GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Satya Narayan Sinha (INC) won by 42,792 votes (25.7%).
- Electors
- 3,46,226
- Votes polled
- 1,66,815
- Valid votes
- 1,66,815
- Turnout
- 48.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 25.7% (median 11.1%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1957 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
- 1.6%(-3.2%)
- Turnout
- 65.7%(-0.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 91.6%
Winning margin over time · Samastipur
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satya Narayan SinhaWinner | INC | 89,266 | 53.5% |
| 2 | Rajendra Narain Sharma | PSP | 46,474 | 27.9% |
| 3 | Badri Narayan Sinha | IND | 23,122 | 13.9% |
| 4 | Lakshman Pd. Bhagat | IND | 7,953 | 4.8% |
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