GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Karpoori Thakur (BLD) won by 3,27,434 votes (63.7%).
- Electors
- 7,35,794
- Votes polled
- 5,20,131
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 70.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 63.7% (median 24.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Karpoori ThakurWinner | BLD | 4,01,935 | 78.2% |
| 2 | Yamuna Prasad Mandal | INC | 74,501 | 14.5% |
| 3 | Parma Nand Singh 'madan' | CPI | 29,028 | 5.6% |
| 4 | Sureshwar Prasad Singh | IND | 8,414 | 1.6% |
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