GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Barh
Nitish Kumar (JD(U)) won by 1,335 votes (0.2%).
- Electors
- 10,81,353
- Votes polled
- 7,59,663
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 70.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 0.2% (median 7.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1999 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 | JD(U) | 3,62,016 | 48.2% |
| 2 | Vijay Krishna | RJD | 3,60,681 | 48.0% |
| 3 | Shashi Devi | CPI(ML)(L) | 21,128 | 2.8% |
| 4 | Tarkeshwar Singh | BSP | 2,576 | 0.3% |
| 5 | Sidheshwar Prasad Rahi | IND | 1,609 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Ranveer Singh | IND | 596 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Rajkumar Singh | IND | 532 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Mithilesh Kumar | IND | 501 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Shailendra Paswan | RLD | 454 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Janardan Prasad | IND | 294 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Dr Arvind Kumar | JD(S) | 281 | 0.0% |
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