GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Barh
Tarkeshwari Sinha (INC) won by 38,221 votes (20.6%).
- Electors
- 3,77,162
- Votes polled
- 1,91,615
- Valid votes
- 1,85,787
- Turnout
- 50.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 20.6% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.2%(-1.9%)
- Turnout
- 70.3%(+1.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.3%
Winning margin over time · Barh
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarkeshwari SinhaWinner | INC | 1,03,802 | 55.9% |
| 2 | Nand Kishore Prasad Singh | SWA | 65,581 | 35.3% |
| 3 | Vasdeo Singh | SOC | 7,161 | 3.9% |
| 4 | Bodh Narain Prasad | HMS | 4,635 | 2.5% |
| 5 | Ramnandan Singh | IND | 4,608 | 2.5% |
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