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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maha Maya Prasad SinhaWinner | BLD | 3,82,363 | 76.6% |
| 2 | Ramavatar Shastri | CPI | 59,238 | 11.9% |
| 3 | Rajendra Pratap Sinha | INC | 41,153 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Ganpat Rai | IND | 7,806 | 1.6% |
| 5 | Bhola Nath Chaudhary | IND | 2,198 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Ram Raj Dubey 'rajesh' | IND | 1,715 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Valdeo Yadav | IND | 1,335 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Manorama Devi | SSD | 1,243 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Krishna Kumar Razak | IND | 1,023 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Sachidanand Sahay | IND | 1,005 | 0.2% |
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