Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Barh

Nitish Kumar (JD) won by 78,347 votes (11.3%).

Electors
10,31,955
Votes polled
7,09,052
Valid votes
Turnout
68.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 11.3% (median 12.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1989 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199955%

Candidates

Candidates · Barh 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nitish KumarWinnerJD3,68,97253.0%
2Ramlakhan Singh YadavINC2,90,62541.7%
3Vishwa Mohan ChoudharyBJP27,4153.9%
4Brindra PaswanJNP (JP)1,4330.2%
5Rameshwar DassIND9540.1%
6Janardan ChoubeyDDP8690.1%
6Munna SinghIND8690.1%
8Ram Jatan SinghIND7280.1%
9Gobardhan LalIND7060.1%
10Dwarika PaswanIND5640.1%
11Rajendra SinghBKS3670.1%
12Chandeshwar Pd.singhIND3470.0%
13Chandra Bhushan SinghIND3360.0%
14Gajjendra SinghIND2500.0%
15Balram SinghIND2490.0%
16Badri MistryIND2210.0%
17Yugal RaiIND2190.0%
18Md. IslamIND2100.0%
19Rajdev Pd. SinghIND1790.0%
20Rajiv Ranjan Pd.IND1740.0%
21Subodh Kumar SahuIND1700.0%
22Ravindra Nath SinghLKD (B)1630.0%
23Shiv Nandan PrasadIND1410.0%
24Arun Kumar SinghIND750.0%

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