GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Araria
Sukdeo Paswan (JD) won by 48,278 votes (8.3%).
- Electors
- 10,49,489
- Votes polled
- 5,94,913
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 56.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 8.3% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.3%(-4.7%)
- Turnout
- 62.2%(-3.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.3%
Winning margin over time · Araria
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukdeo PaswanWinner | JD | 2,50,263 | 42.8% |
| 2 | Ramji Rishideo | BJP | 2,01,985 | 34.6% |
| 3 | Hari Prasad Baishyantri | INC | 91,873 | 15.7% |
| 4 | Babujee Rishideo | IND | 10,508 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Babulal Paswan | IND | 8,549 | 1.5% |
| 6 | Vijay Rajak | IND | 6,648 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Buddhadeo Rishideo | IND | 2,161 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Shambhu Sharan Ram | IND | 1,439 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Ad. Bal Krishna Raj Choudhary | IND | 1,431 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Chandradeo Rishideo | IND | 1,352 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Yubraj Paswan | IND | 1,271 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Chandra Mohan Ram | BSP | 1,226 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Bideshi Das | IND | 1,146 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Sita Ram Ram | IND | 836 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Lakshmi Ram | RMEP | 745 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Bhuwneshwar Sada | IND | 615 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Bidyanand Rishideo | IND | 581 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Narayan Das | IND | 541 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Asharfi Sada | IND | 352 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Ram Kumar Baitha | IND | 322 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Satya Narayan Writer | SHS | 293 | 0.1% |
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