Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Samastipur (Bihar) was won by Ramchandra Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 251,643 votes over Dr. Ashok Kumar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Samastipur, Bihar, from 1951 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1951–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1951
Satya Narain Sinha
Indian National Congress
63,019
51.3%
Badri Narain Sinha (Samajwadi Party)
24,229 (19.7 pts)
1957
Satya Narayan Sinha
Indian National Congress
89,266
53.5%
Rajendra Narain Sharma (Praja Socialist Party)
42,792 (25.7 pts)
1962
Satya Naryan Sinha
Indian National Congress
82,522
41.5%
Rajendra Mahto (Praja Socialist Party)
21,550 (10.8 pts)
1967
Y. P. Mandal
Indian National Congress
128,148
41.2%
C. L. Rai (Samyukta Socialist Party)
31,672 (10.2 pts)
1971
Yamuna Prasad Mandal
Indian National Congress
166,827
49.1%
Valmiki Prasad Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
75,716 (22.3 pts)
1977
Karpoori Thakur
Bharatiya Lok Dal
401,935
78.2%
Yamuna Prasad Mandal (Indian National Congress)
327,434 (63.7 pts)
1980
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Janata Party (Secular)
236,436
50.3%
K. K. Mandal (Congress (I))
86,524 (18.4 pts)
1984
Ramdeo Rai
Indian National Congress
327,585
57.8%
Karpoori Thakur (LKD)
108,361 (19.1 pts)
1989
Manjai Lal
Janata Dal
451,477
65.0%
Ramdeo Rai (Indian National Congress)
237,681 (34.2 pts)
1991
Manjay Lal
Janata Dal
430,450
61.0%
Baliram Bhagat (Indian National Congress)
239,032 (33.9 pts)
1996
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Janata Dal
400,117
55.1%
Manjay Lal (SAP)
141,934 (19.6 pts)
1998
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Rashtriya Janata Dal
301,099
38.2%
Ashok Singh (SAP)
37,654 (4.8 pts)
1999
Manjay Lal
Janata Dal (United)
368,776
46.6%
Ashok Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
12,688 (1.6 pts)
2004
Alok Kumar Mehta
Rashtriya Janata Dal
437,457
50.6%
Ram Chandra Singh (Janata Dal (United))
126,783 (14.7 pts)
2009
Maheshwar Hazari
Janata Dal (United)
259,458
44.4%
Ram Chandra Paswan (LJP)
104,376 (17.8 pts)
2014
Ram Chandra Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party
270,401
31.3%
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Indian National Congress)
6,872 (0.8 pts)
2019
Ramchandra Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party
562,443
57.2%
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Indian National Congress)
251,643 (25.6 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1951
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satya Narain Sinha
Indian National Congress
63,019
51.3%
Badri Narain Sinha
Samajwadi Party
38,790
31.6%
Ram Prakash Sharma
Independent
14,477
11.8%
Phuleshwar Mukhya
Independent
6,660
5.4%
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satya Narayan Sinha
Indian National Congress
89,266
53.5%
Rajendra Narain Sharma
Praja Socialist Party
46,474
27.9%
Badri Narayan Sinha
Independent
23,122
13.9%
Lakshman Pd. Bhagat
Independent
7,953
4.8%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satya Naryan Sinha
Indian National Congress
82,522
41.5%
Rajendra Mahto
Praja Socialist Party
60,972
30.7%
Ramasray Prasad Choudhary
Swatantra Party
45,411
22.8%
Banarsi Prasad Sha
Socialist Party
9,991
5.0%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Y. P. Mandal
Indian National Congress
128,148
41.2%
C. L. Rai
Samyukta Socialist Party
96,476
31.0%
B. N. Singh
Praja Socialist Party
56,653
18.2%
B. P. Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29,999
9.6%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Yamuna Prasad Mandal
Indian National Congress
166,827
49.1%
Valmiki Prasad Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
91,111
26.8%
Munshilal Roy
Samyukta Socialist Party
73,359
21.6%
Lalit Kumar Singh
PBI
2,842
0.8%
Yadunandan Thakur
Independent
2,118
0.6%
Jwala Prasad Choudhary
Independent
1,422
0.4%
Bhola Nath Choudhary
Independent
943
0.3%
Rampur Prasad Roy
Independent
842
0.2%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Karpoori Thakur
Bharatiya Lok Dal
401,935
78.2%
Yamuna Prasad Mandal
Indian National Congress
74,501
14.5%
Parma Nand Singh 'Madan'
