Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Barh

Prakash Chandra (INC) won by 2,22,736 votes (36.9%).

Electors
8,53,413
Votes polled
6,10,745
Valid votes
Turnout
71.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1984 national median: 36.9% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
0.2%(-1.9%)
Turnout
70.3%(+1.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.3%

Winning margin over time · Barh

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199955%

Candidates

Candidates · Barh 1984
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prakash ChandraWinnerINC3,84,71963.7%
2Dharamaveer SinghICS1,61,98326.8%
3Ram Khelawan RaiBJP40,5696.7%
4Prabhat KumarIND3,9150.6%
5Neel KamalIND2,7210.5%
6Narsingh SinghIND1,8380.3%
7Gyanoo SinghIND1,6410.3%
8Nabal Kishore RamIND1,4150.2%
9Ram Naresh Prasad SinghIND1,0890.2%
10Dina Nath SinghIND7750.1%
11Sanjay Prasad SinghIND6010.1%
12Rajendra SinghIND5960.1%
13Jagdish ThakurIND4860.1%
14Ram Punit BhagatIND4110.1%
15Maheshwar SinghIND3830.1%
16Raj Kumar SinghIND2010.0%
17Ram Vilas PrasadIND1950.0%

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