Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Paschim Champaran
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDr. Sanjay Jaiswal
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2008-present
ReservationNone
StateBihar
Assembly ConstituenciesNautan
Chanpatia
Bettiah
Raxaul
Sugauli
Narkatiya

Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments[edit]

Presently, this constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha segments, which are:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
6 Nautan None West Champaran Narayan Prasad BJP BJP
7 Chanpatia None West Champaran Umakant Singh BJP BJP
8 Bettiah None West Champaran Renu Devi BJP BJP
10 Raxaul None East Champaran Pramod Kumar Sinha BJP BJP
11 Sugauli None East Champaran Shashi Bhushan Singh RJD BJP
12 Narkatiya None East Champaran Shamim Ahmad RJD BJP

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Winner Party
Until 2008 See : Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency)
2009 Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Paschim Champaran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 6,03,706 59.60
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/shortname]] Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha 3,09,800 30.58
NOTA None of the Above 45,699 4.51
BSP Rakesh Kumar 11,427 1.13
IND. Sanjay Kumar Patel 10,801 1.07
Margin of victory 2,93,906 29.02
Turnout 10,13,373 62.02
BJP hold Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Paschim Champaran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 3,71,232 43.43 +4.86
JD(U) Prakash Jha 2,60,978 30.53 +30.53
RJD Raghunath Jha 1,21,800 14.25 +14.25
NOTA None of the Above 18,804 2.20
CPI (M) Prabhu Raj Narain Rao 17,157 2.01 -2.54
BSP Syed Shamim Akhtar 12,415 1.45 -2.86
Margin of victory 1,10,254 12.90
Turnout 8,54,800 62.57
BJP hold Swing
2009 Indian general elections: Paschim Champaran
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 1,98,781 38.56
LJP Prakash Jha 1,51,438 29.38
INC Anirudh Prasad 70,001 13.48
CPI (M) Ramashray Singh 23,462 4.55
BSP Shambhu Prasad Gupta 22,199 4.31
Margin of victory 47,343 9.18
Turnout 5,15,477 42.22
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar

External links[edit]


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