Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Jamshedpur (Bihar) was won by Abha Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 121,488 votes over Ghanashyam Mahato. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jamshedpur, Bihar, from 1957 to 1999.
Full Election History, 1957–1999
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
M.K. Ghosh
Indian National Congress
57,063
35.5%
Erick Dacosta (Jharkhand Party)
9,603 (6.0 pts)
1962
Udaikar Mishra
Communist Party of India
75,000
43.0%
N. C. Mukherjee (Indian National Congress)
19,805 (11.3 pts)
1967
S. C. Prasad
Indian National Congress
75,219
37.2%
U. Mishra (Communist Party of India)
40,702 (20.1 pts)
1971
Sardar Swaran Singh
Indian National Congress
48,073
27.5%
Kedar Das (Communist Party of India)
206 (0.1 pts)
1977
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Bharatiya Lok Dal
131,419
50.2%
V. G. Gopal (Indian National Congress)
63,753 (24.3 pts)
1980
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Janata Party
91,847
29.2%
V.G. Gopal (Congress (I))
10,457 (3.3 pts)
1984
Gopeshwar
Indian National Congress
196,965
45.7%
Tikaram Manjhi (Communist Party of India)
66,202 (15.4 pts)
1989
Shailendra Mahto
JMM
140,006
27.1%
Chandan Bagchi (Indian National Congress)
8,884 (1.7 pts)
1991
Silendra Mahto
JMM
205,296
40.2%
Amrendra Pratap Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
56,247 (11.0 pts)
1996
Bhardwaj Nitish Janardan
Bharatiya Janata Party
221,702
33.4%
Inder Singh Namdhari (Janata Dal)
55,137 (8.3 pts)
1998
Abha Mahato
Bharatiya Janata Party
296,686
41.5%
Russi Modi (Independent)
97,433 (13.6 pts)
1999
Abha Mahato
Bharatiya Janata Party
285,232
45.4%
Ghanashyam Mahato (Indian National Congress)
121,488 (19.3 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M.K. Ghosh
Indian National Congress
57,063
35.5%
Erick Dacosta
Jharkhand Party
47,460
29.5%
Samarjit Banerji
Independent
30,599
19.0%
Kishori Mohan Upadhya
Independent
25,700
16.0%
Bankim Chandra Chakrabarty
Independent
0
0.0%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Udaikar Mishra
Communist Party of India
75,000
43.0%
N. C. Mukherjee
Indian National Congress
55,195
31.6%
Sitaram Jagtramka
Janata Party
29,585
17.0%
Maneck Homi
Independent
7,968
4.6%
Avadanam Simha Lakhminara
Swatantra Party
6,740
3.9%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S. C. Prasad
Indian National Congress
75,219
37.2%
U. Mishra
Communist Party of India
34,517
17.1%
M. Homi
Independent
33,361
16.5%
S. Dutta
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
26,438
13.1%
N. Guha
CPI (Marxist)
22,974
11.4%
B. Debabrata
Praja Socialist Party
9,822
4.9%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sardar Swaran Singh
Indian National Congress
48,073
27.5%
Kedar Das
Communist Party of India
47,867
27.4%
Radha Krishna Agrawal
JKP
29,911
17.1%
Satyanarain Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
22,225
12.7%
Manohar Krishna Akhauri
Independent
12,762
7.3%
Hiren Sarkar
SUC
3,854
2.2%
Sohan Lal Aneja
Independent
2,529
1.4%
Paranav Chatterjee
Samyukta Socialist Party
2,113
1.2%
S. K. Kaman
PHJ
1,914
1.1%
Dharam Chand Bajaj
Congress (O)
1,802
1.0%
