GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Motihari
Rama Devi (RJD) won by 88,074 votes (13.3%).
- Electors
- 11,12,139
- Votes polled
- 6,71,416
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 60.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 13.3% (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
- 3.2%(-10.1%)
- Turnout
- 61.6%(+1.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 96.8%
Winning margin over time · Motihari
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rama DeviWinner | RJD | 2,74,272 | 41.5% |
| 2 | Radha Mohan Singh | BJP | 1,86,198 | 28.2% |
| 3 | Debendra Nath Dubey | SP | 1,62,763 | 24.6% |
| 4 | Kamla Mishra Madhukar | CPI | 28,190 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Abhay Kumar | IND | 2,425 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Prabhu Sah | IND | 1,986 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Mukesh Kumar Verma | IND | 1,565 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Prabhu Ram | IND | 1,264 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Ram Nath Chaudhary | IND | 969 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Shashi Bhushan Singh | IND | 566 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Arvind Kumar Sinha | IND | 537 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Gopal Shankar Bh. | IND | 382 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Jag Jivan Baitha | IND | 289 | 0.0% |
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