GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Katihar
Tariq Anwar (INC) won by 88,286 votes (13.9%).
- Electors
- 9,95,649
- Votes polled
- 6,46,733
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 65.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 13.9% (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.
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 | Tariq AnwarWinner | INC | 2,67,927 | 42.1% |
| 2 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | BJP | 1,79,641 | 28.2% |
| 3 | Mufti Mohd Sayeed | JD | 1,54,573 | 24.3% |
| 4 | Mahboob Alam | CPM | 9,934 | 1.6% |
| 5 | Yamuna Bhagat | IND | 3,843 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Ramanand Yadav | IND | 3,307 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Yugal Kishor Verma | SHS | 3,071 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Satya Narayan Singh | IND | 2,976 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Rajendra Ram | IND | 2,268 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Mithilesh Kumar Jha | IND | 1,609 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Zahoor Alam | IND | 945 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Shree Dhar Poddar | IND | 797 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Rama Shankar Singh | IND | 630 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Arun Yadav | IND | 585 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Nirmala Rani Das | IND | 534 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Shyam Nandan Choudhary | IND | 500 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Arun Kumar Mandal | IND | 483 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Sadhan Kumar Das | BSP | 478 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Shree Krishna Choudary | IND | 463 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | IND | 421 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Akshay Rai | IND | 399 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Sarfraj Ahmad | IND | 399 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Syed Sohail Ahmad Nomani | AIIC(T) | 376 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Pradeep Kumar Sah | IND | 131 | 0.0% |
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