GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Motihari
Bibhuti Mishra (INC) won by 1,29,906 votes (56.8%).
- Electors
- 5,40,484
- Votes polled
- 2,33,205
- Valid votes
- 2,28,806
- Turnout
- 43.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 56.8% (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%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 3.2%(-10.1%)
- Turnout
- 61.6%(+1.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.8%
Winning margin over time · Motihari
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bibhuti MishraWinner | INC | 1,55,863 | 68.1% |
| 2 | Harishanker Sharma | BJS | 25,957 | 11.3% |
| 3 | Bipin Bihari Verma | NCO | 24,661 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Basawan Singh | PSP | 21,413 | 9.4% |
| 5 | Jamaluddin Khan | IND | 912 | 0.4% |
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