GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Ramdeo Rai (INC) won by 1,08,361 votes (19.1%).
- Electors
- 9,09,700
- Votes polled
- 5,79,340
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 63.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 19.1% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 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 | Ramdeo RaiWinner | INC | 3,27,585 | 57.8% |
| 2 | Karpoori Thakur | LKD | 2,19,224 | 38.7% |
| 3 | Yogendra Prasad Narain Singh | IND | 4,846 | 0.9% |
| 4 | Baidyanath Mehta | IND | 2,923 | 0.5% |
| 5 | Rama Shankar Bajpayee | IND | 2,228 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Srimant Kr. Choudhary | IND | 2,139 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Ram Bhajan Sharma | IND | 1,946 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Harihar Prasad Sharma | IND | 1,871 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Rajeshwar Prasad Mandal | IND | 1,735 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Nand Lal Sah | IND | 1,642 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Sahdeo Sahni | IND | 1,006 | 0.2% |
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