Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Assembly segments

Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

1. Kusheshwar Asthan
2. Hayaghat
3. Kalyanpur
4. Warisnagar
5. Samastipur
6. Rosera

Members of Parliament

• 1962: Yamuna Prasad Mandal, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Yamuna Prasad Mandal, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Yamuna Prasad Mandal, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Karpoori Thakur, Janata Party
• 1980: Ajitkumar Mehta Kushwaha, Janata Party (S)
• 1984: Ramdeo Rai, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Manjay Lal Kushwaha, Janata Dal
• 1991: Manjay Lal Kushwaha, Janata Dal
• 1996: Ajitkumar Mehta Kushwaha, Janata Dal
• 1998: Ajitkumar Mehta Kushwaha, Rashtriya Janata Dal
• 1999: Manjay Lal Kushwaha, Janata Dal (United)
• 2004: Alok Kumar Mehta, Rashtriya Janata Dal
• 2009: Maheshwar Hazari, Janata Dal (United)
• 2014: Ram Chandra Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party.

General elections 2014

General Election, 2014^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	LJP	Ram Chandra Paswan	2,73,654	31.33
	JD(U)	Maheshwar Hazari	2,00,124	23.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	29,211	3.38
Majority
Turnout			8,63,199	57.38
	Swing to LJP from JD(U)		Swing

See also

• Samastipur district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "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 2011-11-01.
2. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
3. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.