GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Katihar
S. Keshari (INC) won by 973 votes (0.4%).
- Electors
- 4,98,435
- Votes polled
- 2,74,547
- Valid votes
- 2,60,820
- Turnout
- 55.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1967-02-15
Margin vs 1967 national median: 0.4% (median 11.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1967 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 21.4%(+18.5%)
- Turnout
- 62.3%(-6.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 66.4%
Winning margin over time · Katihar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. KeshariWinner | INC | 58,776 | 22.5% |
| 2 | P. Gupta | PSP | 57,803 | 22.2% |
| 3 | Y. P. Mandal | BJS | 53,882 | 20.7% |
| 4 | A. Ahmed | CPI | 53,464 | 20.5% |
| 5 | C. M. Z. Haque | IND | 22,086 | 8.5% |
| 6 | S. K. Jha | SWA | 14,809 | 5.7% |
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