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95. Samastipur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-SAMASTIPUR

JD 50.7%won by 36.9%BPP 13.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.0% to 36.9%.

  • New challengerBhartiya Panchsheel Party (BPP) finished second with 13.8% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Safe seatJanata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,19,735
Margin
44,185
36.90%

Candidates

33 contested · winner JD
  1. 1ASHOK SINGHJanata Dal · JD60,70650.7%
  2. 2SHAHID HUSHAN KHANBhartiya Panchsheel Party · BPP16,52113.8%
  3. 3BISHWANATH SAHIndian National Congress · INC14,01811.7%
  4. 4DURGESH KUMAR RAISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP7,3376.1%
  5. 5NANDAN PRIYADARSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,3045.3%
  6. 6SAHBIR AHMADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8232.4%
  7. 7BRIJESH KUMAR SAHNIIndependent · IND2,5042.1%
  8. 8SAMBHU LAL SAHIndependent · IND1,8571.6%
  9. 9RAM CHANDAR MAHTOIndependent · IND1,6121.3%
  10. 10SUKDEO MAHTOLTSM · LTSM1,4351.2%
  11. 11AJAY KUMAR SINHASMM · SMM6010.5%
  12. 12BARHAMA NAND MISHRAIndependent · IND4830.4%
  13. 13KRISHNA KISHORE SINHADDP · DDP3360.3%
  14. 14SURENDRA PD. YADAVIndependent · IND2900.2%
  15. 15RAM CHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND2770.2%
  16. 16MAHESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND2630.2%
  17. 17RAM CHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND2520.2%
  18. 18RAM BAHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND2190.2%
  19. 19SHIV CHADAR THAKURIndependent · IND2010.2%
  20. 20BHUBNESHWAR SAHIndependent · IND1760.1%
  21. 21KAMLA KANT JHAIndependent · IND1620.1%
  22. 22PRABHAT KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1610.1%
  23. 23RAGHUBIR RAMIndependent · IND1530.1%
  24. 24DEO NARAYAN RAIIndependent · IND1450.1%
  25. 25RAVI SHANKARIndependent · IND1450.1%
  26. 26ARUN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1430.1%
  27. 27MOHSIN AHMADIndependent · IND1110.1%
  28. 28SURESH RAIIndependent · IND1020.1%
  29. 29MOTI LAL SINGHIndependent · IND940.1%
  30. 30TEK NARAYAN MAHTOIndependent · IND820.1%
  31. 31JAI KISHORE PD. SINGHIndependent · IND780.1%
  32. 32MD. AJIM ANSHARIIndependent · IND740.1%
  33. 33YOGENDRA PD. YADAVIndependent · IND700.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–BPP swing
−6.1%
JD share
43.0% → 50.7%
BPP share
0.0% → 13.8%
Turnout
— → —
94. Warisnagar96. Sarairanjan
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