GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Darbhanga
Shakeeul Rahman (JD) won by 78,457 votes (12.1%).
- Electors
- 9,21,749
- Votes polled
- 6,57,262
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 71.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 12.1% (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%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 7.3%(+2.4%)
- Turnout
- 73.4%(+2.5%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.0%
Winning margin over time · Darbhanga
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakeeul RahmanWinner | JD | 3,56,894 | 55.0% |
| 2 | Nagendra Jha (baghant) | INC | 2,78,437 | 42.9% |
| 3 | Jawahar Yadav | JNP (JP) | 3,576 | 0.6% |
| 4 | Shivaji Nirala | IND | 2,822 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Ram Sogarath Yadav | IND | 904 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Shib Narain Rai | DDP | 860 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Naseem Rahmani | IND | 667 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Bhubneshwar Prakash Kushwaha | IND | 530 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Narendra Jha (jaiwar) | IND | 502 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Md. Naseem (raja) | IND | 499 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Darwari Lal Kewat | LKD (B) | 441 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Thakko Mahto | IND | 411 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Premanand Choudhary | IND | 360 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Md. Mojahid | IND | 326 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Rabindra Jha | IND | 304 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Ram Chandra Mahtha | IND | 280 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Ramnarain Singh | IND | 257 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Raju Purbey | IND | 228 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Suraj Mahaseth | IND | 161 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Ashok Prasad Singh | IND | 156 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Aneesur Rahman | IND | 112 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Syd. Azaj Hassan Imam Azam | IND | 95 | 0.0% |
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