GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Balia
Surya Narayan Singh (CPI) won by 1,900 votes (0.5%).
- Electors
- 7,14,492
- Votes polled
- 3,89,642
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.5%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 0.5% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 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
- 2.4%(-6.2%)
- Turnout
- 50.8%(-11.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 65.5%
Winning margin over time · Balia
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surya Narayan SinghWinner | CPI | 1,31,670 | 34.5% |
| 2 | Chandrabhanu Devi | INC(I) | 1,29,770 | 34.0% |
| 3 | Ramjiwan Singh | JNP(S) | 66,069 | 17.3% |
| 4 | Banarsi Prasad Singh | JNP | 30,124 | 7.9% |
| 5 | Ramji Sahni | IND | 8,002 | 2.1% |
| 6 | Parmanand Prasad Das | IND | 7,590 | 2.0% |
| 7 | Asharfi Yadav | IND | 2,151 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Hasan | IND | 2,018 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Safique | IND | 1,800 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Vijay Shankar Tanti | IND | 1,573 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Vindeshwari Gope | IND | 935 | 0.2% |
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