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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2004

Samastipur

Parliamentary constituency 17 (SC) · Bihar

State boardBihar 2004

[01]Result · 2004

#17 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants13Candidate lines
Electors14,33,793
Votes polled8,64,688
Turnout60.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAlok Kumar MehtaRashtriya Janata Dal4,37,45750.6% of votes
MARGIN1,26,783 votes · 14.7 pp4,37,457 − 3,10,674
Runner-upRam Chandra Singh Janata Dal (United)3,10,67435.9% of votes
RJD 58.5% of top-two votesJD(U) 41.5%

All candidates 13

  1. 01 Alok Kumar MehtaRJD4,37,457 50.6%
  2. 02 Ram Chandra SinghJD(U)3,10,674 35.9%
  3. 03 Sheel Kumar RoyIND60,191 7.0%
  4. 04 Ramchandra MahtoCPI17,647 2.0%
  5. 05 Shyam Narayan RoyIND11,344 1.3%
  6. 06 Surendra PrasadCPI(ML)L7,134 0.8%
  7. 07 Biresh ChaudharyIND4,731 0.5%
  8. 08 Ramprit ThakurIND4,233 0.5%
  9. 09 Saiydul Zafar AnsariBSP3,884 0.4%
  10. 10 Dewaki SahIND1,901 0.2%
  11. 11 Rajendra Prasad YadavSP1,894 0.2%
  12. 12 Rama Shankar RamIND1,840 0.2%
  13. 13 Arun Kumar ThakurIND1,816 0.2%

Turnout 60.3%

025507510060.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 57.6%
Male 7.62 lakh53.2% Female 6.71 lakh46.8%

Share of 14,33,793 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males881
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 40 seats, 200457.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 8,64,746Residual 58

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    12.0 pp
    Dr. Alok Kumar SumanJanata Dal (United)
  2. 2019
    27.9 pp
    Dr. Alok Kumar SumanJanata Dal (United)
  3. 2014
    31.8 pp
    Janak RamBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    8.4 pp
    Purnmasi RamJanata Dal (United)
  5. 2004
    14.7 pp
    Alok Kumar MehtaRashtriya Janata Dal
  6. 1999
    1.6 pp
    Manjay LalJanata Dal (United)
  7. 1998
    4.8 pp
    Ajit Kumar MehtaRashtriya Janata Dal
  8. 1996
    19.6 pp
    Ajit Kumar MehtaJanata Dal
  9. 1991
    33.9 pp
    Manjay LalJanata Dal
  10. 1989
    34.2 pp
    Manjai LalJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    19.1 pp
    Ramdeo RaiIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    18.4 pp
    Ajit Kumar MehtaJanta Party (SECULAR)
  13. 1978
    5.3 pp
    A.K.MehtaJanata Party
  14. 1977
    63.7 pp
    Karpoori ThakurBharatiya Lok Dal
  15. 1971
    13.1 pp
    Ram Bhagat PaswanIndian National Congress
  16. 1967
    4.1 pp
    K. PaswanSikkim Sangram Parishad
  17. 1962
    31.2 pp
    Shree Narayan DasIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 63.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 86.5% of votes; the other 11 candidates 13.5% between them.

    (4,37,457 + 3,10,674) ÷ 8,64,688 = 86.5% · 1,16,615 ÷ 8,64,688 = 13.5%

  2. Turnout of 60.3% was 2.7 pp above the state's median seat (57.6%).

    60.3 − 57.6 = +2.7

  3. The margin widened from 1.6 pp in 1999 to 14.7 pp.

    14.7 − 1.6 = +13.1 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: JD(U) in 1999, RJD in 2004.

    1999 JD(U) · 2004 RJD

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines8,64,746
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,64,688
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 58

Candidate votes miss the published total by 58, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2004 · Bihar · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 40 seats on the Bihar Lok Sabha 2004 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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