Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Madhepura is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Sharad Yadav started his political innings in his home state of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s, but he later made Madhepura his base, winning from here 4 times and losing 4 times. He won from here in 1991, 1996, (lost to Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1998), 1999 (defeating Lalu), (lost to Lalu in 2004), won again in 2009. He lost in 2014 and then again 2019, both times falling to Modi wave.

Vidhan Sabha segments[edit]

After the delimitation in 2009, presently Madhepura constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
70	Alamnagar	None	Madhepura	Narendra Narayan Yadav	JD(U)	JD(U)
71	Bihariganj	None	Madhepura	Niranjan Kumar Mehta	JD(U)	JD(U)
73	Madhepura	None	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar	RJD	JD(U)
74	Sonbarsha	SC	Saharsa	Ratnesh Sada	JD(U)	JD(U)
75	Saharsa	None	Saharsa	Alok Ranjan	BJP	JD(U)
77	Mahishi	None	Saharsa	Gunjeshwar Sah	JD(U)	JD(U)

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1967	B. P. Mandal	Samyukta Socialist Party
1968 (by poll)	B. P. Mandal	Independent
1971	Rajendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
1977	B. P. Mandal	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Rajendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress (U)
1984	Mahabir Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress (I)
1989	Ramendra Kumar Yadav	Janata Dal
1991	Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal
1996	Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal
1998	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal (United)
2004	Lalu Prasad Yadav (Retained Chapra, vacated Madhepura)	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004^	Pappu Yadav (bye-poll)	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Pappu Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	Janata Dal (United)

Election results[edit]

2019 Lok Sabha Election[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	6,24,334	54.42
	RJD	Sharad Yadav	3,22,807	28.14
style="background-color: Template:Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik\|Template:Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik/meta/shortname]]	Pappu Yadav	97,631	8.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	38,450	3.35
Majority			3,01,527	26.28
Turnout			11,47,652	60.89
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

2014 Lok Sabha Election[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Pappu Yadav	3,68,937	35.65
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	3,12,728	30.22
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Singh	2,52,534	24.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,924	2.11
	BSP	Gulzar Kumar	18,084	1.74
	Independent	Rajo Sah	12,247
Majority			56,209
Turnout			10,34,799	59.96
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	3,70,585	48.99	+9.56
	RJD	Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav	1,92,964	25.51	-23.98
	INC	Dr. Tara Nand Sada	67,803	8.96	+8.96
	CPI	Om Prakash Narayan	28,112	3.72	+3.72
	Independent	Kishor Kumar	19,946	2.46	+2.46
	Independent	Mahadeo Yadav	12,657	1.67	+1.67
	Independent	Saakar Suresh Yadav	9,206	1.22	+1.22
style="background-color: Template:Rashtravadi Janata Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Rashtravadi Janata Party\|Template:Rashtravadi Janata Party/meta/shortname]]	Dhanoj Kumar Tanti	9,180	1.21	+1.21
	BSP	Binod Kumar Jha	8,467	1.12	-1.92
	[[Samata Party\|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]]	N.K. Singh	6,667	0.88	-0.51
Majority			1,77,621	23.48	+13.42
Turnout			7,56,450	50.17	+4.98
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing	+9.56

2004 Lok Sabha Election[edit]

2004 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	3,44,301	49.49
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	2,74,314	39.43
	BSP	Arvind Sah	21,152	3.04
	Independent	Satto Mandal	11,673	1.68
	[[Samata Party\|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]]	N.K. Singh	9,685	1.39
	SP	Anant Lal Sada	8,493	1.22
	Independent	Prasanna Kumar	6,475	0.93
Majority			69,987	10.06
Turnout			6,95,674	45.19
	RJD hold		Swing

2004 bye-election[edit]

Pappu Yadav (RJD) : 365,948 votes^[1]
Rajendra Prasad Yadav (JD-U) : 157,088

1999 Lok Sabha Election[edit]

Sharad Yadav (JD(U)) : 328,761 votes^[2]
Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD) : 298,441

References[edit]

↑ "2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
↑ "Madhepura Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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[1] "2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[2] "Madhepura Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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