Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar

Samastipur

Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| Bihar
Established| 1952
Reservation| SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Prince Raj

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.[1]

## Vidhan Sabha segments[edit]

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

#  | Name  | District  | Member  | Party  | 2019 lead

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Bye-elections, 2019: Samastipur  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| LJP | Prince Raj | 3,90,276  | 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[edit]

2019 Indian general election: Samastipur Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| LJP | Ram Chandra Paswan[3] | 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[edit]

2014 Indian general election: Samastipur[4][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| 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[edit]

* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
* Samastipur district

## References[edit]

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.
3. ^ Firstpost (2019). "Samastipur Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
4. ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
5. ^ "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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* Bagaha
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Darbhanga division topics

General|

* Floods in Bihar
* 2008 Bihar flood
* 2007 Bihar flood
* Madhubani art
* Raj Darbhanga
* Videha

Districts|

* Darbhanga
* Madhubani
* Samastipur

Rivers|

* Kamala
* Koshi

Transport|

* NH 28
* NH 103

Railway stations|

* Darbhanga
* Laheriasarai
* Laukaha Bazar

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Darbhanga
* Jhanjharpur
* Madhubani
* Samastipur
* Ujiarpur
* Rosera (now defunct)

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

| Madhubani|

* Harlakhi
* Benipatti
* Khajauli
* Babubarhi
* Bisfi
* Madhubani
* Rajnagar
* Jhanjharpur
* Phulparas
* Laukaha

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Darbhanga|

* Kusheshwar Asthan
* Gaura Bauram
* Benipur
* Alinagar
* Darbhanga Rural
* Darbhanga
* Hayaghat
* Bahadurpur
* Keoti
* Jale

Samastipur|

* Kalyanpur
* Warisnagar
* Samastipur
* Ujiarpur
* Morwa
* Sarairanjan
* Mohiuddinnagar
* Bibhutipur
* Rosera
* Hasanpur

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Pandaul
* Manigachhi
* Bahera
* Ghanshyampur
* Baheri
* Dalsinghsarai
* Singhia

See also|

* Cities and towns in Darbhanga Division
* Villages in Madhubani district
* Villages in Darbhanga district
* Villages in Samastipur district
* Mithila
* Bihar topics
* Maharajas of Dharbhanga

Other Divisions|

* Bhagalpur
* Kosi
* Magadh
* Munger
* Patna
* Purnia
* Saran
* Tirhut

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