Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Patna

Maha Maya Prasad Sinha (BLD) won by 3,23,125 votes (64.7%).

Electors
7,44,724
Votes polled
5,06,567
Valid votes
Turnout
68.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 64.7% (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%(-2.3%)
Turnout
55.2%(+10.5%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
88.7%

Winning margin over time · Patna

1957196219671971197719801984198919961998199965%

Candidates

Candidates · Patna 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Maha Maya Prasad SinhaWinnerBLD3,82,36376.6%
2Ramavatar ShastriCPI59,23811.9%
3Rajendra Pratap SinhaINC41,1538.2%
4Ganpat RaiIND7,8061.6%
5Bhola Nath ChaudharyIND2,1980.4%
6Ram Raj Dubey 'rajesh'IND1,7150.3%
7Valdeo YadavIND1,3350.3%
8Manorama DeviSSD1,2430.2%
9Krishna Kumar RazakIND1,0230.2%
10Sachidanand SahayIND1,0050.2%

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