GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Barh
Dharamvir Singh (INC) won by 31,440 votes (8.2%).
- Electors
- 6,35,516
- Votes polled
- 3,88,724
- Valid votes
- 3,83,527
- Turnout
- 61.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 8.2% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 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 | Dharamvir SinghWinner | INC | 1,84,484 | 48.1% |
| 2 | Tarkeshwari Sinha | NCO | 1,53,044 | 39.9% |
| 3 | Ram Lakhan Chandapuri | IND | 16,327 | 4.3% |
| 4 | Ram Devan Das | HSD | 13,531 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Ram Sharan Prasad Singh | PSP | 9,134 | 2.4% |
| 6 | Ramji Prasad Singh | IND | 2,574 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Shyam Narayan Singh | IND | 1,861 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Kanhaiya Singh | IND | 1,512 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Jai Narayan Singh | IND | 1,060 | 0.3% |
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