GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Ajit Kumar Mehta (JD) won by 1,41,934 votes (19.6%).
- Electors
- 12,17,114
- Votes polled
- 7,35,266
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 60.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 19.6% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 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 | Ajit Kumar MehtaWinner | JD | 4,00,117 | 55.1% |
| 2 | Manjay Lal | SAP | 2,58,183 | 35.6% |
| 3 | Ram Lakhan Mahto | INC | 37,900 | 5.2% |
| 4 | Anil Kumar Sharma | IND | 4,823 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Jai Narain Sharma | IND | 4,156 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Deb Narain Rai | IND | 3,503 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Ram Chandra Rai | IND | 1,923 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Awadh Sahni | IND | 1,583 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Deo Kant Rai | IND | 1,223 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Kedar Nath Lal | ABJS | 1,205 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Anil Kumar Rai | IND | 1,103 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Dilip Kumar Sahni | IND | 1,081 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Turant Lal Sahni | IND | 877 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Ram Sakal Sah | IND | 836 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Md. Ajim | IND | 798 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Md. Nijam | IND | 719 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Ram Jiwan Singh | IND | 665 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Murari Prasad Singh | IND | 657 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Vijay Kumar | AIIC(T) | 627 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Madho Mahto | IND | 536 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Pawan Kumar Jha | IND | 528 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Nalin Bilochan Sahai | IND | 474 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Anil Kumar Tiwari | IND | 425 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Chandra Bhanu Mehta | IND | 393 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Lalit Kumar Singh | PSSS | 303 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Ajay Kumar Bulganin | IND | 290 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Jai Kishore Pd. Singh | IND | 257 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Binda Rai | IND | 198 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Yogendra Pd. Narain Singh | IND | 154 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Akalu Sada | IND | 138 | 0.0% |
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