GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Giridih
Chapalendu Bhattacharyya (INC) won by 4,154 votes (2.4%).
- Electors
- 5,30,962
- Votes polled
- 1,80,711
- Valid votes
- 1,75,164
- Turnout
- 34.0%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 2.4% (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.
Marginal (2–5%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 3.7%(-7.2%)
- Turnout
- 48.5%(-8.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.7%
Winning margin over time · Giridih
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapalendu BhattacharyyaWinner | INC | 67,046 | 38.3% |
| 2 | Krishna Ballabh Sahay | NCO | 62,892 | 35.9% |
| 3 | Chaturanan Mishra | CPI | 32,168 | 18.4% |
| 4 | Shanker Lal Rungta | IND | 6,727 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Indra Narayan Singh | JKP | 4,742 | 2.7% |
| 6 | Hemlal Praganit | IND | 1,589 | 0.9% |
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