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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fazlur RahmanWinner | BLD | 1,86,486 | 58.7% |
| 2 | Kedar Pandey | INC | 90,158 | 28.4% |
| 3 | Ramashray Singh | CPM | 28,416 | 8.9% |
| 4 | Maya Devi | IND | 8,263 | 2.6% |
| 5 | Laxmi Kant Tiwary | IND | 2,697 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Chhedi Khan | IND | 1,478 | 0.5% |
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