Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Buxar

Rama Nand Tiwary (BLD) won by 2,03,713 votes (46.3%).

Electors
7,05,022
Votes polled
4,46,815
Valid votes
Turnout
63.4%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 46.3% (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.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
1.9%(-11.0%)
Turnout
59.2%(-4.9%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
76.4%

Winning margin over time · Buxar

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199946%

Candidates

Candidates · Buxar 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rama Nand TiwaryWinnerBLD2,86,41865.0%
2Anant Prasad SharmaINC82,70518.8%
3Suraj PrasadCPI59,61213.5%
4Mohan SinghIND8,3001.9%
5Sheo Nath PandeyIND1,8650.4%
6Kedar Nath MishraIND1,4500.3%

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