Constituency
62. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SAMASTIPUR
INC 57.8%won by 19.1%LKD 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: JNPS (JNPS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.8% of the vote here (+57.8%).
- New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 62.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,09,700
Turnout
62.3%
Valid votes
5,67,145
Margin
1,08,361
19.11%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1RAMDEO RAIIndian National Congress · INC3,27,58557.8%
- 2KARPOORI THAKURLKD · LKD2,19,22438.7%
- 3YOGENDRA PRASAD NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND4,8460.9%
- 4BAIDYANATH MEHTAIndependent · IND2,9230.5%
- 5RAMA SHANKAR BAJPAYEEIndependent · IND2,2280.4%
- 6SRIMANT KR. CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND2,1390.4%
- 7RAM BHAJAN SHARMAIndependent · IND1,9460.3%
- 8HARIHAR PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND1,8710.3%
- 9RAJESHWAR PRASAD MANDALIndependent · IND1,7350.3%
- 10NAND LAL SAHIndependent · IND1,6420.3%
- 11SAHDEO SAHNIIndependent · IND1,0060.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNPS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–LKD swing
- +19.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 57.8%
- LKD share
- 0.0% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 62.3%