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76. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SAMASTIPUR

JD 55.1%won by 19.6%SAP 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 19.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 59.6%.

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

Electorate
12,17,114
Turnout
59.6%
Valid votes
7,25,675
Margin
1,41,934
19.56%

Candidates

30 contested · winner JD
  1. 1AJIT KUMAR MEHTAJanata Dal · JD4,00,11755.1%
  2. 2MANJAY LALSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,58,18335.6%
  3. 3RAM LAKHAN MAHTOIndian National Congress · INC37,9005.2%
  4. 4ANIL KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND4,8230.7%
  5. 5JAI NARAIN SHARMAIndependent · IND4,1560.6%
  6. 6DEB NARAIN RAIIndependent · IND3,5030.5%
  7. 7RAM CHANDRA RAIIndependent · IND1,9230.3%
  8. 8AWADH SAHNIIndependent · IND1,5830.2%
  9. 9DEO KANT RAIIndependent · IND1,2230.2%
  10. 10KEDAR NATH LALABJS · ABJS1,2050.2%
  11. 11ANIL KUMAR RAIIndependent · IND1,1030.2%
  12. 12DILIP KUMAR SAHNIIndependent · IND1,0810.1%
  13. 13TURANT LAL SAHNIIndependent · IND8770.1%
  14. 14RAM SAKAL SAHIndependent · IND8360.1%
  15. 15MD. AJIMIndependent · IND7980.1%
  16. 16MD. NIJAMIndependent · IND7190.1%
  17. 17RAM JIWAN SINGHIndependent · IND6650.1%
  18. 18MURARI PRASAD SINGHIndependent · IND6570.1%
  19. 19VIJAY KUMARAIICT · AIICT6270.1%
  20. 20MADHO MAHTOIndependent · IND5360.1%
  21. 21PAWAN KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND5280.1%
  22. 22NALIN BILOCHAN SAHAIIndependent · IND4740.1%
  23. 23ANIL KUMAR TIWARIIndependent · IND4250.1%
  24. 24CHANDRA BHANU MEHTAIndependent · IND3930.1%
  25. 25LALIT KUMAR SINGHPSSS · PSSS3030.0%
  26. 26AJAY KUMAR BULGANINIndependent · IND2900.0%
  27. 27JAI KISHORE PD. SINGHIndependent · IND2570.0%
  28. 28BINDA RAIIndependent · IND1980.0%
  29. 29YOGENDRA PD. NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1540.0%
  30. 30AKALU SADAIndependent · IND1380.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–SAP swing
−41.4%
JD share
61.0% → 55.1%
SAP share
0.0% → 35.6%
Turnout
65.2% → 59.6%
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