GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Saharsa
Lalit Narain Mishra (INC) won by 16,566 votes (2.7%).
- Electors
- 7,14,574
- Votes polled
- 6,10,961
- Valid votes
- 6,10,961
- Turnout
- 85.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 2.7% (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
- 13.1%(+5.6%)
- Turnout
- 64.1%(-0.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.8%
Winning margin over time · Saharsa
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lalit Narain MishraWinner | INC | 1,44,773 | 23.7% |
| 1 | Bholi SardarWinner | INC | 1,28,207 | 21.0% |
| 3 | Jaikumar Singh | IND | 75,110 | 12.3% |
| 4 | Sachidanand Mandal | CPI | 52,353 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Neti Lal | CPI | 51,957 | 8.5% |
| 6 | Kirai Mushar | IND | 51,811 | 8.5% |
| 7 | Etwari Sada | PSP | 44,367 | 7.3% |
| 8 | Shiv Chandra Jha | PSP | 42,309 | 6.9% |
| 9 | Bajdyanath Kamat | IND | 20,074 | 3.3% |
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