Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency

Samastipur
Samastipur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) ; Hayaghat ; Kalyanpur (SC) ; Warisnagar ; Samastipur ; Rosera (SC)
Established	1952
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Shambhavi Choudhary; D/O: Ashok Choudhary
Party	LJP(RV)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Prince Raj

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.^[1]

Vidhan Sabha segments

Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
78	Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)	Darbhanga	Aman Bhushan Hazari	JDU	LJP(RV)
84	Hayaghat	Darbhanga	Ram Chandra Prasad	BJP	LJP(RV)
131	Kalyanpur (SC)	Samastipur	Maheshwar Hazari	JDU	LJP(RV)
132	Warisnagar		Ashok Kumar	JDU	LJP(RV)
133	Samastipur		Akhtarul Islam Sahin	RJD	LJP(RV)
139	Rosera (SC)		Birendra Kumar	BJP	LJP(RV)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952	Satya Narayan Sinha	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Yamuna Prasad Mandal
1971	Yamuna Prasad Mandal
1977	Karpoori Thakur	Janata Party
1978^	Ajit Kumar Mehta	Janata Party
1980	Ajit Kumar Mehta	Janata Party (Secular)
1984	Ramdeo Rai	Indian National Congress
1989	Manjay Lal	Janata Dal
1991	Manjay Lal
1996	Ajit Kumar Mehta
1998	Ajit Kumar Mehta	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	Ram Chandra Paswan
2019^	Prince Raj
2024	Shambhavi Choudhary	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

^ by-poll

Result

2024

2024 Indian general election: Samastipur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LJP(RV)	Shambhavi Choudhary	579,786	52.97
	INC	Sunny Hazari	3,92,535	35.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	32,668	2.98
	BSP	Ram Lakhan Mahto	12,732	1.16
Majority			1,87,251	17.11
Turnout			10,94,592	60.11
	LJP(RV) gain from LJP		Swing

2019 By-election

Bye-elections, 2019: Samastipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Prince Raj	390,276	49.48	5.71
	INC	Ashok Kumar	2,88,186	36.54	6.04
	IND	Suraj Kumar Das	36,152	4.58	4.58
	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^[4]	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^[5]^[6]
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

References

^ "समस्तीपुर लोकसभा सीट समीकरण: रामचंद्र पासवान के बाद प्रिंस राज जीते". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "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.
^ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Samastipur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Firstpost (2019). "Samastipur Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "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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[1] "समस्तीपुर लोकसभा सीट समीकरण: रामचंद्र पासवान के बाद प्रिंस राज जीते". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[2] "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.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Samastipur-3] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Samastipur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[Samastipur_Elections_2019-4] Firstpost (2019). "Samastipur Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[5] "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[web-arch-turnout-6] "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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