GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Maharajganj
Girija Devi (w) (JD) won by 24,335 votes (3.9%).
- Electors
- 10,32,512
- Votes polled
- 6,53,587
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 63.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1991 national median: 3.9% (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.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 14.9%(-16.0%)
- Turnout
- 72.4%(+3.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 99.4%
Winning margin over time · Maharajganj
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girija Devi (w)Winner | JD | 2,39,700 | 38.0% |
| 2 | Ram Bahadur Singh | JP | 2,15,365 | 34.1% |
| 3 | Ramudeshwar Sharma | BJP | 91,460 | 14.5% |
| 4 | Prabhu Nath Singh | INC | 71,141 | 11.3% |
| 5 | Hira Lal Rai | IND | 4,182 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Nilam Rani (w) | ICS(SCS) | 3,074 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Ramayodhya Ram | BSP | 1,781 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Ashok Kumar | LKD | 1,469 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Arun Kumar Singh | IND | 502 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Pashupati Rai | IND | 425 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Chandra Bhushan Singh | IND | 417 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Nizamudin Khan | IND | 417 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Dinesh Kumar Mandal | IND | 349 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Shashi Bhushan Singh | IND | 183 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Ram Ekbal Rai | IND | 174 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Raj Balabh Bharti | IND | 168 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Shiv Nath Mahto | IND | 164 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Mahesh Singh | IND | 137 | 0.0% |
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