GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Katihar
Tariq Anwar (INC) won by 45,943 votes (10.0%).
- Electors
- 6,72,232
- Votes polled
- 4,70,487
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 70.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 10.0% (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.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 21.4%(+18.5%)
- Turnout
- 62.3%(-6.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 66.4%
Winning margin over time · Katihar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tariq AnwarWinner | INC | 2,29,883 | 50.1% |
| 2 | Juvraj | JNP | 1,83,940 | 40.1% |
| 3 | Uma Shankar Choudhary | IND | 25,559 | 5.6% |
| 4 | Indra Deo Gupta | BJP | 8,763 | 1.9% |
| 5 | Raghunath Hemram | IND | 2,010 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Lal Bahadur Sastri | IND | 1,750 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Mohammad Ibrahim | IND | 1,434 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Bhagwan Choudhary | IND | 1,365 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Utam Lal Sharma | IND | 1,242 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Nand Keeshor Singh | IND | 1,020 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Dharam Nath Roy | IND | 965 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Dina Nath Nirbhay | IND | 788 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Abu Naeem Chand | IND | 455 | 0.1% |
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