259
2.9%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kunwar Basant Narayan Singh
Janata Party
96,182
35.1%
Azima Hussain
Congress (I)
66,818
24.4%
Bhuneshwar Prasad Mahto
Communist Party of India
52,135
19.0%
Upendra Nath Verma
Janata Party (Secular)
30,301
11.1%
Arjun Ram
Independent
15,286
5.6%
Udit Narain Prasad
Independent
3,615
1.3%
Premu Naik
Independent
3,121
1.1%
A. D. Nandi
JKD
2,705
1.0%
John Pankaj
Independent
1,948
0.7%
Shane Ahmad Siddique
Independent
1,651
0.6%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Damodar Pandey
Indian National Congress
176,762
47.8%
Bhuwaneshwar Pd. Mehto
Communist Party of India
116,381
31.4%
Syed Tariq Hassan
Bharatiya Janata Party
26,218
7.1%
Arjun Ram
JMM
18,247
4.9%
Yashwant Sinha
Janata Party
10,727
2.9%
Ramnik Gupta
Independent
6,208
1.7%
Bhusan Singh
Independent
3,903
1.1%
Bharat Pathak
Independent
2,881
0.8%
Ashu Sao
Independent
2,543
0.7%
Mahadeo Lal Gupta
Independent
1,931
0.5%
Bhaiya Arjun Prasad
Independent
1,812
0.5%
Ramchander Prasad
Independent
1,417
0.4%
Johnak Pankaj
Independent
1,151
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Yadunath Pandey
Bharatiya Janata Party
233,060
44.0%
Bhuneshwar Pd. Mehta
Communist Party of India
189,641
35.8%
Damoder Pandey
Indian National Congress
61,437
11.6%
Tirbeshi Ghosh
IPF
21,595
4.1%
Arjun Ram
Independent
10,937
2.1%
Bijay Rana
DDP
4,543
0.9%
Md. Yunus Ansari
Independent
2,194
0.4%
Madan Mohan Bakta
LKD (B)
1,960
0.4%
Shri Pal Tiwari
Independent
1,656
0.3%
Ibrahim
Independent
1,561
0.3%
John Pankaj
Independent
1,311
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhuneshwar Prasad Mehta
Communist Party of India
171,725
34.5%
Yadunath Pandey
Bharatiya Janata Party
147,044
29.5%
Teklal Mehto
Independent
64,656
13.0%
Gyan Ranjan
Indian National Congress
61,611
12.4%
Tridibesh Ghosh
IPF
28,251
5.7%
Shripal Tiwari
Independent
3,835
0.8%
Ganesh Prasad
JKP
2,807
0.6%
Sarfaraj Ahmad
Independent
2,212
0.4%
Dwarika Prasad
SSD
1,904
0.4%
Ajeemahussain (W)
Janata Party
1,669
0.3%
Raghunath Ram
Independent
1,469
0.3%
K.D. Keshri
Independent
1,303
0.3%
Sukhsagar Mahto
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,182
0.2%
Abdul Ajeem
Independent
1,017
0.2%
Madan Mohan Bhakt
ICS(SCS)
968
0.2%
Bigan Mahto
Independent
944
0.2%
Vinod Singh
Independent
821
0.2%
Pancham Singh
Independent
812
0.2%
Prahlad Sharma
Independent
767
0.2%
Boodhan Ram
Independent
702
0.1%
Lalit Goswami
Independent
601
0.1%
Mahesh Nath Dubey
Independent
525
0.1%
Sakharia Kisku
Independent
462
0.1%
Subodh Kumar Sahu
Independent
447
0.1%
Umesh Kumar Singh
DDP
360
0.1%
Hasan Imam
Independent
331
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mahabir Lal Viswakarma
Bharatiya Janata Party
237,357
38.4%
Bhumeshwar Prasad Mehta
Communist Party of India
166,106
26.8%
Teklal Mehto
JMM(M)
97,816
15.8%
Chandrashekhar Dubey
Indian National Congress
56,139
9.1%
Gunni Oraon
CPI (ML) Liberation
18,961
3.1%
Heera Lal Saha
JMM
8,693
1.4%
Bigan Mahto
Independent
3,706
0.6%
Nanhku Munda
Independent
3,255
0.5%
Ragendra Prasad
