GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Nalanda
Kailash Pati Singh (INC) won by 18,319 votes (11.4%).
- Electors
- 3,50,254
- Votes polled
- 1,61,004
- Valid votes
- 1,61,004
- Turnout
- 46.0%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 11.4% (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
- 12.1%(-0.9%)
- Turnout
- 74.5%(-1.4%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 94.4%
Winning margin over time · Nalanda
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kailash Pati SinghWinner | INC | 75,835 | 47.1% |
| 2 | Krishna Pd. Sinha | IND | 57,516 | 35.7% |
| 3 | Bodhnarayan Prasad | IND | 16,408 | 10.2% |
| 4 | Badri Pd. Singh | IND | 11,245 | 7.0% |
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