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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manjai LalWinner | JD | 4,51,477 | 65.0% |
| 2 | Ramdeo Rai | INC | 2,13,796 | 30.8% |
| 3 | Shiva Shankar Sahni | LKD (B) | 8,894 | 1.3% |
| 4 | Suresh Choudhary | IND | 5,425 | 0.8% |
| 5 | Jia Ram Singh | IND | 2,424 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Jogi Rai | DDP | 1,516 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Bhagwat Rai | IND | 1,186 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Saroj Thakur | IND | 1,085 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Mahesh Jha | IND | 1,018 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Sivaram Mahto | IND | 1,009 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Anil Kumar Sharma | IND | 978 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Surendra Prassad | IND | 928 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Shyam Sunder Bhagat | IND | 594 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Ramparwasji Rai | IND | 587 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Yogendra Prassad Singh | IND | 569 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Nagendra Rai Yadav | IND | 563 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Amir Hassan | IND | 549 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Tapesvar Rai | IND | 538 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Shanbhu Singh | IND | 422 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Shilendar Sah | IND | 419 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Mahesh Singh | IND | 407 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Dilip Kumar Sahni | IND | 402 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Harilal Rai | IND | 177 | 0.0% |
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