GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Darbhanga
Vinoda Nand Jha (INC) won by 57,146 votes (15.1%).
- Electors
- 6,70,870
- Votes polled
- 3,83,417
- Valid votes
- 3,79,320
- Turnout
- 57.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 15.1% (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
- 7.3%(+2.4%)
- Turnout
- 73.4%(+2.5%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.0%
Winning margin over time · Darbhanga
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinoda Nand JhaWinner | INC | 1,30,263 | 34.3% |
| 2 | Surendra Jha Suman | BJS | 73,117 | 19.3% |
| 3 | Devi Dutt Poodar | SSP | 54,699 | 14.4% |
| 4 | Kamran | IND | 47,788 | 12.6% |
| 5 | Ramballabh Jalan | CPI | 37,876 | 10.0% |
| 6 | Satya Narain Yadav | SWA | 28,912 | 7.6% |
| 7 | Harish Chandra Mishra | IND | 2,711 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Phulmati Devi | IND | 1,613 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Haribansh Pandey | IND | 1,408 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Revati Charan Mazumdar | IND | 933 | 0.2% |
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