Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Giridih
Total Votes Polled:	638383
Winner: BJP	Rabindra Kumar Pandey	285523
Runner Up: INC	Rajendra Prasad Singh	216732
Margin: 68791 (24%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Giridih
Total Votes Polled:	609940
Winner: BJP	Ravindra Kumar Pandey	218188
Runner Up: JD	Saba Ahmed	126525
Margin: 91663 (15.34%)

Ramdas Singh won the seat for the BLD in 1977, was trounced by Bindeshwari Dubey of the Congress in 1980, and was back as the BJP's MP in 1989. He lost to the JMM in 1991, but the BJP reclaimed the seat in 1996.