GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bhagalpur
Bhagwat Jha Azad (INC(I)) won by 76,685 votes (18.4%).
- Electors
- 7,74,045
- Votes polled
- 4,24,379
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.8%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 18.4% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 6.8%(-4.9%)
- Turnout
- 55.1%(-9.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.1%
Winning margin over time · Bhagalpur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhagwat Jha AzadWinner | INC(I) | 1,75,995 | 42.3% |
| 2 | Jageshwar Mandal | JNP(S) | 99,310 | 23.9% |
| 3 | Ramjee Singh | JNP | 61,551 | 14.8% |
| 4 | Rameshwar Lal Tiwari | CPI | 48,119 | 11.6% |
| 5 | Nejam Uddin | IND | 16,771 | 4.0% |
| 6 | Upendra Yadav | IND | 6,316 | 1.5% |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh | IND | 2,398 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Diwkar Jha | IND | 2,277 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Udish Pd. Ram | IND | 2,124 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Abdul Rahman | IND | 1,405 | 0.3% |
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