Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Banka

Limaye Madhu (BLD) won by 1,60,684 votes (47.7%).

Electors
6,24,645
Votes polled
3,44,437
Valid votes
Turnout
55.1%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 47.7% (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.

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
3.4%(+1.8%)
Turnout
59.8%(-6.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
71.1%

Winning margin over time · Banka

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199948%

Candidates

Candidates · Banka 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Limaye MadhuWinnerBLD2,39,55071.1%
2Chandra Shekhar SinghINC78,86623.4%
3Ramanand SinghIND16,1854.8%
4Sushil Kumar YadavIND2,1080.6%

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