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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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
Kirai Mushahar Socialist Party
(1952 bye-poll) J. B. Kripalani[3] Praja Socialist Party
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 | edit source]

2019 election[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
  4. ↑ https://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.
  6. ↑ "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 | edit source]

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

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