GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Hajipur
Rajeshwar Patel (INC) won by 28,341 votes (4.0%).
- Electors
- 7,85,053
- Votes polled
- 7,07,039
- Valid votes
- 7,07,039
- Turnout
- 90.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 4.0% (median 11.1%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 13.5%(-8.6%)
- Turnout
- 74.3%(-0.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 98.0%
Winning margin over time · Hajipur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajeshwar PatelWinner | INC | 1,63,476 | 23.1% |
| 1 | Chandramani Lal ChaudharyWinner | INC | 1,35,135 | 19.1% |
| 3 | Ram Sundar Dass | PSP | 1,00,257 | 14.2% |
| 4 | Ram Balak Roy | CNSPJP | 89,870 | 12.7% |
| 5 | Yogendra Sukla | PSP | 82,190 | 11.6% |
| 6 | Awadhesh Narain Sinha | IND | 73,131 | 10.3% |
| 7 | Kali Bhagat | IND | 62,980 | 8.9% |
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