{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency |name = Samastipur |type= SLA | map_image = 133-Samastipur constituency.svg | map_caption = | map_alt = |mla = Ashwamedh Devi | party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | latest_election_year = 2025 <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--> |region = |state = Bihar |district = Samastipur |division = | loksabha_cons = Samastipur |constituency_no = 133 |established = 1957 | electors = 275,257 |abolished = <!-- year abolished --> }} '''Samastipur''' Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

==Overview== As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 133 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Samastipur municipality, Samastipur community development block; and Shahpur Baghauni, Bherokhara, Tajpur, Adharpur and Baghi gram panchayats of Tajpur CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Samastipur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election2043">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/36-seats-in-bihar-to-have-electronic-voting-machines-with-paper-trail-facility-1204308|title=36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility}}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/poll-bound-bihar-to-get-36-evms-with-paper-trail-facility/|title=Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility|date=5 August 2015}}</ref>

Samastipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Name ! colspan="2" |Party |- | rowspan="2" |1957 |Yadunandan Sahay{{Efn|Samastipur West}} | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} |- |Sahdeo Mahato{{Efn|Samastipur East}} |- | rowspan="2" |1962 |Tej Narain Ishwar{{Efn|Samastipur West}} |- |Sahdeo Mahato{{Efn|Samastipur East}} |- |1967 | rowspan="2" |Rajendra Narain Sharma | {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party|rowspan=2}} |- |1969 |- |1972 |Sahdeo Mahato |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (O)}} |- |1977 |Chandra Shekhar Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |1980 |Karpoori Thakur |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}} |- |1985 | rowspan="3" |Ashok Singh |{{Full party name with color|Lokdal}} |- |1990 | rowspan="2" style="background-color :{{party color|Janata Dal}}" | | rowspan="2" |Janata Dal |- |1995 |- |2000 | rowspan="3" |Ram Nath Thakur | {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}} |- |2005 |- |2005 |- |2010 | rowspan="3" |Akhtarul Islam Sahin | {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=3}} |- |2015 |- |2020 |} ^by-election {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

== Election results == === 2025 === {{Election box begin | title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Samastipur<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Janata Dal (United) |candidate = Ashwamedh Devi |votes = {{formatnum:95728}} |percentage = 48.14 |change = +9.77 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Akhtarul Islam Sahin |votes = {{formatnum:81853}} |percentage = 41.16 |change = -0.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Chetna Jhamb |votes = {{formatnum:6193}} |percentage = 3.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jan Suraaj Party |candidate = Manoj Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:4938}} |percentage = 2.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:4527}} |percentage = 2.28 |change = +1.17 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:13875}} |percentage = 6.98 |change = +4.14 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:198865}} |percentage = 72.25 |change = +12.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = Janata Dal (United) |loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 === {{Election box begin | title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Samastipur<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Akhtarul Islam Sahin |votes = {{formatnum:68507}} |percentage = 41.21 |change = {{decrease}}13.35 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Janata Dal (United) |candidate = Ashwamedh Devi |votes = {{formatnum:63793}} |percentage = 38.37 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Lok Janshakti Party |candidate = Mahendra Pradhan |votes = {{formatnum:12074}} |percentage = 7.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Avinash Kumar |votes = {{formatnum:4053}} |percentage = 2.44 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Janata Party |candidate = Haroon Gauhar |votes = {{formatnum:2673}} |percentage = 1.61 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Nitesh Kumar Sinha |votes = {{formatnum:2120}} |percentage = 1.28 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1837}} |percentage = 1.11 |change = {{increase}}0.4 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:4714}} |percentage = 2.84 |change = {{decrease}}17.71 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:166240}} |percentage = 59.55 |change = {{decrease}}1.74 }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2015 === {{Election box begin | title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Samastipur<ref name="election2015"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Akhtarul Islam Sahin |votes = {{formatnum:82508}} |percentage = 54.56 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Renu Kumari |votes = {{formatnum:51428}} |percentage = 34.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Jitandar Chaudhary |votes = {{formatnum:3054}} |percentage = 2.02 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Ranjan Kishore Sharma |votes = {{formatnum:2131}} |percentage = 1.41 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Shiv Sena |candidate = Subhash Prasad Singh |votes = {{formatnum:1872}} |percentage = 1.24 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Avadhesh Kumar |votes = {{formatnum:1780}} |percentage = 1.18 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1070}} |percentage = 0.71 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:31080}} |percentage = 20.55 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:151218}} |percentage = 61.29 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1967=== * R. N. Sharma (SSP): 20,976 votes<ref name="election1967">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967}}</ref> * S. Mahto (INC): 17,038 votes<ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/samastipur.php |title =Samastipur Election Results since 1977| publisher = Travel India Guide|access-date = 2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref name="election1977-1">{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp95.htm |title = 95 - Samastipur Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-03-30 }}</ref><ref name="election1957">{{Cite web |title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957 |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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