Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

Assembly segments[edit]

From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
33 Khajauli None Madhubani Arun Shankar Prasad BJP JD(U)
34 Babubarhi None Madhubani Mina Kumari JD(U) JD(U)
37 Rajnagar SC Madhubani Ramprit Paswan BJP JD(U)
38 Jhanjharpur None Madhubani Nitish Mishra BJP JD(U)
39 Phulparas None Madhubani Sheela Kumari Mandal JD(U) JD(U)
40 Laukaha None Madhubani Bharat Bhushan Mandal RJD JD(U)

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress
1977 Dhanik Lal Mandal Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Dhanik Lal Mandal Janata Party (Secular)
1984 G.S. Rajhans Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
1991 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
1996 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
1998 Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999 Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004 Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United)
2014 Birendra Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ramprit Mandal Janata Dal (United)

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Jhanjharpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Ramprit Mandal 6,02,391 56.80 +37.3
RJD Gulab Yadav 2,79,440 26.35 -3.4
IND Bipeen Kumar Singhwait 29,506 2.78
SJDD Devendra Prasad Yadav 25,630 2.42
IND Om Prakash Poddar 21,988 2.07
IND Ganpati Jha 21,632 2.04
Majority 3,22,951 30.45 +24.56
Turnout 10,62,391 57.35
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Jhanjharpur [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Birendra Kumar Chaudhary 3,35,481 35.64 +35.64
RJD Mangani Lal Mandal 2,80,073 29.75 -1.91
JD(U) Devendra Prasad Yadav 1,83,591 19.50 -24.13
IND Pawan Kumar 17,790 1.89 +1.89
BSP Manilal Sahu 14,190 1.51 +0.18
IND Barun Kumar Jha 13,833 1.47 +1.47
Majority 55,408
Turnout 9,41,249 57.02
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 53. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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Coordinates: 26°16′00″N 86°17′00″E / 26.2667°N 86.2833°E / 26.2667; 86.2833

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