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Janjgir, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Janjgir (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Dr. Charandas Mahant (Indian National Congress) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 14,233 votes over Dr. Banshilal Mahto. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Janjgir, Madhya Pradesh, from 1957 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1957–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Amarsingh Saigal Indian National Congress 65,542 52.8% Shivadhin (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 35,870 (28.9 pts)
1962 Amarsingh Indian National Congress 79,822 54.3% Baliharsingh (Jharkhand Party) 31,271 (21.3 pts)
1967 Minimata Indian National Congress 136,589 62.2% S.Lal (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 81,240 (37.0 pts)
1971 Minimata Agamdas Indian National Congress 85,768 61.4% Sunderlal Dhanuji (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 39,718 (28.4 pts)
1977 Madan Bhaiya Bharatiya Lok Dal 118,665 48.1% Ramgopal Tiwari (Indian National Congress) 13,569 (5.5 pts)
1980 Ramgopal Tiwari Congress (I) 129,770 48.1% Madan Bhaiya (Janata Party) 64,310 (23.8 pts)
1984 Prabhat Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 213,710 58.6% Badri Dhar Diwan (Bharatiya Janata Party) 152,180 (41.7 pts)
1989 Dalip Singh Judeo Bharatiya Janata Party 267,408 47.8% Prabhat Mishra (Indian National Congress) 98,893 (17.7 pts)
1991 Bhawani Lal Verma Indian National Congress 159,573 41.9% Kunwar Dilip Singh Judeo (Bharatiya Janata Party) 29,425 (7.7 pts)
1996 Manaharan Lal Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 198,600 30.8% Bhawanilal Verma (Indian National Congress) 33,732 (5.2 pts)
1998 Charandas Mahant Indian National Congress 290,175 40.5% Manharan Lal Pandey (Bharatiya Janata Party) 44,586 (6.2 pts)
1999 Dr. Charandas Mahant Indian National Congress 278,931 42.0% Dr. Banshilal Mahto (Bharatiya Janata Party) 14,233 (2.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amarsingh Saigal Indian National Congress 65,542 52.8%
Shivadhin Bharatiya Jana Sangh 29,672 23.9%
Rajabahadur Liladharsingh Praja Socialist Party 28,875 23.3%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amarsingh Indian National Congress 79,822 54.3%
Baliharsingh Jharkhand Party 48,551 33.0%
Netram RRP 18,735 12.7%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Minimata Indian National Congress 136,589 62.2%
S.Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 55,349 25.2%
M.C. Jangde JAC 27,547 12.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Minimata Agamdas Indian National Congress 85,768 61.4%
Sunderlal Dhanuji Bharatiya Jana Sangh 46,050 33.0%
Heera Lal Independent 7,931 5.7%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madan Bhaiya Bharatiya Lok Dal 118,665 48.1%
Ramgopal Tiwari Indian National Congress 105,096 42.6%
Lal Kishan Paswan Independent 17,875 7.2%
Beniram Sahu Independent 5,196 2.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramgopal Tiwari Congress (I) 129,770 48.1%
Madan Bhaiya Janata Party 65,460 24.3%
Sudhir Kumar Communist Party of India 24,230 9.0%
Banwari Lal Congress (U) 13,959 5.2%
Laleet Independent 9,522 3.5%
Puniram Rathore Independent 4,186 1.6%
Nand Kishore Independent 3,752 1.4%
Lalji Independent 3,670 1.4%
Brijraj Narayan Independent 3,572 1.3%
Mayaram Independent 3,205 1.2%
Baboolal Independent 2,585 1.0%
Vidyanand Tiwari Independent 1,905 0.7%
Santram Tiwari Ramayani Independent 1,892 0.7%
Jai Bhagwan Independent 1,196 0.4%
Sunderlal Suryabanshi Independent 874 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prabhat Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress 213,710 58.6%
Badri Dhar Diwan Bharatiya Janata Party 61,530 16.9%
Kanshi Ram Independent 32,135 8.8%
Omprakash Gangotri Communist Party of India 27,265 7.5%
Inqulab Gandhi Independent 6,287 1.7%
Moorit Ram Sahy Janata Party 5,262 1.4%
Narsingh Patel Independent 4,770 1.3%
B. P. Dubey Saryoprasad Independent 4,139 1.1%
Munnawar Ali Independent 3,086 0.8%
Badri Prasad Chandra Independent 2,484 0.7%
Sundar Lal Independent 2,142 0.6%
Om Prakash Agrwal Independent 991 0.3%
Bidyanandra Tiwari Independent 837 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dalip Singh Judeo Bharatiya Janata Party 267,408 47.8%
Prabhat Mishra Indian National Congress 168,515 30.1%
T.R.Kunte Bahujan Samaj Party 62,010 11.1%
Hira Singh Markam Independent 23,381 4.2%
Nawrang Lal Communist Party of India 19,643 3.5%
Sundr Lal Independent 4,451 0.8%
Dawas Ram Ajgale Independent 2,769 0.5%
Badri Prasad Chandrakar Independent 2,010 0.4%
Subhssh Mixcharwala Independent 2,001 0.4%
Jagat Das Manikpuri Independent 1,970 0.4%
Vidyanand Independent 1,359 0.2%
Lokesh Chandra Agarwal Independent 1,079 0.2%
Suresh Chandra Shukla Independent 1,061 0.2%
Shyam Lal Bareth Independent 956 0.2%
