GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Muzaffarpur
Digvijoy Narain Singh (INC) won by 50,000 votes (23.6%).
- Electors
- 4,64,546
- Votes polled
- 2,24,877
- Valid votes
- 2,11,774
- Turnout
- 48.4%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 23.6% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 8.4%(+5.5%)
- Turnout
- 68.4%(-3.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.7%
Winning margin over time · Muzaffarpur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digvijoy Narain SinghWinner | INC | 92,393 | 43.6% |
| 2 | Kanti Kumar Sinha | PSP | 42,393 | 20.0% |
| 3 | Magfoor Ahmad Azazi | SWA | 27,116 | 12.8% |
| 4 | Awadhesh Narain Singh | SOC | 15,662 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Ram Autar Tikmani | JS | 12,852 | 6.1% |
| 6 | Ratna Devi | RRP | 9,743 | 4.6% |
| 7 | Ramchalitar Sahni | IND | 9,366 | 4.4% |
| 8 | Krishna Prasad Chowdhary | IND | 2,249 | 1.1% |
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