Constituency
82. Samastipur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-SAMASTIPUR
JDU 44.4%won by 17.8%LJP 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 17.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 35.9% to 44.4% of the vote here (+8.4%).
- New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.9% between them, down from 86.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 15.8% to 44.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,12,948
Turnout
44.5%
Valid votes
5,84,743
Margin
1,04,376
17.85%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JDU- 1MAHESHWAR HAZARIJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,59,45844.4%
- 2RAM CHANDRA PASWANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,55,08226.5%
- 3DR. ASHOK KUMARIndian National Congress · INC91,65515.7%
- 4SATISH MAHTOIndependent · IND14,6302.5%
- 5JEEBACHH PASWANCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL11,9192.0%
- 6RANDHIR PASWANIndependent · IND10,8061.8%
- 7REKHA KUMARIIndependent · IND10,2701.8%
- 8BINDESHWAR RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,0981.6%
- 9UPENDRA PASWANLTSD · LTSD8,6001.5%
- 10SHIVCHANDRA PASWANIndependent · IND6,7561.2%
- 11RAJA RAM DASIndependent · IND6,4691.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–LJP swing
- −18.1%
- JDU share
- 35.9% → 44.4%
- LJP share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- 60.3% → 44.5%