Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Muzaffarpur

George Fernandes (BLD) won by 3,34,217 votes (65.9%).

Electors
6,75,405
Votes polled
5,12,978
Valid votes
Turnout
76.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 65.9% (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%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
8.4%(+5.5%)
Turnout
68.4%(-3.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
92.7%

Winning margin over time · Muzaffarpur

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199966%

Candidates

Candidates · Muzaffarpur 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1George FernandesWinnerBLD3,96,68778.2%
2Nitishwer Prasad SinghINC62,47012.3%
3Ramdeo SharmaCPI26,4085.2%
4Nagendra SinghIND7,9781.6%
5Janakdhari Prasad KushwahaIND7,0731.4%
6Nalini Ranjan SinghSUC4,1310.8%
7Tribhuwan Nath ChaudharyIND1,2850.3%
8Dr. Ramgati Prasad YadavIND7280.1%
9Sayad Shah A. M.IND3040.1%

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