GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Araria
Mahendra Narayan Sardar (BLD) won by 1,08,534 votes (32.0%).
- Electors
- 5,90,569
- Votes polled
- 3,47,588
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 58.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 32.0% (median 24.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1977 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.3%(-4.7%)
- Turnout
- 62.2%(-3.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.3%
Winning margin over time · Araria
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahendra Narayan SardarWinner | BLD | 2,21,829 | 65.4% |
| 2 | Dumar Lal Baitha | INC | 1,13,295 | 33.4% |
| 3 | Janak Lal Rishi | IND | 4,269 | 1.3% |
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