Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Samastipur

Manjai Lal (JD) won by 2,37,681 votes (34.2%).

Electors
10,75,195
Votes polled
7,04,303
Valid votes
Turnout
65.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 34.2% (median 12.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1989 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199964%

Candidates

Candidates · Samastipur 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manjai LalWinnerJD4,51,47765.0%
2Ramdeo RaiINC2,13,79630.8%
3Shiva Shankar SahniLKD (B)8,8941.3%
4Suresh ChoudharyIND5,4250.8%
5Jia Ram SinghIND2,4240.3%
6Jogi RaiDDP1,5160.2%
7Bhagwat RaiIND1,1860.2%
8Saroj ThakurIND1,0850.2%
9Mahesh JhaIND1,0180.1%
10Sivaram MahtoIND1,0090.1%
11Anil Kumar SharmaIND9780.1%
12Surendra PrassadIND9280.1%
13Shyam Sunder BhagatIND5940.1%
14Ramparwasji RaiIND5870.1%
15Yogendra Prassad SinghIND5690.1%
16Nagendra Rai YadavIND5630.1%
17Amir HassanIND5490.1%
18Tapesvar RaiIND5380.1%
19Shanbhu SinghIND4220.1%
20Shilendar SahIND4190.1%
21Mahesh SinghIND4070.1%
22Dilip Kumar SahniIND4020.1%
23Harilal RaiIND1770.0%

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