Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

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Template:Infobox Indian constituency 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]

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

No Name District Member Party 2019 lead
111 Goriakhoti Siwan Devesh Kant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
112 Maharajganj Vijay Shanker Dubey Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party
113 Ekma Saran Srikant Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janata Party
114 Manjhi Satyendra Yadav Communist Party of India Bharatiya Janata Party
115 Baniapur Kedar Nath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janata Party
116 Taraiya Janak Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Name Party
1957 Mahendra Nath Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Krishnakanta Singh
1967 Mrityunjay Prasad
1971 Ram Deo Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Krishan Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1984
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
2004
2009 Uma Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2013^ Prabhunath Singh
2014 Janardan Singh Sigriwal Bharatiya Janata Party
2019


^ by poll

Elections results[edit]

2019[edit]

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 Anirudh Prasad (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]

General Election, 2014: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 3,20,753 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]

Bye-election, 2013: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Prabhunath Singh 233452 50.20
JD(U) Prashant Kumar Shahi 156890 33.60
INC Jitendra Swami 33,905 7.50
IND. Vikas Kumar Singh 17,046 3.70
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Ekta Dal/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Ekta Dal|Template:Bharatiya Ekta Dal/meta/shortname]] 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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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Coordinates: 26°06′N 84°30′E / 26.1°N 84.5°E / 26.1; 84.5