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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 = Jahanabad
| map_image =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| assembly_cons =[[Arwal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arwal]] [[Kurtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurtha]] [[Jehanabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jehanabad]] [[Ghosi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghosi]] [[Makhdumpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Makhdumpur]] [[Atri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Atri]]
| mp = [[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
| party = {{Party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| preceded_by = [[Chandeshwar Prasad]], [[File:Chandeshwar Prasad.jpg|20px]] [[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg|20px]] {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
}}
'''Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Bihar]] state in eastern [[India]].

==Assembly segments==
Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:

{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 lead
|-
|214
|[[Arwal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arwal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Arwal district|Arwal]]
|Manoj Sharma
|style=background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=6}}
|-
|215
|[[Kurtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurtha]]
|Pappu Kumar Verma
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|216
|[[Jehanabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jehanabad]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Jehanabad district|Jehanabad]]
|Rahul Sharma
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|-
|217
|[[Ghosi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghosi]]
|Rituraj Sharma
|style=background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}|
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|218
|[[Makhdumpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Makhdumpur]] (SC)
|Subedar Das
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|-
|233
|[[Atri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Atri]]
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|Romit Kumar
|style="background-color: {{party color|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}" |
|[[Hindustani Awam Morcha|HAM(S)]]
|-
|}
{{noteslist}}

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Satyabhama Devi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Chandrasekhar Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
|Hari Lal Prasad Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
|[[Mahendra Prasad]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Ramashray Prasad Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
|[[Surendra Prasad Yadav ]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1999|1999]]
|[[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
|[[Ganesh Prasad Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
|[[Jagdish Sharma]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
|[[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Lok Samata Party}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
|[[Chandeshwar Prasad]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|}

==Election results==
===2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Jehanabad|Jahanabad]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate=[[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes=4,53,035
|percentage=47.88
|change={{increase}}5.93}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Chandeshwar Prasad]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 3,00,444
|percentage = 32.47
|change = {{decrease}}9.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician) | Dr. Arun Kumar]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 86,380
|percentage = 9.33
|change = {{increase}}6.92
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=11,055|percentage=1.19|change={{decrease}}2.29}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,52,591 |percentage=15.41|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,27,696 |percentage=55.26|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Jehanabad|Jahanabad]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[Chandeshwar Prasad]] |votes=3,35,584|percentage=42.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=[[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]|votes=3,33,833|percentage=41.95}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Samata Party (Secular)|candidate= [[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician)|Dr. Arun Kumar]]|votes=34,558|percentage=4.34}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=27,683|percentage=3.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Nitya Nand Singh|votes=19,211|percentage=2.41}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,751|percentage=0.22|change = -5.00}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,22,233|percentage=51.76|change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner =Janata Dal (United)
|loser =Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Jehanabad|Jahanabad]]<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=80}}</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 winning candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar (Bihar politician)|Dr. Arun Kumar]]
|votes = 3,22,647
|percentage = 39.76
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
|votes = 2,80,307
|percentage = 34.54
|change = -1.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Anil Kumar Sharma
|votes = 1,00,851
|percentage = 12.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Ramadhar Singh
|votes =34,365
|percentage =4.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Nityanand Singh
|votes =10,625
|percentage =1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 42,340
|percentage = 5.22
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,11,852
|percentage = 57.04
|change = +10.11
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/jahanabad/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Jahanabad lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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{{Magadh Division topics}}
{{Bihar elections}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Arwal district]]
[[Category:Politics of Jehanabad district]]
[[Category:Politics of Gaya district]]

Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

JerrodOverstreet at 21:45, 28 January 2026