Maneck Homi
BKD
805
0.5%
Rajiva Lochan Verma
Independent
786
0.5%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Bharatiya Lok Dal
131,419
50.2%
V. G. Gopal
Indian National Congress
67,666
25.8%
Kedar Das
Communist Party of India
33,130
12.6%
Dharmu Charan Murmu
JKD
9,725
3.7%
Bijay Prasad Singh
Independent
5,095
1.9%
Durga Pada Das
SUC
4,698
1.8%
Md. Noorwzama Khan
Independent
2,133
0.8%
Bishun Prasad Mukherjee
Independent
2,091
0.8%
Phudan Hansda
Independent
1,819
0.7%
Kanhoo Ram Hansdah
Independent
1,753
0.7%
Anand Kumar Hembrom
Independent
1,313
0.5%
Shahauddin Bari
Independent
1,164
0.4%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Janata Party
91,847
29.2%
V.G. Gopal
Congress (I)
81,390
25.9%
Tika Ram Manjhi
Communist Party of India
76,539
24.4%
Chhote Ram Manjhi
JKD
17,625
5.6%
Onkar Nath Jaiswal
Janata Party (Secular)
13,838
4.4%
Pritish Chandra
SUC
11,110
3.5%
Swadesh Kumar
Independent
3,193
1.0%
Ramesh Chandra Digar
Independent
2,360
0.8%
Jaganath Mahato
Independent
2,290
0.7%
Gouranga Mahato
Independent
2,270
0.7%
Baladeo Pandey
Independent
2,226
0.7%
Onkar Nath Singh
Independent
2,148
0.7%
Janardan Sharma
Independent
1,845
0.6%
Thakur Das Mahato
Independent
1,422
0.5%
Shankh Baba
Independent
951
0.3%
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Independent
916
0.3%
Milu Sardar
Independent
678
0.2%
Ratul Chandra Hansda
Independent
576
0.2%
Arjun Singh
Independent
400
0.1%
Arbind Prasad Verma
Independent
313
0.1%
J. K. I. Prasad
Independent
229
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gopeshwar
Indian National Congress
196,965
45.7%
Tikaram Manjhi
Communist Party of India
130,763
30.4%
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Bharatiya Janata Party
44,991
10.4%
Shailendra Mahto
JMM
22,586
5.2%
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Janata Party
14,198
3.3%
Shalen Kumar Mahto
Independent
5,163
1.2%
Vyas Tiwari
Independent
3,141
0.7%
Krishna Mohan Rath
Independent
2,428
0.6%
Krishna Honhaga
Independent
2,312
0.5%
Ram Bhagwan Rai
Independent
1,362
0.3%
Kalicharan Mahato
Independent
1,339
0.3%
Ram Dutta Singh
Independent
1,257
0.3%
Sabha Pati Yadav
Independent
1,174
0.3%
S.V.Lal Guria
Independent
953
0.2%
Sarwajeet Tiwari
Independent
783
0.2%
Shiva Dayal Sharma
Independent
743
0.2%
Abdul Kalam
Independent
563
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shailendra Mahto
JMM
140,006
27.1%
Chandan Bagchi
Indian National Congress
131,122
25.4%
Rudra Pratap Sarangi
Bharatiya Janata Party
118,582
23.0%
Tika Ram Majhi
Communist Party of India
113,701
22.0%
Satyana Gorai
JKD
3,904
0.8%
Bankim Mandal
AMB
2,036
0.4%
Budheshwar Mahto
Independent
1,706
0.3%
Upender Singh
Independent
1,229
0.2%
Serva Jeet Tiwary
DDP
1,022
0.2%
Mahesh Krirwal
Independent
985
0.2%
Shishir Kr. Shukla
Independent
724
0.1%
Lal Kr. Mishra
Independent
634
0.1%
Sudama Prasad Singh
Independent
619
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Silendra Mahto
JMM
205,296
40.2%
Amrendra Pratap Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
149,049
29.2%
Chandan Bagchi
Indian National Congress
87,797
17.2%
Suraj Singh Basera
Independent
51,106
10.0%
Chandra Sekhar Pra.
