GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Motihari
Thakur Rampati Singh (BLD) won by 73,953 votes (20.6%).
- Electors
- 6,58,880
- Votes polled
- 3,66,506
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 55.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 20.6% (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
- 3.2%(-10.1%)
- Turnout
- 61.6%(+1.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.8%
Winning margin over time · Motihari
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thakur Rampati SinghWinner | BLD | 1,67,732 | 46.7% |
| 2 | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 93,779 | 26.1% |
| 3 | Kamla Mishra Madhukar | CPI | 90,151 | 25.1% |
| 4 | Jagdish Purbey | IND | 4,222 | 1.2% |
| 5 | Mohamad Alam Ansari | IND | 3,245 | 0.9% |
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