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Constituency

76. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-SAMASTIPUR

JD 61.0%won by 33.9%INC 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 34.2% to 33.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
10,82,788
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
7,05,761
Margin
2,39,032
33.87%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−0.3%
JD share
65.0% 61.0%
INC share
30.8% 27.1%
Turnout
64.6% 65.2%