Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

Vidhan Sabha segments[edit]

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
152	Bihpur	None	Bhagalpur	Kumar Shailendra	BJP	JD(U)
153	Gopalpur	None	Bhagalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj	JD(U)	JD(U)
154	Pirpainti	SC	Bhagalpur	Lalan Kumar	BJP	JD(U)
155	Kahalgaon	None	Bhagalpur	Pawan Kumar Yadav	BJP	JD(U)
156	Bhagalpur	None	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma	INC	JD(U)
158	Nathnagar	None	Bhagalpur	Ali Ashraf Siddiqui	RJD	JD(U)

Members[edit]

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency ^[1]^[2]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Anoop Lal Mehta	Indian National Congress
1952	Kirai Mushahar	Socialist Party
(1952 bye-poll)	J. B. Kripalani^[3]	Praja Socialist Party
(1952 bye-poll)	Kirai Mushahar	Praja Socialist Party
1957	Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala ^[4]	Indian National Congress
1962	Bhagwat Jha Azad	Indian National Congress
1967	Bhagwat Jha Azad	Indian National Congress
1971	Bhagwat Jha Azad	Indian National Congress
1977	Ramjee Singh	Janata Party
1980	Bhagwat Jha Azad	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Bhagwat Jha Azad	Indian National Congress (I)
1989	Chunchun Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal
1991	Chunchun Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal
1996	Chunchun Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal
1998	Prabhas Chandra Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Subodh Ray	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004	Sushil Kumar Modi (Became Deputy CM in 2005)	Bharatiya Janata Party
2006^	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (bye-poll)	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Shailesh Kumar Mandal	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019	Ajay Kumar Mandal	Janata Dal (United)

Election results[edit]

2019 election[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Bhagalpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ajay Kumar Mandal	6,18,254	59.30
	RJD	Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal)	3,40,624	32.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	31,567	3.03
	IND.	Nurullah	9,620	0.92
	BSP	Mohammad Ashiq Ibrahimi	9,572	0.92
Majority			2,77,630	26.63
Turnout			10,43,182	57.20	-0.60
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

2014 election[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Bhagalpur^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Shailesh Kumar (Bulo Mandal)	3,67,623	37.74
	BJP	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain	3,58,138	36.76
	JD(U)	Abu Qaiser	1,32,256	13.58
	IND	Ramjee Mandal	18,937	1.94
	IND	Indradeo Kumar Singh	12,710	1.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,875	1.22
Majority			9,485	0.98
Turnout			9,74,016	57.80
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

1957 election[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html
↑ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 70. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
↑ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links[edit]

Bhagalpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar

Coordinates: 25°12′N 87°00′E / 25.2°N 87.0°E / 25.2; 87.0

[1] "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttps://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html

[4] ttps://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html

[5] "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 70. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[web-arch-turnout-6] "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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Rivers	Ganges
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