Samastipur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Samastipur Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 60.54%. There are 15,04,451 voters of which 8,02,420 are male and 7,02,007 are female and 24 voters of the third gender.
Ram Chandra Paswan of LJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating INC. LJP polled 2,70,401 of the total of 8,63,199 votes polled. JDU won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Samastipur goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 57.38%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 23 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 15,04,451 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,02,420 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,02,007 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | LJP | JDU |
| Turnout % | 57.38% | 44.54% |
| Margin of Victory | 6,872 | 1,04,376 |
| Margin of Victory % | 0.8% | 17.85% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | LJP | JDU |
| Turnout % | 57.38% | 44.54% |
| Margin of Victory | 6,872 | 1,04,376 |
| Margin of Victory % | 0.8% | 17.85% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| LJP | 562443 | 55.19% | Ramchandra PaswanWinner |
| INC | 310800 | 30.50% | Dr. Ashok Kumar |
| NOTA | 35417 | 3.48% | Nota |
| WAP | 29392 | 2.88% | Vidya Nand Ram |
| IND | 22187 | 2.18% | Suraj Kumar Das |
| AAM | 14114 | 1.39% | Asha Devi |
| BSP | 11718 | 1.15% | Mantesh Kumar |
| VSP | 10512 | 1.03% | Vijay Kumar Ram |
| YKP | 6309 | 0.62% | Pinku Paswan |
| BMF | 5524 | 0.54% | Raj Kumar Ram |
| VPI | 5467 | 0.54% | Lalo Paswan |
| JAP | 5142 | 0.50% | Ratan Bihari |
