Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Motihari

Radha Mohan Singh (BJP) won by 78,111 votes (14.4%).

Electors
9,36,758
Votes polled
5,51,310
Valid votes
Turnout
58.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 14.4% (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.

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

1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199957%

Candidates

Candidates · Motihari 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Radha Mohan SinghWinnerBJP2,53,29246.6%
2Kamala Mishra MadhukarCPI1,75,18132.2%
3Prabhavati GuptaINC1,04,48519.2%
4Raj Kishor BhagathDDP5,3171.0%
5Vijay K. SinhaJNP (JP)2,8950.5%
6Keshav Kumar JhaLKD (B)1,2520.2%
7Ashuthosh PandayIND5770.1%
8Ramchandra Prasad SinghIND4130.1%

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