Son and daughter of two ministers of Bihar government are face to face
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Samastipur parliamentary constituency is one of the hot seats of Bihar. The son and daughter of two ministers of Bihar government are facing each other on this seat. LJP Ram Vilas’ candidate from NDA, Shambhavi, daughter of Bihar government minister Ashok Chaudhary, is in the fray. Whereas the Congress candidate from the India Alliance is Sunny Hazari, son of Maheshwar Hazari, a minister in the Bihar government. For this reason, the entire country is keeping an eye on this seat. However, 12 candidates are in the fray from this parliamentary constituency.
Apart from Samastipur, Kalyanpur, Warisnagar, Rosra, Hayaghat and Kusheshwarsthan Legislative Assembly come in this parliamentary constituency. There are 17.48 lakh voters in this area. The people of this area are suffering from the problem of floods. The people of the area mostly live abroad. Jam is the biggest issue at Bhola Talkies in the city. The people of the city have been demanding a road overbridge here for two decades. But the bridge has not been constructed yet. However, this did not become an election issue. The issue of external versus local dominates here.
Parliamentary constituencies at a glance
Vegetables and spices are cultivated on a large scale in the agricultural Samastipur district. According to caste equation, population of Kushwaha and Yadav castes is more in Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency. However, the number of forward castes, scheduled castes and Muslims is also not less. Apart from this, extremely backward voters also seriously influence the elections. Leaders of all political parties keep an eye on them. Everyone keeps finding ways to overcome them. Apart from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, there is Hasanpur Sugar Mill and Kalyanpur Rameshwar Jute Mill in the name of industry in this area. The sugar mill runs regularly, but the jute mill is sometimes closed and sometimes runs. At the same time, other industries are now completely closed. After this no new factory was opened in Samastipur. Flood is the biggest problem in the Lok Sabha constituency surrounded by rivers Budhi Gandak, Bagmati, Ganga, Kosi, Kamla and Balan. However, this never became an election issue. Leaders kept winning elections on central issues.
Analysis of voters in Samastipur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency
As per 2011 census, total voters in Samastipur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency is 17,48,865. Of these, the number of SC voters is approximately 341,029. This is approximately 19.5 percent of the total voters. In Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency, upper castes are 16 percent and Yadavs are around 11 percent. At the same time, there are only 0.1 percent ST voters. Their population is approximately 1,749. The number of Muslim voters is about 12.6 percent i.e. 220,482. At the same time, the number of rural voters is approximately 16,63,171 i.e. approximately 95.1 percent. At the same time, the number of urban voters is about 85,694 i.e. about 4.9 percent. There are currently 2,517 booths in the Lok Sabha constituency. In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, 60.9 percent voting was recorded here.