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.
After the delimitation in 2009, presently Madhepura constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:
^ by-poll
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
RJP
Dhanoj Kumar Tanti
9,180
1.21
+1.21
BSP
Binod Kumar Jha
8,467
1.12
−1.92
Samata Party
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 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
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
Pappu Yadav (RJD) : 365,948 votes[ 1]
Rajendra Prasad Yadav (JD-U) : 157,088
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