GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Y. P. Mandal (INC) won by 31,672 votes (10.2%).
- Electors
- 5,32,604
- Votes polled
- 3,24,023
- Valid votes
- 3,11,276
- Turnout
- 60.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1967-02-15
Margin vs 1967 national median: 10.2% (median 11.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1967 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 | Y. P. MandalWinner | INC | 1,28,148 | 41.2% |
| 2 | C. L. Rai | SSP | 96,476 | 31.0% |
| 3 | B. N. Singh | PSP | 56,653 | 18.2% |
| 4 | B. P. Singh | BJS | 29,999 | 9.6% |
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