GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Balia
Surya Narayan Singh (CPI) won by 94,852 votes (19.6%).
- Electors
- 9,26,690
- Votes polled
- 4,92,043
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 53.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 19.6% (median 10.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1991 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
- 2.4%(-6.2%)
- Turnout
- 50.8%(-11.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 65.5%
Winning margin over time · Balia
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surya Narayan SinghWinner | CPI | 2,58,150 | 53.4% |
| 2 | Shyam Sunder Singh Dhiraj | INC | 1,63,298 | 33.8% |
| 3 | Jagadambi Prasad Yadav | BJP | 43,540 | 9.0% |
| 4 | Chandra Shekhar Verma | JP | 4,670 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Kaushal Kishore Pd. Singh | IND | 2,674 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Dinesh Prasad Singh | IND | 1,861 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Brahamdeo Yadav | IND | 1,670 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Umanath Prasad | IND | 1,543 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Chandan Kumar Verma | IND | 1,269 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Rajendra Paswan | IND | 1,009 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Ramashish Singh | IND | 929 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Shishir Kumar Sinha | IND | 894 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Muni Lal Shahni | IND | 857 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Rajendra Thakur | IND | 474 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Ramuday Pandit | DDP | 468 | 0.1% |
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