Communist Party of India
29,028
5.6%
Sureshwar Prasad Singh
Independent
8,414
1.6%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Janata Party (Secular)
236,436
50.3%
K. K. Mandal
Congress (I)
149,912
31.9%
Kailashpati Singh
Janata Party
55,245
11.7%
Umadhar Singh
Independent
13,151
2.8%
Kameshwar Prasad Thakur
Independent
3,110
0.7%
Bhikhar Mahto
Independent
2,552
0.5%
Badri Narain Poddar
Independent
2,287
0.5%
Maheshwar Das
Independent
1,831
0.4%
Jagannath Poddar
Independent
1,742
0.4%
Nazir Mian
Independent
1,111
0.2%
Kira Moch
Independent
1,012
0.2%
Mahabir Choubey
Independent
698
0.1%
Bhai Gopal
Independent
662
0.1%
Jagdish Prasad Rai
Independent
473
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramdeo Rai
Indian National Congress
327,585
57.8%
Karpoori Thakur
LKD
219,224
38.7%
Yogendra Prasad Narain Singh
Independent
4,846
0.9%
Baidyanath Mehta
Independent
2,923
0.5%
Rama Shankar Bajpayee
Independent
2,228
0.4%
Srimant Kr. Choudhary
Independent
2,139
0.4%
Ram Bhajan Sharma
Independent
1,946
0.3%
Harihar Prasad Sharma
Independent
1,871
0.3%
Rajeshwar Prasad Mandal
Independent
1,735
0.3%
Nand Lal Sah
Independent
1,642
0.3%
Sahdeo Sahni
Independent
1,006
0.2%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Manjai Lal
Janata Dal
451,477
65.0%
Ramdeo Rai
Indian National Congress
213,796
30.8%
Shiva Shankar Sahni
LKD (B)
8,894
1.3%
Suresh Choudhary
Independent
5,425
0.8%
Jia Ram Singh
Independent
2,424
0.3%
Jogi Rai
DDP
1,516
0.2%
Bhagwat Rai
Independent
1,186
0.2%
Saroj Thakur
Independent
1,085
0.2%
Mahesh Jha
Independent
1,018
0.1%
Sivaram Mahto
Independent
1,009
0.1%
Anil Kumar Sharma
Independent
978
0.1%
Surendra Prassad
Independent
928
0.1%
Shyam Sunder Bhagat
Independent
594
0.1%
Ramparwasji Rai
Independent
587
0.1%
Yogendra Prassad Singh
Independent
569
0.1%
Nagendra Rai Yadav
Independent
563
0.1%
Amir Hassan
Independent
549
0.1%
Tapesvar Rai
Independent
538
0.1%
Shanbhu Singh
Independent
422
0.1%
Shilendar Sah
Independent
419
0.1%
Mahesh Singh
Independent
407
0.1%
Dilip Kumar Sahni
Independent
402
0.1%
Harilal Rai
Independent
177
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Manjay Lal
Janata Dal
430,450
61.0%
Baliram Bhagat
Indian National Congress
191,418
27.1%
Chandra Kant Choudhary
Bharatiya Janata Party
60,344
8.6%
Anil Kumar Gupta
Independent
8,315
1.2%
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Janata Party
6,988
1.0%
Brahadeo Singh
Independent
2,580
0.4%
Upendra Poddar
SOP(L)
1,949
0.3%
Suresh Choudhary
Independent
583
0.1%
Tirthanand Choudhary
Independent
502
0.1%
Turantlal Sahni
LKD
281
0.0%
Rajendra Prasad Singh
Independent
267
0.0%
Ganpat Mahto
DDP
257
0.0%
Vanarsi Thakur
Independent
256
0.0%
Dilip Kumar Sahni
BKUS
241
0.0%
Awadh Sahni
Independent
187
0.0%
Kalpu Paswan
Independent
175
0.0%
Yogendra Prasad Singh
Independent
156
0.0%
Anandlal Singh
Independent
143
0.0%
Vidyasagar Gupta
Independent
136
0.0%
Raj Narayan Mishra
Independent
125
0.0%
Dharmakant Thakur
Independent
97
0.0%
Ramnarayan Singh
Independent
88
0.0%
Ramvilash Mahto
Independent
86
0.0%
Parmanand Mishra
Independent
80
0.0%
Ramakant Pathak
Independent
57
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Janata Dal
400,117
55.1%
Manjay Lal
SAP
258,183
35.6%
Ram Lakhan Mahto
Indian National Congress
37,900
5.2%
Anil Kumar Sharma
Independent
4,823
0.7%
Jai Narain Sharma
Independent
4,156
0.6%
Deb Narain Rai
Independent
3,503
0.5%
Ram Chandra Rai
Independent
1,923
0.3%
Awadh Sahni
Independent
1,583
0.2%
Deo Kant Rai
Independent
1,223
0.2%
Kedar Nath Lal
ABJS
1,205
0.2%
Anil Kumar Rai
Independent
1,103
0.2%
Dilip Kumar Sahni
Independent
1,081
0.1%
Turant Lal Sahni
Independent
877
0.1%
Ram Sakal Sah
Independent
836
0.1%
Md. Ajim
Independent
798
0.1%
Md. Nijam
Independent
719
0.1%
Ram Jiwan Singh
Independent
665
0.1%
Murari Prasad Singh
Independent
657
0.1%
Vijay Kumar
AIIC(T)
627
0.1%
Madho Mahto
Independent
536
0.1%
Pawan Kumar Jha
Independent
528
0.1%
Nalin Bilochan Sahai
Independent
474
0.1%
Anil Kumar Tiwari
Independent
425
0.1%
Chandra Bhanu Mehta
Independent
393
0.1%
Lalit Kumar Singh
PSSS
303
0.0%
Ajay Kumar Bulganin
Independent
290
0.0%
Jai Kishore Pd. Singh
Independent
257
0.0%
Binda Rai
Independent
198
0.0%
