GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Katihar
Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav (BJS) won by 12,889 votes (4.7%).
- Electors
- 5,63,718
- Votes polled
- 2,86,377
- Valid votes
- 2,75,063
- Turnout
- 50.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 4.7% (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.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 21.4%(+18.5%)
- Turnout
- 62.3%(-6.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 66.4%
Winning margin over time · Katihar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gyaneshwar Prasad YadavWinner | BJS | 96,422 | 35.1% |
| 2 | Sita Ram Keshri | INC | 83,533 | 30.4% |
| 3 | Ramanand Singh | CPM | 31,993 | 11.6% |
| 4 | Ibrahim | MUL | 29,008 | 10.5% |
| 5 | Gupta Priya | PSP | 19,040 | 6.9% |
| 6 | Sita Ram Singh | HSD | 6,214 | 2.3% |
| 7 | Bhola Prasad Agarwal | IND | 2,284 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Satya Narayan Poddar Saurav | IND | 2,280 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Surya Narayan Yadav | SHD | 1,559 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Ram Lagan Rai | SOC | 1,537 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Lakshmi Narayan Singh | RCI | 1,193 | 0.4% |
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