GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Katihar
Md. Yunus Salim (JD) won by 23,622 votes (4.7%).
- Electors
- 8,65,167
- Votes polled
- 5,03,685
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 58.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 4.7% (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.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 21.4%(+18.5%)
- Turnout
- 62.3%(-6.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 66.4%
Winning margin over time · Katihar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Md. Yunus SalimWinner | JD | 1,74,430 | 35.0% |
| 2 | Tarique Anwer | INC | 1,50,808 | 30.3% |
| 3 | Nikhil Kumar Chaudhary | BJP | 1,39,894 | 28.1% |
| 4 | Ram Sipahi Yadav | JF | 5,521 | 1.1% |
| 5 | Mahboob Alam | IPF | 4,671 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Jakir Hussain | IND | 3,544 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Jawaher Lal | IND | 3,287 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Suresh Kr. Srivastava | IND | 2,612 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Radha Mohan Das | IND | 1,556 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Sobran Rajak | IND | 1,458 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Nafish Ahmed | IND | 1,039 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Bideshi Rabidas | BSP | 982 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Kant Lal Mandal | IND | 923 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Aruna Jha | IND | 722 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Jitendra Kr. Yadav | IND | 666 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Sharda Devi (w) | IND | 655 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Jai Bharat Sinha | IND | 602 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Mangan Insan | IND | 598 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Sadhan Das | IND | 514 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Uttam Lal Sharma | IND | 445 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Suresh Kumar Sharma | IND | 412 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Shyam Sunder Dadhichi | IND | 406 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Makiruddin | IND | 397 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Ram Sewak Das | IND | 354 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Kamal Agrawal | IND | 287 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Madhneshwar Sharma | IND | 282 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Iftkhar Alam | IND | 257 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Uma Shankar Singh | IND | 207 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Abhey Kumar Singh | IND | 200 | 0.0% |
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