Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency

Samastipur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Samastipur
Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1952
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyLok Janshakti Party
Elected year2019

Vidhan Sabha segments

Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

No Name District Member Party 2019 lead
78 Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) Darbhanga Aman Bhushan Hazari JDU LJP
84 Hayaghat Ram Chandra Prasad BJP LJP
131 Kalyanpur (SC) Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari JDU LJP
132 Warisnagar Ashok Kumar JDU LJP
133 Samastipur Akhtarul Islam Sahin RJD LJP
139 Rosera (SC) Birendra Kumar BJP LJP

    Members of Parliament
    Year Name Party
    1952 Satya Narayan Sinha Indian National Congress
    1957
    1962
    1967 Yamuna Prasad Mandal
    1971
    1977 Karpoori Thakur Janata Party
    1978^ Ajit Kumar Mehta
    1980 Janata Party (Secular)
    1984 Ramdeo Rai Indian National Congress
    1989 Manjay Lal Janata Dal
    1991
    1996 Ajit Kumar Mehta
    1998 Rashtriya Janata Dal
    1999 Manjay Lal Janata Dal (United)
    2004 Alok Kumar Mehta Rashtriya Janata Dal
    2009 Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Ram Chandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party
    2019
    2019^ Prince Raj

    ^ by-poll

    General elections
    Bye-elections, 2019: Samastipur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    LJP Prince Raj 3,90,276 49.48 Decrease 5.71
    INC Ashok Kumar 2,88,186 36.54 Increase6.04
    IND Suraj Kumar Das 36,152 4.58 Increase4.58
    NOTA None of the Above 25,694 3.26
    Majority 1,02,090 12.94
    Turnout 7,88,718 46.93 +13.86
    LJP hold Swing

    General election 2019
    2019 Indian general election: Samastipur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    LJP Ram Chandra Paswan[2] 5,62,443 55.19
    INC Ashok Kumar 3,10,800 30.50 -0.03
    NOTA None of the Above 35,417 3.48
    WAP Vidya Nand Ram 29,392 2.88
    IND. Suraj Kumar Das 22,187 2.18
    Majority 2,51,643 24.69
    Turnout 10,19,771 60.74
    LJP hold Swing

    General election 2014
    2014 Indian general election: Samastipur[3][4]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    LJP Ram Chandra Paswan 2,73,654 31.33
    INC Ashok Kumar 2,63,529 30.53
    JD(U) Maheshwar Hazari 2,00,124 23.18
    NOTA None of the Above 29,211 3.38
    JDR Baleshwar Paswan 15,837 1.83
    Majority 10,128 0.80
    Turnout 8,63,211 57.38
    LJP gain from JD(U) Swing

    See also

    References
    1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
    2. Firstpost (2019). "Samastipur Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
    3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    4. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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