GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

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Nitish Kumar (SAP) won by 64,854 votes (9.3%).

Margin vs 1996 national median: 9.3% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 national · Target seats

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Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998

Winning margin over time · Barh

Candidates · Barh 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Nitish KumarWinner	SAP	3,60,156	51.5%
2	Vijay Krishna	JD	2,95,302	42.2%
3	Uma Yadav	CPI(ML)(L)	17,263	2.5%
4	Punam Devi	INC	9,403	1.3%
5	Pramatama Singh	VJP	3,328	0.5%
6	Ram Balak Prasad	IND	2,044	0.3%
7	Vijay Nand	ABDBM	1,801	0.3%
8	Jai Shankar Prasad Jha	SHS	1,470	0.2%
9	Pawan Kumar	IND	1,127	0.2%
10	Jitendra Kr.singh	IND	1,049	0.1%
11	Chandeshwar Sharma	IND	845	0.1%
12	Punia Devi	IND	716	0.1%
13	Dharmendra Rai	IND	660	0.1%
14	Jawahar Sao	IND	601	0.1%
15	Shiv Bachan Paswan	IND	585	0.1%
16	Brij Nandan Prasad Singh	IND	526	0.1%
17	Sheela Devi	IND	504	0.1%
18	Sambhu Nath Singh	AIIC(T)	489	0.1%
19	Pankaj Gapi	IND	439	0.1%
20	Vinay Kumar Singh	IND	427	0.1%
21	Rajendra Singh	IND	425	0.1%
22	Om Prakash	IND	408	0.1%
23	Ranvir Singh	IND	323	0.0%

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Candidates · Barh 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Nitish KumarWinner	SAP	3,60,156	51.5%
2	Vijay Krishna	JD	2,95,302	42.2%
3	Uma Yadav	CPI(ML)(L)	17,263	2.5%
4	Punam Devi	INC	9,403	1.3%
5	Pramatama Singh	VJP	3,328	0.5%
6	Ram Balak Prasad	IND	2,044	0.3%
7	Vijay Nand	ABDBM	1,801	0.3%
8	Jai Shankar Prasad Jha	SHS	1,470	0.2%
9	Pawan Kumar	IND	1,127	0.2%
10	Jitendra Kr.singh	IND	1,049	0.1%
11	Chandeshwar Sharma	IND	845	0.1%
12	Punia Devi	IND	716	0.1%
13	Dharmendra Rai	IND	660	0.1%
14	Jawahar Sao	IND	601	0.1%
15	Shiv Bachan Paswan	IND	585	0.1%
16	Brij Nandan Prasad Singh	IND	526	0.1%
17	Sheela Devi	IND	504	0.1%
18	Sambhu Nath Singh	AIIC(T)	489	0.1%
19	Pankaj Gapi	IND	439	0.1%
20	Vinay Kumar Singh	IND	427	0.1%
21	Rajendra Singh	IND	425	0.1%
22	Om Prakash	IND	408	0.1%
23	Ranvir Singh	IND	323	0.0%

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