Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

Maharajganj
Maharajganj
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1957
Total electors	19,34,937 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Janardan Singh Sigriwal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	RJD

Maharajganj is one of the 40 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. There is a constituency by the same name in Uttar Pradesh as well.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Presently, Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments.

#	Name	District	Member
111	Goriakhoti	Siwan	Devesh Kant Singh	BJP	BJP
112	Maharajganj	Siwan	Hemnarayan Sah	JD(U)
113	Ekma	Saran	Manoranjan Singh
114	Manjhi		Randhir Kumar Singh
115	Baniapur		Kedar Nath Singh	BJP
116	Taraiya		Janak Singh

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Name
1957	Mahendra Nath Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Krishnakanta Singh
1967	Mrityunjay Prasad
1971	Ram Deo Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Ram Deo Singh	Janata Party
1980	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
1989	Chandra Shekhar	Janata Dal
1989^	Ram Bahadur Singh
1991	Girija Devi
1996	Ram Bahadur Singh	Samajwadi Janata Party
1998	Prabhunath Singh	Samata Party
1999		Janata Dal (United)
2004		Janata Dal (United)
2009	Uma Shankar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2013^	Prabhunath Singh
2014	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

^ by poll

Elections results[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Maharajganj^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	529,533	52.22
	INC	Akash Prasad Singh	4,26,882	42.09
	NOTA	None of the above	21,687	2.14
	BSP	Madhusudan Singh	13,402	1.32
	AIMIM	Akhileshwar Prasad Singh	7,767	0.77
Majority			1,02,651	10.13
Turnout			10,15,313	52.27
	BJP hold		Swing

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	546,352	56.17
	RJD	Randhir Singh	3,15,580	32.44
	BSP	Sadhu Yadav	25,039	2.57
	NOTA	None of the above	22,168	2.28
Majority			2,30,772	23.73
Turnout			9,72,989	53.82	+2.26
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2014: Maharajganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	320,753	37.88	+37.88
	RJD	Prabhunath Singh	2,82,338	33.34	−21.09
	JD(U)	Manoranjan Singh	1,49,483	17.65	−17.21
	IND.	Brinda Pathak	17,186	2.03	+2.03
	IND.	Umashankar Tiwari	11,599	1.37	+1.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	23,404	2.76	+2.76
Majority			38,415	4.54	−15.03
Turnout			8,46,654	51.56	+4.81
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	-16.55

By Election 2013[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2013: Maharajganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Prabhunath Singh	233.452	50.20
	JD(U)	Prashant Kumar Shahi	1,56,890	33.60
	INC	Jitendra Swami	33,905	7.50
	IND.	Vikash Kumar Singh	17,046	3.70
	BED	Balendra Kumar Ray	13,064	2.95
	IND.	Om Prakash Singh	10,995	2.20
Majority			76562	26.5
Turnout			465352	31.05
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Result 2024".

External links[edit | edit source]

Maharajganj lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Result 2024".

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