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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Bhagalpur
| state = [[Bihar]]
| established = 1951
| assembly_cons = * [[Bihpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bihpur]]
* [[Gopalpur, Bihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gopalpur]]
* [[Pirpainti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pirpainti]]
* [[Kahalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kahalgaon]]
* [[Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
* [[Nathnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nathnagar]]
| incumbent_image = File:Ajay Kumar Mandal.jpg
| mp = [[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
|alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = 2019
| preceded_by = [[Shailesh Kumar Mandal]]
}}

'''Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Bhagalpur]] in [[Bihar]] state in eastern [[India]].

== Vidhan Sabha segments ==
Presently, Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:

{|class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
!colspan="2"| Party
!colspan="2"| 2024 lead
|-
|152
|[[Bihpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bihpur]]
|rowspan="6"| [[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]]
|Kumar Shailendra
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|rowspan=4}}
|-
|153
|[[Gopalpur, Bihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gopalpur]]
|[[Shailesh Kumar Mandal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|154
|[[Pirpainti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pirpainti]]
|Murari Pasawan
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]

|-
|155
|[[Kahalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kahalgaon]]
|Shubhanand Mukesh
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]

|-
|156
|[[Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
|Rohit Pandey
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|158
|[[Nathnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nathnagar]]
|Mithun Kumar Yadav
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)}}" |
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)|LJP(RV)]]
|-
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency
<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm|date=January 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx "Lok Sabha Former Members"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616190202/http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx|date=2008-06-16}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|Anoop Lal Mehta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|Kirai Mushahar
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1952^
|[[J. B. Kripalani]]
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|Kirai Mushahar
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1957|1957]]
|[[Banarsi Prasad Jhunjhunwala]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1962|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
|[[Ramjee Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Chunchun Prasad Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
|[[Prabhas Chandra Tiwari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1999|1999]]
|[[Subodh Roy (politician)|Subodh Ray]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
|[[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|2006^
| rowspan="2" |[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
|[[Shailesh Kumar Mandal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|rowspan="2” |[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|}

^ by-poll

== Election results ==
===2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Bhagalpur]]<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bhagalpur">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bhagalpur |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0426.htm# |access-date=31 July 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731182217/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0426.htm |archive-date=31 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="Bhagalpur Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Bhagalpur Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/bihar/bhagalpur |accessdate=26 November 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126135854/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/bihar/bhagalpur |archivedate=26 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]
|votes = 536,031
|percentage = 50.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ajeet Sharma]]
|votes = 4,31,163
|percentage = 40.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 31,803
|percentage = 2.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes= 1,04,868|percentage= 9.86|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,65,031|percentage=53.57|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Bhagalpur]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]
|votes = 6,18,254
|percentage = 59.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Shailesh Kumar Mandal|Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal)]]
|votes = 3,40,624
|percentage = 32.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 31,567
|percentage =3.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Nurullah
|votes = 9,620
|percentage = 0.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mohammad Ashiq Ibrahimi
|votes = 9,572
|percentage =0.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,77,630
|percentage = 26.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,43,182
|percentage =57.20
|change = -0.60
}}

{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

===2014 election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Bhagalpur]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title=General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2015-09-23 |page=70 |archive-date=23 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123041546/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=web-arch-turnout>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |publisher=ECI New Delhi |access-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Shailesh Kumar Mandal|Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal)]]
|votes = 3,67,623
|percentage = 37.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|votes = 3,58,138
|percentage = 36.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Abu Qaiser
|votes = 1,32,256
|percentage = 13.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Ramjee Mandal
|votes = 18,937
|percentage = 1.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Indradeo Kumar Singh
|votes = 12,710
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 11,875
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,485
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,74,016
|percentage = 57.80
|change =
}}

{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

=== 1957 election ===
* Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala (INC) : 93,315 votes
* Chhabinath Singh (CPI) : 43,876

== See also ==
* [[Bhagalpur district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/bhagalpur/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Bhagalpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Bhagalpur Division topics}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Bhagalpur district]]

Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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