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Saharsa, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Saharsa (Bihar) was won by Ranjeet Ranjan (LJP) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 30,787 votes over Dinesh Chandra Yadav. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Saharsa, Bihar, from 1957 to 2004.

Full Election History, 1957–2004

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Lalit Narain Mishra Indian National Congress 144,773 23.7% Bholi Sardar (Indian National Congress) 16,566 (2.7 pts)
1962 Bhupendra Narayan Mandal Socialist Party 97,038 49.2% Lalit Narayan Mishra (Indian National Congress) 15,133 (7.7 pts)
1967 G. Thakur Samyukta Socialist Party 124,018 39.9% L. Choudhury (Indian National Congress) 4,619 (1.5 pts)
1971 Chiranjib Jha Indian National Congress 156,166 48.7% Gunanand Thakur (Samyukta Socialist Party) 76,338 (23.8 pts)
1977 Vinayak Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Lok Dal 306,994 67.4% Chiranjib Jha (Indian National Congress) 188,706 (41.4 pts)
1980 Kamal Nath Jha Congress (I) 195,337 39.7% Vinayak Pd. Yadav (Janata Party (Secular)) 1,255 (0.3 pts)
1984 Chandra Kishore Pathak Indian National Congress 273,793 43.7% Vinayak Prasad Yadav (LKD) 108,084 (17.2 pts)
1989 Surya Nr. Yadav Janata Dal 502,662 66.1% Cjandra Kishore Pathak (Indian National Congress) 277,081 (36.4 pts)
1991 Surya Narain Yadav Janata Dal 440,749 57.8% Taranand Sada (Indian National Congress) 198,108 (26.0 pts)
1996 Dinesh Chandera Yadav Janata Dal 399,804 57.1% Surya Narian Yadav (Indian National Congress) 152,445 (21.8 pts)
1998 Anuplal Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 259,961 35.8% Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Janata Dal) 54,168 (7.4 pts)
1999 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 392,926 54.5% Surya Narayan Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 94,493 (13.1 pts)
2004 Ranjeet Ranjan LJP 350,426 47.5% Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Janata Dal (United)) 30,787 (4.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lalit Narain Mishra Indian National Congress 144,773 23.7%
Bholi Sardar Indian National Congress 128,207 21.0%
Jaikumar Singh Independent 75,110 12.3%
Sachidanand Mandal Communist Party of India 52,353 8.6%
Neti Lal Communist Party of India 51,957 8.5%
Kirai Mushar Independent 51,811 8.5%
Etwari Sada Praja Socialist Party 44,367 7.3%
Shiv Chandra Jha Praja Socialist Party 42,309 6.9%
Bajdyanath Kamat Independent 20,074 3.3%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal Socialist Party 97,038 49.2%
Lalit Narayan Mishra Indian National Congress 81,905 41.5%
Ram Anugrah Jha Swatantra Party 18,218 9.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
G. Thakur Samyukta Socialist Party 124,018 39.9%
L. Choudhury Indian National Congress 119,399 38.4%
M. P. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 37,213 12.0%
S. Ullah Praja Socialist Party 25,794 8.3%
K. K. Jha Swatantra Party 4,700 1.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chiranjib Jha Indian National Congress 156,166 48.7%
Gunanand Thakur Samyukta Socialist Party 79,828 24.9%
Mahabir Pd. Yadav Congress (O) 56,060 17.5%
Kapileshwar Pd. Yadav Independent 17,539 5.5%
Ali Hussain Independent 9,067 2.8%
Jiyalal Mandal Independent 1,903 0.6%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vinayak Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Lok Dal 306,994 67.4%
Chiranjib Jha Indian National Congress 118,288 26.0%
Nageshwar Khan Independent 12,847 2.8%
Kali Kant Jha Independent 12,054 2.6%
Baidya Nath Kamat Independent 3,504 0.8%
Madan Chaudhary Independent 2,112 0.5%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Nath Jha Congress (I) 195,337 39.7%
Vinayak Pd. Yadav Janata Party (Secular) 194,082 39.5%
Mohammad Hayat Ali Janata Party 70,690 14.4%
Raj Kumar Sharma Independent 12,842 2.6%
Chandeshwar Sah Independent 6,407 1.3%
Thako Sada Independent 4,141 0.8%
Musahru Choudhary Independent 3,822 0.8%
Panchanan Yadav Independent 2,316 0.5%
Ram Prabodh Rai Independent 2,077 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chandra Kishore Pathak Indian National Congress 273,793 43.7%
Vinayak Prasad Yadav LKD 165,709 26.4%
Anand Mohan Singh Janata Party 130,724 20.9%
Nageshwar Prasad Yadav Independent 40,349 6.4%
Thako Sada Independent 5,559 0.9%
Nagesar Yadav Independent 4,818 0.8%
Murlidhar Das Independent 2,727 0.4%
Vaidyanath Mehta Independent 2,011 0.3%
Sadashiv Chaudhary Independent 1,012 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Surya Nr. Yadav Janata Dal 502,662 66.1%
Cjandra Kishore Pathak Indian National Congress 225,581 29.7%
Vijay Kumar Misra Bharatiya Janata Party 17,312 2.3%
