GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Maharajganj
Ram Bahadur Singh (SAP) won by 1,52,854 votes (25.5%).
- Electors
- 9,85,888
- Votes polled
- 6,06,896
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 61.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 25.5% (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.
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 | Ram Bahadur SinghWinner | SAP | 3,25,577 | 54.3% |
| 2 | Girija Devi | JD | 1,72,723 | 28.8% |
| 3 | Dalan Pd. Yadav | IND | 53,455 | 8.9% |
| 4 | Ram Nath Singh | INC | 19,672 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Ramchabila Ram | BSP | 7,873 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Surendra Puri | AIIC(T) | 4,193 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Jaganath Thakur | IND | 4,146 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Vaikunth Narayan Rai | IND | 2,040 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Akhileshwar Giri | IND | 1,919 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Shyam Babu Sah | IND | 1,735 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Ramayan Singh | IND | 1,191 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Sachidanand Sharma | IND | 1,099 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Baban Pandey | IND | 762 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Hemnarayan Singh | IND | 708 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Shambhunath Prasad Yadav | IND | 604 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Bhagwati Sharan Singh | IND | 581 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Surendra Sharma | IND | 489 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Ram Sakar Rai | IND | 426 | 0.1% |
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