Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Siwan

M.sahabuddin (RJD) won by 1,20,484 votes (18.1%).

Electors
9,87,686
Votes polled
6,75,420
Valid votes
Turnout
68.4%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 18.1% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
18.5%(+0.4%)
Turnout
71.8%(+3.4%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
91.2%

Winning margin over time · Siwan

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199953%

Candidates

Candidates · Siwan 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.sahabuddinWinnerRJD3,27,34149.2%
2Vijay Shankar DubeyBJP2,06,85731.1%
3Ramesh Singh KushwahaCPI(ML)(L)1,12,22316.9%
4Ram Ashish YadavSP7,2861.1%
5Neelesh TiwariJD3,4720.5%
6Surendra PrasadIND3,0020.5%
7Narottam MishraAJBP2,4940.4%
8Prem Chand TiwariIND2,1440.3%

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