Thako Sada Independent 3,525 0.5%
Vabhunand Prasad DDP 3,461 0.5%
Chandra Kant Mishra Independent 1,670 0.2%
Chandeshwar Sah Independent 1,610 0.2%
Goppi Jha Independent 1,591 0.2%
Musahru Chaudhary Independent 955 0.1%
Dinanath Jha Independent 719 0.1%
Anirudh Pandey Independent 639 0.1%
Garib Das Independent 548 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Surya Narain Yadav Janata Dal 440,749 57.8%
Taranand Sada Indian National Congress 242,641 31.8%
Vaidyanath Mehta Janata Party 36,113 4.7%
Mirtunjay Nr. Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party 24,391 3.2%
Pramod Shanker Choudhary Independent 5,354 0.7%
Vishwanath Mehta Independent 2,168 0.3%
Ramdweo Sah Independent 1,395 0.2%
Madhukar Mandal Independent 1,240 0.2%
Ramasant Ojha DDP 1,098 0.1%
Sukhdeo Sharma Independent 1,065 0.1%
Dhirendra Ram Independent 830 0.1%
Narendra Ram Independent 821 0.1%
Suresh Prasad Yadav PBI 781 0.1%
Anand Mohan Independent 721 0.1%
Bhumi Sharma Independent 539 0.1%
Thako Sada Independent 491 0.1%
Rameshwar Pd. Verma Independent 442 0.1%
Ram Pukar Singh Yadav Independent 413 0.1%
Yogendar Ram Independent 359 0.0%
Upendra Sah Independent 284 0.0%
Monajir Hussain Independent 225 0.0%
Uday Narain Independent 155 0.0%
Amar Nath Misar Independent 121 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Chandera Yadav Janata Dal 399,804 57.1%
Surya Narian Yadav Indian National Congress 247,359 35.3%
Noor Ahmed Independent 28,507 4.1%
Mohammed Firoz Independent 3,533 0.5%
Dukha Sada Independent 3,506 0.5%
Chiranjiv Jha AIIC(T) 2,888 0.4%
Sukhdeo Sharma Independent 2,294 0.3%
Musahaharu Yadav Independent 2,234 0.3%
Ram Deb Mahto Independent 1,968 0.3%
Nirmal Mishra Independent 1,630 0.2%
Bhupinder Prasad Yadav Independent 1,318 0.2%
Chander Narian Singh Independent 902 0.1%
Ram Prasad Bhagat Independent 829 0.1%
Ganesh Kumar Independent 824 0.1%
Lal Bahadur Chowdhary Independent 657 0.1%
Ras Behari Mandal Independent 654 0.1%
Mithlesh Kumar Independent 552 0.1%
Suresh Prasad Mehta Independent 538 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anuplal Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 259,961 35.8%
Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal 205,793 28.3%
Choudhary Md.Farooque Salahuddiin SAP 192,749 26.5%
Taranand Sada Indian National Congress 52,579 7.2%
Ganganath Roy BLLP 9,959 1.4%
Jawahar Rajak Independent 6,009 0.8%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 392,926 54.5%
Surya Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 298,433 41.4%
Niraj Kumar BHJC 12,969 1.8%
Dinesh Prasad Sinha AJBP 11,479 1.6%
Lalan Choudhary Independent 5,790 0.8%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ranjeet Ranjan LJP 350,426 47.5%
Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 319,639 43.3%
Suresh Kumar Azad Independent 15,415 2.1%
Shiv Shankar Thakur Samajwadi Party 12,770 1.7%
Devendra Mukhia Independent 8,964 1.2%
Suresh Prasad Mehta Bahujan Samaj Party 8,950 1.2%
Mohan Kamat AD 7,301 1.0%
Ramdeo Sharma Independent 7,283 1.0%
Mohd. Kamal Uddin Jharkhand Party 4,220 0.6%
Deonarayan Das Shiv Sena 3,312 0.4%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Indian National Congress margin 2.7 pts 1962: Socialist Party margin 7.7 pts 1967: Samyukta Socialist Party margin 1.5 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 23.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 41.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 0.3 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 17.2 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 36.4 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 26.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 21.8 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 7.4 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 13.1 pts 2004: LJP margin 4.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004

Trend

Saharsa has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), LJP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Saharsa in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?

Ranjeet Ranjan (LJP) won Saharsa, Bihar, in 2004 with 350,426 votes (47.5%), a margin of 30,787 votes over Dinesh Chandra Yadav.

Which parties have won Saharsa since 1957?

Since 1957, Saharsa has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), LJP, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samyukta Socialist Party, Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Saharsa?

The closest result on record for Saharsa was 1980, when Congress (I) beat Janata Party (Secular) by just 1,255 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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