Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Muzaffarpur

Nawal Kishore Sinha (INC) won by 88,574 votes (21.9%).

Electors
6,08,535
Votes polled
4,08,728
Valid votes
4,05,050
Turnout
67.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 21.9% (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
8.4%(+5.5%)
Turnout
68.4%(-3.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
92.7%

Winning margin over time · Muzaffarpur

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199966%

Candidates

Candidates · Muzaffarpur 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nawal Kishore SinhaWinnerINC2,45,00760.5%
2Mahesh Prasad SinghNCO1,56,43338.6%
3Anzarul HaqueIND1,8260.5%
4Sitaram RazakIND1,7840.4%

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