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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prakash ChandraWinner | INC | 3,84,719 | 63.7% |
| 2 | Dharamaveer Singh | ICS | 1,61,983 | 26.8% |
| 3 | Ram Khelawan Rai | BJP | 40,569 | 6.7% |
| 4 | Prabhat Kumar | IND | 3,915 | 0.6% |
| 5 | Neel Kamal | IND | 2,721 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Narsingh Singh | IND | 1,838 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Gyanoo Singh | IND | 1,641 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Nabal Kishore Ram | IND | 1,415 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Ram Naresh Prasad Singh | IND | 1,089 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Dina Nath Singh | IND | 775 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Sanjay Prasad Singh | IND | 601 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Rajendra Singh | IND | 596 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Jagdish Thakur | IND | 486 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Ram Punit Bhagat | IND | 411 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Maheshwar Singh | IND | 383 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Raj Kumar Singh | IND | 201 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Ram Vilas Prasad | IND | 195 | 0.0% |
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