Lok Sabha · BR-17

Samastipur

1998

AJIT KUMAR MEHTA

RJDRJD

Margin37,6544.8%

Winner votes3,01,09938.2%

ReservationGEN

RJDSAPJDCPMSP

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	AJIT KUMAR MEHTA RJD	3,01,099	38.2%
2	ASHOK SINGH SAP	2,63,445	33.5%
3	CHANDRADEO ROY JD	93,831	11.9%
4	RAM DEO VERMA CPM	71,371	9.1%
5	AJAI KUMAR BULGANIN SP	36,710	4.7%
6	JAI NARAYAN SHARMA IND	7,385	0.9%
7	SURES CHOUDHARY LSWP	3,850	0.5%
8	VIJAY KUMAR JHA JP	2,691	0.3%
9	BHOLA PRASAD SHARMA IND	2,124	0.3%
10	RAMANUJ SINGH SHS	1,841	0.2%
11	RAM SAGAR PASWAN IND	1,728	0.2%
12	RAM NARAYAN PASWAN IND	1,467	0.2%

Turnout65.7%Votes cast8,01,116Electors12,18,831

1999

Manjay Lal

JD(U)NDA (NDA)

Margin12,6881.6%

Winner votes3,68,77646.6%

ReservationGEN

JD(U)RJDINDCPI(ML)(L)LS

#	Candidate	Votes	Share
	Manjay Lal JD(U)	3,68,776	46.6%
2	Ashok Singh RJD	3,56,088	45.0%
3	Ram Japit Rai IND	17,602	2.2%
4	Vinod Chaudhary CPI(ML)(L)	16,724	2.1%
5	Gajendra Prasad Himanshu LS	14,253	1.8%
6	Ram Roop Prasad Roy IND	4,436	0.6%
7	Jainarain Sharma LSWP	4,293	0.5%
8	Indrajit Ram IND	2,806	0.3%
9	Sitaram Pandey AJBP	2,451	0.3%
10	Kailash Paswan IND	2,052	0.3%
11	Renuka Sharma NCP	1,557	0.2%

Turnout65.7%Votes cast8,01,021Electors12,19,110

Winner held by2 different parties

Winner flipped1 time

Marginnarrowing

Turnoutfalling

Candidates12 → 11

Margin range12,688 – 37,654

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