Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Hazaribagh
Total Votes Polled:	704206
Winner: BJP	Yashwant Sinha	323283
Runner Up: CPI	Bhubneshar Pd. Mehta	159777
Margin: 163506 (51%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Hazaribagh
Total Votes Polled:	628922
Winner: BJP	Mahabirlal Viswakarma	237357
Runner Up: CPI	Bhumeshwar Prasad Mehta	166106
Margin: 71251 (11.51%)

B P Mehta hung on as the CPI candidate, coming in as the runner-up in 1984 and 1989 behind the Congress and the BJP respectively. In 1991 he managed to emerge victorious, winning the seat comfortably for the CPI, before reverting to his familiar position in 1996. This time it was behind the BJP's M L Viswakarma.