GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Motihari
Prabhawati Gupta (INC) won by 1,44,295 votes (33.7%).
- Electors
- 7,89,198
- Votes polled
- 4,34,105
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 55.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 33.7% (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.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 3.2%(-10.1%)
- Turnout
- 61.6%(+1.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.8%
Winning margin over time · Motihari
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhawati GuptaWinner | INC | 2,55,980 | 59.8% |
| 2 | Kamla Mishra Madhukar | CPI | 1,11,685 | 26.1% |
| 3 | Thakur Ramapati Singh | JNP | 29,056 | 6.8% |
| 4 | Ramgi Prasad Sharma | IND | 14,771 | 3.5% |
| 5 | Rajkishor Bhagat | IND | 5,139 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Bhudeo Bajpayee | IND | 4,115 | 1.0% |
| 7 | Sheoji Rai | IND | 3,554 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Pramanand Pathak | IND | 2,158 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Shatruhan Paswan | IND | 1,517 | 0.4% |
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