Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency

Samastipur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. In the Legislative Assembly segment of this Lok Sabha constituency, Kushwaha, and Yadav caste are dominant, however, due to preponderance of other caste groups, Extremely Backward Castes and Schedule Castes also determine the election results.^[1]

Samastipur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Kusheshwar Asthan Hayaghat Kalyanpur Warisnagar Samastipur Rosera
Established	1952
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Shambhavi Choudhary D/O: Ashok Choudhary
Party	LJP(RV)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Prince Raj

Vidhan Sabha segments

Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
78	Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)	Darbhanga	Aman Bhushan Hazari		JDU		LJP(RV)
84	Hayaghat		Ram Chandra Prasad		BJP		LJP(RV)
131	Kalyanpur (SC)	Samastipur	Maheshwar Hazari		JDU		LJP(RV)
132	Warisnagar		Ashok Kumar		JDU		LJP(RV)
133	Samastipur		Akhtarul Islam Sahin		RJD		LJP(RV)
139	Rosera (SC)		Birendra Kumar		BJP		LJP(RV)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Satya Narayan Sinha		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Yamuna Prasad Mandal
1971
1977	Karpoori Thakur		Janata Party
1978^	Ajit Kumar Mehta
1980			Janata Party (Secular)
1984	Ramdeo Rai		Indian National Congress
1989	Manjay Lal		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Ajit Kumar Mehta
1998			Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Manjay Lal		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Alok Kumar Mehta		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Maheshwar Hazari		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Ram Chandra Paswan		Lok Janshakti Party
2019
2019^	Prince Raj
2024	Shambhavi Choudhary		Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

^ by-poll

Result

2024

2024 Indian general election: Samastipur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP(RV)	Shambhavi Choudhary	579,786	52.97
	INC	Sunny Hazari	3,92,535	35.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	32,668	2.98
	BSP	Ram Lakhan Mahto	12,732	1.16
Majority			1,87,251	17.11
Turnout			10,95,866	60.21
	LJP(RV) gain from LJP		Swing

2019 By-election

Bye-elections, 2019: Samastipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Prince Raj	390,276	49.48	5.71
	INC	Ashok Kumar	2,88,186	36.54	6.04
	IND	Suraj Kumar Das	36,152	4.58	4.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	25,694	3.26
Majority			1,02,090	12.94
Turnout			7,88,718	46.93	−13.86
	LJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Samastipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Ram Chandra Paswan[4]	562,443	55.19
	INC	Ashok Kumar	3,10,800	30.50	−0.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	35,417	3.48
	WAP	Vidya Nand Ram	29,392	2.88
	IND.	Suraj Kumar Das	22,187	2.18
Majority			2,51,643	24.69
Turnout			10,19,771	60.74
	LJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Samastipur^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Ram Chandra Paswan	2,73,654	31.33
	INC	Ashok Kumar	2,63,529	30.53
	JD(U)	Maheshwar Hazari	2,00,124	23.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	29,211	3.38
	JDR	Baleshwar Paswan	15,837	1.83
Majority			10,128	0.80
Turnout			8,63,211	57.38
	LJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Samastipur district