Independent
2,663
0.4%
Safir Uddin Ansari
Independent
2,353
0.4%
Sukh Sagar Prasad
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,933
0.3%
Jyoti Lal Ram
Independent
1,678
0.3%
Virendra Mahto
Independent
1,149
0.2%
Vartu Sao
Independent
1,099
0.2%
Shankar Dhobi
Independent
1,046
0.2%
Shyam Sundar Tiwary
JKP
1,040
0.2%
Sanjeet Kumar Singh
Independent
1,015
0.2%
Raghunath Ram
Independent
1,013
0.2%
Sushil Ku. Singh
Independent
934
0.2%
Dwarika Mahto
Independent
932
0.2%
Vinod Thakur
Independent
922
0.1%
Shamim
Independent
849
0.1%
Tulsi Mahto
Independent
848
0.1%
Prehlad Sharma
Independent
824
0.1%
Nand Lal Singh
AIIC(T)
743
0.1%
Bijay Ku. Gupta
Independent
707
0.1%
Gallu Bedia Alias Chandrashekhar Bedia
PSSS
648
0.1%
Sarfaraj Hakim
Independent
615
0.1%
Tilak Ram Kushwaha
Independent
583
0.1%
Sanjay Ku. Sinha
Independent
551
0.1%
Shrilal Tiwary
Independent
525
0.1%
Upendra Prasad Singh
Independent
461
0.1%
Karu Choudhary
Independent
445
0.1%
Shyam Lal Ram Azad
Independent
433
0.1%
Deonath Paswan
Independent
393
0.1%
Sanjeev Kumar Sinha
Independent
365
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Yashwant Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
323,283
46.7%
Bhuwaneshwar Pd.Mehta
Communist Party of India
159,777
23.1%
Teklal Mahto
JMM(M)
140,053
20.2%
Deoki Nandan Vedia
CPI (ML) Liberation
30,083
4.3%
Pratima Devi
JMM
28,964
4.2%
Arjun Ram
Independent
4,280
0.6%
Umesh Kumar Choubey
AJBP
3,755
0.5%
Mahendra Ram
Independent
1,950
0.3%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Yashwant Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
283,956
48.0%
Akalu Ram Mahto
Rashtriya Janata Dal
101,314
17.1%
Teklal Mahto
JMM(U)
71,346
12.1%
Ramendra Kumar
Communist Party of India
55,615
9.4%
Ishwari Ram Paswan
Indian National Congress
36,929
6.2%
Deoki Nandan Vedia
CPI (ML) Liberation
20,898
3.5%
Fagu Besara
JMM
12,687
2.1%
Deonath Paswan
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,829
0.6%
Harvansh Kumar Srivastava
Independent
2,113
0.4%
Mahendra Ram
Independent
1,327
0.2%
Prashant Sahay
Independent
634
0.1%
Naushad Hasan
Independent
632
0.1%
Vijay Kumar Gupta
Independent
601
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Hazaribagh has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: CNSPJP, Swatantra Party, Independent, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Hazaribagh in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?
Yashwant Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Hazaribagh, Bihar, in 1999 with 283,956 votes (48.0%), a margin of 182,642 votes over Akalu Ram Mahto.
Which parties have won Hazaribagh since 1957?
Since 1957, Hazaribagh has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CNSPJP, Communist Party of India, Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Party, Swatantra Party.
What was the closest result in Hazaribagh?
The closest result on record for Hazaribagh was 1991, when Communist Party of India beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 24,681 votes (5.0 percentage points).