Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Madhubani
Total Votes Polled:	727952
Winner: INC	Dr.Shakeel Ahmad	285029
Runner Up: BJP	Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav	268544
Margin: 16485 (6%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Madhubani
Total Votes Polled:	607552
Winner: CPI	Chaturanan Mishra	282194
Runner Up: BJP	Hukum Dev Narayan Yadav	228214
Margin: 53980 (9.01%)

Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra won this seat once, in 1971; the best position he has reached after that is the second, in 1991, behind the CPI candidate. In 1996, the CPI, which had won the earlier two elections, retained the seat. But cornering 38.09 % of the vote and coming second was the BJP.