GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bhagalpur
Bhagwat Jha Azad (INC) won by 61,039 votes (19.5%).
- Electors
- 6,06,019
- Votes polled
- 3,21,834
- Valid votes
- 3,13,210
- Turnout
- 53.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 19.5% (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.
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 | 1,46,881 | 46.9% |
| 2 | Rameshwar Nath Tewari | CPI | 85,842 | 27.4% |
| 3 | Jageshwar Mandal | NCO | 70,974 | 22.7% |
| 4 | Nagarmal Bajoria | IND | 6,898 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Lalmohan Paswan | ISP | 2,615 | 0.8% |
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