GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Buxar
Kamla Kant Tiwari (INC) won by 55,702 votes (12.4%).
- Electors
- 8,81,047
- Votes polled
- 4,56,203
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 51.8%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 12.4% (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%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 1.9%(-11.0%)
- Turnout
- 59.2%(-4.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 76.4%
Winning margin over time · Buxar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamla Kant TiwariWinner | INC | 2,07,732 | 46.3% |
| 2 | Tej Narayan Singh | CPI | 1,52,030 | 33.9% |
| 3 | Lal Muni Chaubey | BJP | 57,407 | 12.8% |
| 4 | Surya Narayan Sharma | LKD | 21,012 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Deo Muni Roy | IND | 3,997 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Rajeshwar Roy | IND | 2,728 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Ganesh Pd. Keshari | IND | 2,150 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Lalan Ram | IND | 1,979 | 0.4% |
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