Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Bettiah

Fazlur Rahman (BLD) won by 96,328 votes (30.3%).

Electors
6,41,326
Votes polled
3,23,082
Valid votes
Turnout
50.4%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 30.3% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
5.8%(-0.3%)
Turnout
63.4%(-0.2%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
93.8%

Winning margin over time · Bettiah

1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199955%

Candidates

Candidates · Bettiah 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Fazlur RahmanWinnerBLD1,86,48658.7%
2Kedar PandeyINC90,15828.4%
3Ramashray SinghCPM28,4168.9%
4Maya DeviIND8,2632.6%
5Laxmi Kant TiwaryIND2,6970.8%
6Chhedi KhanIND1,4780.5%

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