GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Vaishali
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD) won by 41,494 votes (5.7%).
- Electors
- 10,49,832
- Votes polled
- 7,42,358
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 70.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 5.7% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 6.4%(+0.7%)
- Turnout
- 68.8%(-1.9%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 80.5%
Winning margin over time · Vaishali
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raghuvansh Prasad SinghWinner | RJD | 3,22,101 | 44.0% |
| 2 | Brishim Patel | SAP | 2,80,607 | 38.3% |
| 3 | Shashi Kumar Rai | JD | 1,11,067 | 15.2% |
| 4 | Bharat Pd.singh | BJC | 6,600 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Lakhichandra Ray | IND | 5,982 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Badri Ram | IND | 1,477 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Shashi Bhushan Singh | SP | 1,448 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Vasudeo Ram | IND | 1,070 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Jagdeo Paswan | IND | 982 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Sukhdeo Kesari | IND | 681 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Umashanker Paswan | IND | 528 | 0.1% |
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