Constituency
62. Motihari
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-MOTIHARI
BJP 50.0%won by 3.2%RJD 46.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 3.2%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 28.2% to 50.0% of the vote here (+21.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
11,12,639
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
6,77,062
Margin
21,670
3.20%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1Radha Mohan SinghBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,38,69650.0%
- 2Rama DeviRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD3,17,02646.8%
- 3Prabhat Kumar SinghAJBP · AJBP11,7741.7%
- 4Abhay KumarIndependent · IND3,6880.5%
- 5Poonam Kumar MishraBJCR · BJCR2,6260.4%
- 6Ramdeo RamIndependent · IND9960.1%
- 7Ajay Kumar SinghIndependent · IND9760.1%
- 8Sudhir Kumar SinghIndependent · IND7720.1%
- 9Suresh RamIndependent · IND5080.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–RJD swing
- +16.5%
- BJP share
- 28.2% → 50.0%
- RJD share
- 41.5% → 46.8%
- Turnout
- 59.5% → 60.9%