Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Banka

Digvijay Singh (SAP) won by 11,291 votes (1.6%).

Electors
10,61,020
Votes polled
7,03,951
Valid votes
Turnout
66.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 1.6% (median 7.6%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1998
Margin · 1999
3.4%(+1.8%)
Turnout
59.8%(-6.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
71.1%

Winning margin over time · Banka

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199948%

Candidates

Candidates · Banka 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Digvijay SinghWinnerSAP3,31,66047.1%
2Giridhari YadavRJD3,20,36945.5%
3Chandra Shekhar YadavJD27,1173.9%
4Shankar PaswanABMSD17,3682.5%
5Manoj Kumar SinghIND5,0480.7%
6Santosh Kumar SinghIND2,3890.3%

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