GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Buxar
Anant Prasad Sharma (INC) won by 30,064 votes (10.5%).
- Electors
- 6,05,435
- Votes polled
- 2,94,676
- Valid votes
- 2,86,063
- Turnout
- 48.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 10.5% (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.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 1.9%(-11.0%)
- Turnout
- 59.2%(-4.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 76.4%
Winning margin over time · Buxar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anant Prasad SharmaWinner | INC | 1,12,541 | 39.3% |
| 2 | Ram Subhag Singh | NCO | 82,477 | 28.8% |
| 3 | Suraj Prasad Singh | CPI | 49,403 | 17.3% |
| 4 | Ram Awadhesh Singh | SSP | 19,825 | 6.9% |
| 5 | Jannat Hussain Khan | IND | 5,024 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Prem Chandra Upadhya | IND | 5,013 | 1.8% |
| 7 | Dina Nath Singh | IND | 4,650 | 1.6% |
| 8 | Kamla Jahanawi | JKP | 2,236 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Sheo Nath Pandey | IND | 1,647 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Bijoy Kumar Singh | IND | 968 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Badri Singh Bagi | IND | 895 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Brij Bihari Singh | IND | 868 | 0.3% |
| 13 | Bali Raj Thakur | IND | 516 | 0.2% |
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