Yogendra Pd. Narain Singh
Independent
154
0.0%
Akalu Sada
Independent
138
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ajit Kumar Mehta
Rashtriya Janata Dal
301,099
38.2%
Ashok Singh
SAP
263,445
33.5%
Chandradeo Roy
Janata Dal
93,831
11.9%
Ram Deo Verma
CPI (Marxist)
71,371
9.1%
Ajai Kumar Bulganin
Samajwadi Party
36,710
4.7%
Jai Narayan Sharma
Independent
7,385
0.9%
Sures Choudhary
LSWP
3,850
0.5%
Vijay Kumar Jha
Janata Party
2,691
0.3%
Bhola Prasad Sharma
Independent
2,124
0.3%
Ramanuj Singh
Shiv Sena
1,841
0.2%
Ram Sagar Paswan
Independent
1,728
0.2%
Ram Narayan Paswan
Independent
1,467
0.2%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Manjay Lal
Janata Dal (United)
368,776
46.6%
Ashok Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
356,088
45.0%
Ram Japit Rai
Independent
17,602
2.2%
Vinod Chaudhary
CPI (ML) Liberation
16,724
2.1%
Gajendra Prasad Himanshu
LS
14,253
1.8%
Ram Roop Prasad Roy
Independent
4,436
0.6%
Jainarain Sharma
LSWP
4,293
0.5%
Indrajit Ram
Independent
2,806
0.4%
Sitaram Pandey
AJBP
2,451
0.3%
Kailash Paswan
Independent
2,052
0.3%
Renuka Sharma
Nationalist Congress Party
1,557
0.2%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alok Kumar Mehta
Rashtriya Janata Dal
437,457
50.6%
Ram Chandra Singh
Janata Dal (United)
310,674
35.9%
Sheel Kumar Roy
Independent
60,191
7.0%
Ramchandra Mahto
Communist Party of India
17,647
2.0%
Shyam Narayan Roy
Independent
11,344
1.3%
Surendra Prasad
CPI (ML) Liberation
7,134
0.8%
Biresh Chaudhary
Independent
4,731
0.5%
Ramprit Thakur
Independent
4,233
0.5%
Saiydul Zafar Ansari
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,884
0.4%
Dewaki Sah
Independent
1,901
0.2%
Rajendra Prasad Yadav
Samajwadi Party
1,894
0.2%
Rama Shankar Ram
Independent
1,840
0.2%
Arun Kumar Thakur
Independent
1,816
0.2%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Maheshwar Hazari
Janata Dal (United)
259,458
44.4%
Ram Chandra Paswan
LJP
155,082
26.5%
Dr. Ashok Kumar
Indian National Congress
91,655
15.7%
Satish Mahto
Independent
14,630
2.5%
Jeebachh Paswan
CPI (ML) Liberation
11,919
2.0%
Randhir Paswan
Independent
10,806
1.8%
Rekha Kumari
Independent
10,270
1.8%
Bindeshwar Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,098
1.6%
Upendra Paswan
LTSD
8,600
1.5%
Shivchandra Paswan
Independent
6,756
1.2%
Raja Ram Das
Independent
6,469
1.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Chandra Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party
270,401
31.3%
Dr. Ashok Kumar
Indian National Congress
263,529
30.5%
Maheshwar Hazari
Janata Dal (United)
200,124
23.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
29,211
3.4%
Baleshwar Paswan
JDR
15,837
1.8%
Mithilesh Kumar Rajak
Independent
13,504
1.6%
Ram Chandra Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,813
1.5%
Shatrudhan Kumar Paswan
RKSP
12,322
1.4%
Vijay Kumar Ram
RVP
11,813
1.4%
Ganesh Kumar
Aam Aadmi Party
9,954
1.2%
Lal Bahadur Sada
CPI (ML) Liberation
9,665
1.1%
Amit Kumar
SJP(R)
7,423
0.9%
Ashok Paswan
BMP
6,603
0.8%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramchandra Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party
562,443
57.2%
Dr. Ashok Kumar
Indian National Congress
310,800
31.6%
Vidya Nand Ram
WAP
29,392
3.0%
Suraj Kumar Das
Independent
22,187
2.3%
Asha Devi
AAM
14,114
1.4%
Mantesh Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,718
1.2%
Vijay Kumar Ram
VSP
10,512
1.1%
Pinku Paswan
YKP
6,309
0.6%
Raj Kumar Ram
BMF
5,524
0.6%
Lalo Paswan
VPI
5,467
0.6%
Ratan Bihari
JAP
5,142
0.5%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Samastipur has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Samastipur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Ramchandra Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party) won Samastipur, Bihar, in 2019 with 562,443 votes (57.2%), a margin of 251,643 votes over Dr. Ashok Kumar.
Which parties have won Samastipur since 1951?
Since 1951, Samastipur has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Party (Secular), Lok Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Samastipur?
The closest result on record for Samastipur was 2014, when Lok Janshakti Party beat Indian National Congress by just 6,872 votes (0.8 percentage points).