Independent
2,852
0.6%
Sailen Kumar Mahato
JKP
2,293
0.4%
Ramesh Chandra Arora
SKD
1,831
0.4%
Chhutu Lal Sharma
Independent
1,268
0.2%
Bijoy Mahato
Independent
1,061
0.2%
Dharnidhar Mahato
AMB
1,017
0.2%
Shashi Kant Choubey
Independent
873
0.2%
Md. Shafique
Independent
860
0.2%
Kamu Lal Mahato
All India Forward Bloc
719
0.1%
Sarabjeet Tiwary
DDP
693
0.1%
Brij Nandan Singh
Independent
592
0.1%
Dev Narayan Tiwari
Independent
547
0.1%
Philip Jaan
Independent
547
0.1%
Meera Kumari (W)
Independent
505
0.1%
T.P. Gupta
Independent
416
0.1%
Shadique Ali
Independent
349
0.1%
Mai Das Baskey
Independent
320
0.1%
Nuruzama Khan
Independent
317
0.1%
Sunil Kumar Choubey
Independent
173
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhardwaj Nitish Janardan
Bharatiya Janata Party
221,702
33.4%
Inder Singh Namdhari
Janata Dal
166,565
25.1%
Shailendra Mahato
JMM
129,044
19.4%
K P Singh
Indian National Congress
109,997
16.6%
Nimai Mahto
AMB
4,420
0.7%
Sanatan Sardar
AIIC(T)
4,106
0.6%
Bijoy Mahato
Independent
2,835
0.4%
Shailendra Kumar Maithy
JKP(N)
2,208
0.3%
Shankar Prasad
Independent
1,993
0.3%
Shibcharan Soren
Independent
1,844
0.3%
Dinanath Pandey
Shiv Sena
1,622
0.2%
Ramdhani Sao
JMM(M)
1,572
0.2%
Dev Narain Tiwari
Independent
1,536
0.2%
Barun Mahto
Independent
1,489
0.2%
Yogendra Singh
Independent
1,133
0.2%
Railen Jojowar
Independent
1,080
0.2%
Anay Choudhury
Independent
929
0.1%
J P Singh
Independent
909
0.1%
Banke Singh
Independent
894
0.1%
Siaram Baitha
Bahujan Samaj Party
817
0.1%
Gopinath Soren
JKP
708
0.1%
Gagbashi Toppo
Independent
624
0.1%
Md. Iftekhar
Independent
582
0.1%
Sadique Ali
Independent
582
0.1%
Navin Kumar Mahto
Independent
546
0.1%
Akhshay Kumar Ghosh
Independent
499
0.1%
Devdutt Sharma
Independent
475
0.1%
Mahendra Mahto
Independent
465
0.1%
Ram Prasad Mandal
Independent
435
0.1%
Dalram Murmu
Independent
391
0.1%
Krishna Pada Mahto
Independent
340
0.1%
Bijoykumar Pandey
Independent
335
0.1%
Satyendra Singh
Independent
306
0.0%
Sapan Kumar Dey
Independent
291
0.0%
Sudama Prasad Singh
Independent
259
0.0%
Suresh Prasad
Independent
255
0.0%
Jaydip Roy
Independent
250
0.0%
Gulabi
Independent
209
0.0%
Trikul Rai
Independent
141
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abha Mahato
Bharatiya Janata Party
296,686
41.5%
Russi Modi
Independent
199,253
27.9%
Tika Ram Majhi
Communist Party of India
95,939
13.4%
Sudhir Mahato
Independent
70,005
9.8%
Onkarnath Jaiswal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
40,664
5.7%
Dinanath Pandey
Shiv Sena
3,405
0.5%
Sandip Kumar Baheti
Independent
2,556
0.4%
Miriti Sunder Mahato
Independent
2,465
0.3%
Subash Kalindi
Independent
1,478
0.2%
Anay Choudhary
Independent
1,304
0.2%
Raylen Jajowar
Independent
1,109
0.2%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Abha Mahato
Bharatiya Janata Party
285,232
45.4%
Ghanashyam Mahato
Indian National Congress
163,744
26.1%
Sunil Kumar Mahato
JMM
80,417
12.8%
Dulal Munshi
Communist Party of India
56,354
9.0%
Sudhir Mahato
JMM(U)
36,065
5.7%
Sitaram Tudu
Independent
2,430
0.4%
Hemant Singh
AMB
1,205
0.2%
Krishnamurari Gupta
Nationalist Congress Party
1,172
0.2%
Chhabinath Sharma
Independent
888
0.1%
Raylen Jajowar
Independent
721
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
Jamshedpur has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, JMM, Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Jamshedpur in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?
Abha Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Jamshedpur, Bihar, in 1999 with 285,232 votes (45.4%), a margin of 121,488 votes over Ghanashyam Mahato.
Which parties have won Jamshedpur since 1957?
Since 1957, Jamshedpur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, JMM, Janata Party.
What was the closest result in Jamshedpur?
The closest result on record for Jamshedpur was 1971, when Indian National Congress beat Communist Party of India by just 206 votes (0.1 percentage points).