Inqulab Gandhi Independent 628 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhawani Lal Verma Indian National Congress 159,573 41.9%
Kunwar Dilip Singh Judeo Bharatiya Janata Party 130,148 34.2%
T.R. Khunte Bahujan Samaj Party 47,144 12.4%
Murit Ram Sahu Janata Dal 19,427 5.1%
Hira Singh Markam Independent 11,001 2.9%
J.D. Diwan Independent 2,146 0.6%
Nand Kishore Pandey Independent 2,103 0.6%
Kailash Chand Independent 1,105 0.3%
Jagdish Prasad Agarwal Independent 983 0.3%
Hanuman Singh Rathore Independent 818 0.2%
Hire Lal Soni Janata Party 793 0.2%
Bhagirathi Independent 742 0.2%
Gokul DDP 703 0.2%
Ram Chandran Independent 683 0.2%
Jagat Das Manikpuri Independent 665 0.2%
Usha Devi (W) Independent 644 0.2%
Madan Sharma Independent 477 0.1%
Vidyanand Independent 461 0.1%
Inqlab Gandhi Independent 445 0.1%
Chunni Lal Sharma Independent 438 0.1%
Indu Singh (W) Independent 216 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manaharan Lal Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 198,600 30.8%
Bhawanilal Verma Indian National Congress 164,868 25.5%
Engineer Chaitram Chandra Bahujan Samaj Party 93,268 14.4%
Hira Singh Independent 56,419 8.7%
Bodh Ram AIIC(T) 54,776 8.5%
Makhan Lal Rajak Communist Party of India 17,699 2.7%
Madan Mohan Independent 4,269 0.7%
Rama Dhin Independent 3,931 0.6%
Ram Vati Independent 3,602 0.6%
Naval Singh Independent 3,362 0.5%
Hiralal Independent 3,072 0.5%
Ram Krishna Bhargawa Janata Party 2,628 0.4%
Lalit Yadav Independent 2,538 0.4%
Roshan Independent 2,532 0.4%
Brij Raj Independent 2,424 0.4%
Dhir Das Independent 2,209 0.3%
Ujyar Singh Independent 2,134 0.3%
Mata Din Independent 2,088 0.3%
Bihari Lal Independent 2,005 0.3%
Ujjagar Lal Verma Independent 1,924 0.3%
Tahira Khan Independent 1,922 0.3%
Bhagwati Prasad Independent 1,501 0.2%
Jagat Das Independent 1,452 0.2%
Beni Ram Independent 1,400 0.2%
Suraj Prasad Independent 1,377 0.2%
Bansi Lal Independent 1,293 0.2%
Pavan Independent 1,112 0.2%
Arjun Independent 1,100 0.2%
Ram Kumar Chandra Independent 1,097 0.2%
Ram Dayal Independent 1,055 0.2%
Kripanath Jaiswal Independent 1,046 0.2%
Paras Ram Independent 915 0.1%
Rambir Patanvar Independent 867 0.1%
Anand Ram Independent 839 0.1%
Makhan Lal Independent 752 0.1%
Smt. Gend Bai Independent 734 0.1%
Dinesh Kumar Rathore Independent 676 0.1%
Maya Ram Independent 646 0.1%
Jhadiram Independent 615 0.1%
Dr. Vidyanand Ji Tiwari Independent 562 0.1%
Dileep Independent 478 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charandas Mahant Indian National Congress 290,175 40.5%
Manharan Lal Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 245,589 34.3%
Arvind Netam Bahujan Samaj Party 92,219 12.9%
Hirasingh Markam GGP 66,173 9.2%
Om Prakash Gangotri CPI (Marxist) 9,842 1.4%
Darshan Singh Chawla SAP 3,329 0.5%
Dhanaraj Kashyap AD 1,765 0.2%
Kishanlal Independent 1,739 0.2%
Acharya Hanuman Sharma SVSP 1,391 0.2%
Dr. Bidya Nand Tiwari Independent 1,386 0.2%
Ramsingh LSWP 1,334 0.2%
Rajendra Pandey Independent 872 0.1%
Dr. R.S Tripathi AJBP 627 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Charandas Mahant Indian National Congress 278,931 42.0%
Dr. Banshilal Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party 264,698 39.8%
Jainarayan Chouksey ( Kalar) Bahujan Samaj Party 87,475 13.2%
Mahetter Singh Kusaro GGP 25,452 3.8%
Rajkumar Independent 1,397 0.2%
Dr. Shanti Kumar Kaiwartya AJBP 1,132 0.2%
Hemlal Kashyap AD 1,108 0.2%
Ratan Lal Banjare Independent 1,009 0.2%
Bala Das Mahant Independent 913 0.1%
Bajrang Lal Independent 830 0.1%
Jagnarayan Independent 764 0.1%
Dr. Vidhyanand Tiwari Independent 664 0.1%

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 28.9 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 21.3 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 37.0 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 28.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 5.5 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 23.8 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 41.7 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.7 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 7.7 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 5.2 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 6.2 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 2.1 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Janjgir 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, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Janjgir in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Charandas Mahant (Indian National Congress) won Janjgir, Madhya Pradesh, in 1999 with 278,931 votes (42.0%), a margin of 14,233 votes over Dr. Banshilal Mahto.

Which parties have won Janjgir since 1957?

Since 1957, Janjgir has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Janjgir?

The closest result on record for Janjgir was 1999, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 14,233 votes (2.1 percentage points).

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