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76. Samastipur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-SAMASTIPUR

RJD 50.6%won by 14.7%JDU 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (United) (JDU) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 14.7%.

  • RJD vote shareRJD went from 45.0% to 50.6% of the vote here (+5.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 91.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 60.3%.

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

Electorate
14,33,793
Turnout
60.3%
Valid votes
8,64,746
Margin
1,26,783
14.66%

Candidates

13 contested · winner RJD
  1. 1ALOK KUMAR MEHTARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4,37,45750.6%
  2. 2RAM CHANDRA SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,10,67435.9%
  3. 3SHEEL KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND60,1917.0%
  4. 4RAMCHANDRA MAHTOCommunist Party of India · CPI17,6472.0%
  5. 5SHYAM NARAYAN ROYIndependent · IND11,3441.3%
  6. 6SURENDRA PRASADCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7,1340.8%
  7. 7BIRESH CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND4,7310.5%
  8. 8RAMPRIT THAKURIndependent · IND4,2330.5%
  9. 9SAIYDUL ZAFAR ANSARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,8840.4%
  10. 10DEWAKI SAHIndependent · IND1,9010.2%
  11. 11RAJENDRA PRASAD YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP1,8940.2%
  12. 12RAMA SHANKAR RAMIndependent · IND1,8400.2%
  13. 13ARUN KUMAR THAKURIndependent · IND1,8160.2%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
RJDflipped
RJD–JDU swing
+16.3%
RJD share
45.0% → 50.6%
JDU share
46.6% → 35.9%
Turnout
64.9% → 60.3%
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