GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Nalanda
Sidheshwar Prasad (INC) won by 36,914 votes (16.7%).
- Electors
- 4,53,708
- Votes polled
- 2,28,036
- Valid votes
- 2,20,425
- Turnout
- 50.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 16.7% (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.
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 | Sidheshwar PrasadWinner | INC | 95,883 | 43.5% |
| 2 | Vijay Kumar Yadav | CPI | 58,969 | 26.8% |
| 3 | Hari Har Prasad | JS | 40,921 | 18.6% |
| 4 | Bodh Narain Prasad | HMS | 13,089 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Moqtazib Shah | IND | 6,622 | 3.0% |
| 6 | Badro Prasad Singh | IND | 4,941 | 2.2% |
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