GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Saharsa
Kamal Nath Jha (INC(I)) won by 1,255 votes (0.3%).
- Electors
- 8,03,843
- Votes polled
- 4,99,103
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 62.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 0.3% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 13.1%(+5.6%)
- Turnout
- 64.1%(-0.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.8%
Winning margin over time · Saharsa
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamal Nath JhaWinner | INC(I) | 1,95,337 | 39.7% |
| 2 | Vinayak Pd. Yadav | JNP(S) | 1,94,082 | 39.5% |
| 3 | Mohammad Hayat Ali | JNP | 70,690 | 14.4% |
| 4 | Raj Kumar Sharma | IND | 12,842 | 2.6% |
| 5 | Chandeshwar Sah | IND | 6,407 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Thako Sada | IND | 4,141 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Musahru Choudhary | IND | 3,822 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Panchanan Yadav | IND | 2,316 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Ram Prabodh Rai | IND | 2,077 | 0.4% |
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