GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Satya Naryan Sinha (INC) won by 21,550 votes (10.8%).
- Electors
- 3,83,747
- Votes polled
- 2,08,396
- Valid votes
- 1,98,896
- Turnout
- 54.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 10.8% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 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 Naryan SinhaWinner | INC | 82,522 | 41.5% |
| 2 | Rajendra Mahto | PSP | 60,972 | 30.7% |
| 3 | Ramasray Prasad Choudhary | SWA | 45,411 | 22.8% |
| 4 | Banarsi Prasad Sha | SOC | 9,991 | 5.0% |
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