GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bettiah
Dharmesh Prassad Verma (JD) won by 48,348 votes (9.5%).
- Electors
- 9,11,262
- Votes polled
- 5,19,407
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 57.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 9.5% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 5.8%(-0.3%)
- Turnout
- 63.4%(-0.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.8%
Winning margin over time · Bettiah
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dharmesh Prassad VermaWinner | JD | 2,09,009 | 40.9% |
| 2 | Abdul Mogani Kaifi | CPI | 1,60,661 | 31.5% |
| 3 | Manoj Kumar Pandey | INC | 1,07,990 | 21.2% |
| 4 | Avadh Kishor Saha | IND | 16,928 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Jaya Prakash | ABJS | 5,948 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Raghunath Saha | DDP | 2,177 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Dev Narayan Prassad Sastri | IND | 1,844 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Rajindra Prasad | IND | 1,294 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Shivaji Arya | LKD (B) | 1,239 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Rameshvar Misra | IND | 1,020 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Manjur Khan | IND | 853 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Raghunath Gupta | IND | 678 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Mayadevi Gupta | IND | 625 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Harisankar Dube | IND | 281 | 0.1% |
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