GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Nalanda
Ram Saroop Prasad (INC) won by 11,212 votes (1.6%).
- Electors
- 10,85,349
- Votes polled
- 7,09,017
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 65.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 1.6% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 12.1%(-0.9%)
- Turnout
- 74.5%(-1.4%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 94.4%
Winning margin over time · Nalanda
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Saroop PrasadWinner | INC | 2,56,349 | 36.7% |
| 2 | Vijoy Kumar Yadav | CPI | 2,45,137 | 35.1% |
| 3 | Chandrakanta Sinha | BJP | 1,19,834 | 17.2% |
| 4 | Krishna Deo Singh Yadav | IPF | 66,536 | 9.5% |
| 5 | Rameshwar Chauhan | IND | 2,728 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Vijai Rana | DDP | 1,893 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Kaushlendra Kumar | IND | 1,232 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Mohan Prasad | IND | 986 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Sita Ram Singh | JNP (JP) | 818 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Shishupal Kumar | IND | 756 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Shiboo Mahto | IND | 555 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Udir Prasad | IND | 508 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Vijayanand Prasad | LKD (B) | 489 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Anil Kumar | IND | 301 | 0.0% |
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