SamastipurLok Sabha by-election result, 2019
Prince Raj (LJP) won Samastipur in the 2019 Lok Sabha by-election with 49.5% of the vote, beating Dr. Ashok Kumar (INC) by 1,02,090 votes.
Winner — 2019 by-election
All Candidates
8 candidates + NOTA| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Raj | 3,90,27649.5% | |
| 2 | Dr. Ashok Kumar | 2,88,18636.5% | |
| 3 | Suraj Kumar Das IND | IND | 36,1524.6% |
| — | NOTA NOTA | NOTA | 25,6943.3% |
| 4 | Nirdosh Kumar JAPL | JAPL | 14,8971.9% |
| 5 | Shashi Bhushan Das IND | IND | 13,5731.7% |
| 6 | Anamika IND | IND | 9,1541.2% |
| 7 | Ranju Devi YKP | YKP | 6,4950.8% |
| 8 | Vidya Nand Ram WAP | WAP | 4,2520.5% |
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.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many people voted?
of registered voters
How many parties were really in the race?
LJP, INC and an independent took 91% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.62 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How much NOTA?
of votes went to NOTA, “None of the above”
How often does it back the winner?
How did the vote split?
Samastipur district · 42.6 lakh people · Census 2011
Known for Bamboo Art and Turmeric.
This seat spans 2 districts; the figures below are for Samastipur, its main one.
this districtdashed line = India
Who lives here?
What faith is practised here?
- Hindu89.2%
- Muslim10.6%
- Christian0.1%
- Sikh<0.1%
- Buddhist<0.1%
- Jain<0.1%
- Not stated0.1%
Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet (Census 2011)
Health and family (NFHS-5, 2019–21)
What's nearby?
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STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25Figures for the state as a whole, not for this seat.