Election
Constituency

76. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SAMASTIPUR

JDU 46.6%won by 1.6%RJD 45.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 1.6%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 46.6% of the vote here (+46.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.6% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
12,19,110
Turnout
64.9%
Valid votes
7,91,038
Margin
12,688
1.60%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
RJD
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDURJD swing
+39.8%
JDU share
0.0% 46.6%
RJD share
38.2% 45.0%
Turnout
64.6% 64.9%