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Bihar · PC 17 · 1996

Samastipur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

AJIT KUMAR MEHTA
JD· United Front
JD 54.4%SAP 35.1%28 others 10.5%
Votes
4,00,117
55.1% share
Winning margin
1,41,934
19.6% of votes
Total votes cast
7,35,266
Candidates
30
Seat history

All Candidates

30 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT KUMAR MEHTA
4,00,11755.1%
2
MANJAY LAL
2,58,18335.6%
3
RAM LAKHAN MAHTO
37,9005.2%
4
ANIL KUMAR SHARMA
IND
4,8230.7%
5
JAI NARAIN SHARMA
IND
4,1560.6%
6
DEB NARAIN RAI
IND
3,5030.5%
7
RAM CHANDRA RAI
IND
1,9230.3%
8
AWADH SAHNI
IND
1,5830.2%
9
DEO KANT RAI
IND
1,2230.2%
10
KEDAR NATH LAL
ABJS
1,2050.2%
11
ANIL KUMAR RAI
IND
1,1030.1%
12
DILIP KUMAR SAHNI
IND
1,0810.1%
13
TURANT LAL SAHNI
IND
8770.1%
14
RAM SAKAL SAH
IND
8360.1%
15
MD. AJIM
IND
7980.1%
16
MD. NIJAM
IND
7190.1%
17
RAM JIWAN SINGH
IND
6650.1%
18
MURARI PRASAD SINGH
IND
6570.1%
19
VIJAY KUMAR
AIIC(T)
6270.1%
20
MADHO MAHTO
IND
5360.1%
21
PAWAN KUMAR JHA
IND
5280.1%
22
NALIN BILOCHAN SAHAI
IND
4740.1%
23
ANIL KUMAR TIWARI
IND
4250.1%
24
CHANDRA BHANU MEHTA
IND
3930.1%
25
LALIT KUMAR SINGH
PSSS
3030.0%
26
AJAY KUMAR BULGANIN
IND
2900.0%
27
JAI KISHORE PD. SINGH
IND
2570.0%
28
BINDA RAI
IND
1980.0%
29
YOGENDRA PD. NARAIN SINGH
IND
1540.0%
30
AKALU SADA
IND
1380.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (32nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 1.6% · max 63.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
32nd of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
4.0%
lowerhigher
1st of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 55.1%SAP 35.6%INC 5.2%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,62,012
Density
1260 / km²
Sex ratio
1021 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,033 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.7%Muslim 17.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.9%
Electricity16.5%
Sanitation20.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.9%
Children fully vaccinated75.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.8%
Women literate63.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance12.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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