Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)

Munger Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Monghyr) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Mokama and Barh are in the 14 assembly segments which fall under Patna district.^[1]

Assembly segments[edit]

Presently, Munger Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
165	Munger	None	Munger	Pranav Kumar	BJP	JD(U)
166	Jamalpur	None	Munger	Ajay Kumar Singh	INC	JD(U)
167	Suryagarha	None	Lakhisarai	Prahlad Yadav	RJD	JD(U)
168	Lakhisarai	None	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha	BJP	JD(U)
178	Mokama	None	Patna	Anant Kumar Singh	RJD	JD(U)
179	Barh	None	Patna	Gyanendra Kumar Singh	BJP	JD(U)

Members of Parliament[edit]

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]

Year	Winner	Party
1952 (4 members) ^[4]	Mathura Prasad Mishra	Indian National Congress
	Suresh Chandra Mishra	Indian National Congress
	Banarsi Pd. Sinha	Indian National Congress
	Nayan Tara Das	Indian National Congress
1957 (2 members)	Banarsi Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress
1957 (2 members)	Nayan Tara Das	Indian National Congress
1962	Banarsi Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress
1964^	Madhu Limaye, in bypoll	Samyukta Socialist Party
1967	Madhu Limaye	Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	Devendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
1977	Shrikrishna Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Devendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress (U)
1984	Devendra Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress (I)
1989	Dhanraj Singh	Janata Dal
1991	Brahmanand Mandal	Communist Party of India
1996	Brahmanand Mandal	Samata Party
1998	Vijay Kumar Vijay	Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Brahmanand Mandal	Janata Dal (United)
2004	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Veena Devi	Lok Janshakti Party
2019	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	Janata Dal (United)

^ by poll

Election results[edit]

General elections 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Munger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	5,28,762	51.03
	INC	Nilam Devi	3,60,825	34.82
	Independent	Amarjit Patel	18,646	1.80
	Independent	Dina Saw	15,893	1.53
Majority			1,67,937	16.21
Turnout			10,36,441	54.90
	JD(U) gain from LJP		Swing

General elections 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Munger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LJP	Veena Devi	3,52,911	36.80
	JD(U)	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	2,43,827	26.67
	RJD	Pragati Mehta	1,82,917	20.01
	SHS	Ashok Kumar Singh	50,469	5.52
Majority			1,09,084	11.93
Turnout			9,14,442	53.17
	LJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

General elections 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Munger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	3,74,317	57.45
	RJD	Ram Badan Roy	1,84,956	28.38
	INC	Ram Lakhan Singh	27,929	4.29
	BSP	Mannu Mahto	10,827	1.66
Majority			1,89,361	29.09
Turnout			6,51,597	41.65
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "14 segments in Patna dist this time".
↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".