GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bettiah
Madan Prasad Jaiswal (BJP) won by 51,489 votes (8.2%).
- Electors
- 10,91,777
- Votes polled
- 6,31,754
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 57.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 8.2% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 5.8%(-0.3%)
- Turnout
- 63.4%(-0.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.8%
Winning margin over time · Bettiah
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madan Prasad JaiswalWinner | BJP | 3,15,899 | 50.6% |
| 2 | Nasim Ahmad | JD | 2,64,410 | 42.3% |
| 3 | Manoj Pandey | INC | 19,921 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Virendra Prasad Gupta | CPI(ML)(L) | 4,768 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Ramji Sharma | IND | 4,280 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Madhuranjan Verma | IND | 2,841 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Subhash Chandra Kushwaha | BSP | 2,042 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Ramesh Prasad | IND | 2,041 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Nagina Yadav | IND | 1,887 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Dhurup Saha | IND | 1,446 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Dashrath Ram | IND | 1,345 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Devi Shankar Prasad | IND | 1,099 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Uday Prasad | IND | 573 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Ram Babu Kumar | AIIC(T) | 493 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Lachhuman Rai | IND | 488 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Rajendra Sah | IND | 348 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Ravindra Pandey | IND | 297 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Tarkeshwar Prasad | IND | 240 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Suman Kumar | IND | 146 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Harendra Yadav | IND | 117 | 0.0% |
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