GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Samastipur
Manjay Lal (JD(U)) won by 12,688 votes (1.6%).
- Electors
- 12,19,110
- Votes polled
- 8,01,021
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 65.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 1.6% (median 7.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1999 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 | Manjay LalWinner | JD(U) | 3,68,776 | 46.6% |
| 2 | Ashok Singh | RJD | 3,56,088 | 45.0% |
| 3 | Ram Japit Rai | IND | 17,602 | 2.2% |
| 4 | Vinod Chaudhary | CPI(ML)(L) | 16,724 | 2.1% |
| 5 | Gajendra Prasad Himanshu | LS | 14,253 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Ram Roop Prasad Roy | IND | 4,436 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Jainarain Sharma | LSWP | 4,293 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Indrajit Ram | IND | 2,806 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Sitaram Pandey | AJBP | 2,451 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Kailash Paswan | IND | 2,052 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Renuka Sharma | NCP | 1,557 | 0.2% |
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