Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency

Samastipur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Established 1952
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Elected year 2019

Samastipur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. In the Legislative Assembly segment of this Lok Sabha constituency, Kushwaha and Yadav caste are dominant, however, due to preponderance of other caste groups, Extremely Backward Castes and Schedule Castes also determine the election results.

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
78 Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) Darbhanga Aman Bhushan Hazari Janata Dal Lok Janshakti Party
84 Hayaghat Ram Chandra Prasad BJP Lok Janshakti Party
131 Kalyanpur (SC) Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal Lok Janshakti Party
132 Warisnagar Ashok Kumar Janata Dal Lok Janshakti Party
133 Samastipur Akhtarul Islam Sahin Rashtriya Janata Dal Lok Janshakti Party
139 Rosera (SC) Birendra Kumar BJP Lok Janshakti Party

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
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
2004 Alok Kumar Mehta Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal
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

2019

2019 Indian general election: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Ram Chandra Paswan 562,443 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Ram Chandra Paswan 2,73,654 31.33
INC Ashok Kumar 2,63,529 30.53
Janata Dal (United) 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 Janata Dal (United) Swing

See also