GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bhagalpur
Bhagwat Jha Azad (INC) won by 61,129 votes (30.0%).
- Electors
- 4,36,725
- Votes polled
- 2,12,747
- Valid votes
- 2,03,756
- Turnout
- 48.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 30.0% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 6.8%(-4.9%)
- Turnout
- 55.1%(-9.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.1%
Winning margin over time · Bhagalpur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhagwat Jha AzadWinner | INC | 1,00,657 | 49.4% |
| 2 | Chhabi Nath Singh | CPI | 39,528 | 19.4% |
| 3 | Abdul Rahman | PSP | 30,859 | 15.1% |
| 4 | Kamleshwari Sahai | SWA | 17,582 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Jyotirnath Mishra | JS | 15,130 | 7.4% |
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