Constituency
95. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-SAMASTIPUR
JDU 45.0%won by 8.1%RJD 36.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 8.1%.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 36.9% — it did not contest here in 1995.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,39,103
Margin
11,282
8.11%
Candidates
9 contested · winner JDU- 1RAM NATH THAKURJanata Dal (United) · JDU62,64145.0%
- 2ASHOK SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD51,35936.9%
- 3KAJI NASIM EKTAIndian National Congress · INC14,82010.7%
- 4RAM JAPIT RAISamajwadi Party · SP4,9113.5%
- 5RAM CHANDAR SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,0691.5%
- 6RATI RANJAN PRASADShiv Sena · SHS1,2790.9%
- 7KHURSEED KHAIRCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,1450.8%
- 8RAJIV RANJANBJCR · BJCR4870.4%
- 9SUDHA DEVILSWP · LSWP3920.3%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–RJD swing
- +8.1%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 36.9%
- Turnout
- — → —