GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Bettiah
Dr Madan Prasad Jaiswal (BJP) won by 39,650 votes (5.8%).
- Electors
- 10,98,637
- Votes polled
- 6,96,181
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 63.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 5.8% (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.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 5.8%(-0.3%)
- Turnout
- 63.4%(-0.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 93.8%
Winning margin over time · Bettiah
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Madan Prasad JaiswalWinner | BJP | 3,43,027 | 49.8% |
| 2 | Mataur Rahman | RJD | 3,03,377 | 44.0% |
| 3 | Triveni Tiwary | CPI | 23,317 | 3.4% |
| 4 | Dharmesh Prasad Verma | SJP(R) | 11,901 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Nafish Ahmad | IND | 2,539 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Rais Lal | IND | 2,293 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Sanjay Kumar Ojha | AJBP | 1,060 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Ram Lakhan Prasad | IND | 644 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Ram Kumar Das | IND | 596 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Daroga Chaudhary | IND | 286 | 0.0% |
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