GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Siwan
Abdul Ghafoor (INC) won by 1,37,992 votes (33.2%).
- Electors
- 7,81,000
- Votes polled
- 4,21,832
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 54.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 33.2% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 18.5%(+0.4%)
- Turnout
- 71.8%(+3.4%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 91.2%
Winning margin over time · Siwan
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul GhafoorWinner | INC | 2,50,235 | 60.3% |
| 2 | Janardan Tiwari | BJP | 1,12,243 | 27.0% |
| 3 | Raghawa Prasad | JNP | 20,967 | 5.1% |
| 4 | Bibi Khursheed Jahan | LKD | 13,825 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Kamleshwar Prasad | IND | 3,787 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Fharukh Khan | IND | 2,833 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Uttim Roy | IND | 2,625 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Munshi Prasad Yadav | IND | 2,135 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Parameshwar Singh | IND | 2,128 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Ram Prit Gond | IND | 1,843 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Rajendra Thakur | IND | 1,665 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Rajender Sah | IND | 745 | 0.2% |
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