GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Barh
Nitish Kumar (SAP) won by 15,190 votes (2.0%).
- Electors
- 10,93,635
- Votes polled
- 7,57,799
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 69.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 2.0% (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.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 0.2%(-1.9%)
- Turnout
- 70.3%(+1.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.3%
Winning margin over time · Barh
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitish KumarWinner | SAP | 3,56,836 | 47.7% |
| 2 | Vijoy Krishna | RJD | 3,41,646 | 45.7% |
| 3 | Brij Nandan Yadav | JD | 34,264 | 4.6% |
| 4 | Satyendra Singh | IND | 3,717 | 0.5% |
| 5 | Kapildeo Pd. Yadav | BJC | 3,115 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Jitendra Thakur | LS | 2,671 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Vinda Chauhan | IND | 2,450 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Ranvir Singh | IND | 1,052 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Nagendra Pd. Singh | IND | 984 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Madan Sharma | IND | 929 | 0.1% |
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