GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Nawada
Sukhdeo Prasad Verma (INC) won by 53,281 votes (13.5%).
- Electors
- 6,34,509
- Votes polled
- 4,00,431
- Valid votes
- 3,93,906
- Turnout
- 63.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 13.5% (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
- 9.9%(+8.2%)
- Turnout
- 73.2%(-1.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.9%
Winning margin over time · Nawada
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukhdeo Prasad VermaWinner | INC | 1,52,569 | 38.7% |
| 2 | Mahanth Surya Prakash Narayan Puri | IND | 99,288 | 25.2% |
| 3 | Daya Nand Sahay | BJS | 82,235 | 20.9% |
| 4 | Mahesh Prasad | IND | 22,027 | 5.6% |
| 5 | Ganesh Shanker Vidyarathi | CPM | 18,219 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Jagat Kishore Narayan Singh | JAP | 11,829 | 3.0% |
| 7 | Suresh Kumar Bhatt | IND | 2,811 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Sukhdeo Ram | IND | 2,242 | 0.6% |
| 9 | Tirpit Sinha | IND | 1,061 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Visheshwar Prasad | IND | 886 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Dudheshwar Prasad | IND | 739 | 0.2% |
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