Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency

Hajipur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesHajipur
Lalganj
Mahua
Raja Pakar
Raghopur
Mahnar
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyLok Jan Shakti Party
Elected year2019


Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for SC. Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das first contested from this seat in 1957 as a Socialist when he was 36 years old, and 57 years later in 2014 for Nitish Kumar's JD-U when he was 93. He lost both those polls but won in 1991 and 2009.

From 1977 to 2019, this seat was dominated by Ram Vilas Paswan who won eight times from here and lost only twice, in 1984 and 2009. In 1991 Paswan contested and won from Rosera, the only time in 42 years that he did not contest from Hajipur. In 2019 he vacated the seat for his younger brother Pashupati Kumar Paras. In 1977, Paswas polled 89.3% votes, probably the highest voting percentage ever, and he also established a record (since broken) of securing a majority of 4.24 lakh votes. Sitting PM Narasimha Rao secured 89.48% votes in 1991 but that was in a bye-poll, not General Election, for Nandyal seat.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
123 Hajipur Vaishali Awadhesh Singh BJP LJP
124 Lalganj Sanjay Kumar Singh BJP LJP
126 Mahua Mukesh Raushan RJD LJP
127 Raja Pakar (SC) Pratima Kumari INC LJP
128 Raghopur Tejashwi Yadav RJD RJD
129 Mahnar Bina Singh RJD LJP

    Members of Parliament
    Year Name Party
    1957 Rajeshwara Patel Indian National Congress
    1962
    1967 Valmiki Choudhary
    1971 Digvijay Narain Singh Indian National Congress (O)
    1977 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Party
    1980 Janata Party (Secular)
    1984 Ram Ratan Ram Indian National Congress
    1989 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal
    1991 Ram Sundar Das
    1996 Ram Vilas Paswan
    1998
    1999 Janata Dal (United)
    2004 Lok Janshakti Party
    2009 Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party
    2019 Pashupati Kumar Paras

    Election results

    2019
    2019 Indian general elections: Hajipur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    LJP Pashupati Kumar Paras 541,310 53.76 +3.45
    RJD Shiv chandra Ram 3,35,861 33.36 +33.36
    NCP Dasai Chowdhary 4,875 0.48 +0.48
    Independent RAJ KR. PASWAN 30,797 3.06 N/A
    BSP Umesh Das 14,579 1.45 +0.05
    NOTA None of the Above 25,256 2.51 +0.85
    Majority 2,05,449
    Turnout 10,07,680 55.26 +0.41
    LJP hold Swing

    General Elections 2014
    2014 Indian general elections: Hajipur[1][2]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    LJP Ramvilas Paswan 4,55,652 50.31 +12.70
    INC Sanjeev Prasad Toni 2,30,152 25.41 +21.52
    JD(U) Ram Sundar Das 95,790 10.58 -33.86
    Independent Viphiya Devi 24,399 2.69 N/A
    Independent Dina Nath Ram 21,045 2.32 N/A
    BSP Dhaneshwar Ram 12,688 1.40 +0.47
    NOTA None of the Above 15,047 1.66 N/A
    Majority 2,25,500 24.90 +18.07
    Turnout 9,04,706 54.85 +13.02
    LJP gain from JD(U) Swing

    General Elections 2009
    General Election, 2009: Hajipur[3]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    JD(U) Ram Sundar Das 2,46,715 44.44
    LJP Ram Vilas Paswan 2,08,761 37.61
    INC Dasai Choudhary 21,585 3.89
    LTSD Dinesh Chandra Bhushan 17,150 3.09
    Independent Sanjay Pashwan 14,217 2.56
    Independent Rajendra Kumar Paswan 13,071 2.35
    Independent Ram Tirth Paswan 10,537 1.90
    Independent Pratima Kumari 5,948 1.07
    BSP Maheshwar Das 5,175 0.93
    Independent Nand Lal Paswan 4,621 0.78
    Majority 37,954 6.83
    Turnout 5,55,107 41.83
    JD(U) gain from LJP Swing

    General Elections 1989
    General Election, 1989: Hajipur[3]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    JD Ram Vilas Paswan 6,15,129 84.08
    INC(I) Mahabir Paswan 1,10,681 15.13
    Majority 5,04,448 68.95
    Turnout 7,31,592 66.74
    JD hold Swing

    General Elections 1977
    General Election, 1977: Hajipur[3]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    JP Ram Vilas Paswan 4,69,007 89.30
    INC Baleshwar Ram 44,462 8.47
    Majority 4,24,545 80.83
    Turnout 5,25,179 76.45
    JP gain from Swing

    See also

    References
    1. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 66. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    2. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    3. "General Election 2009". Hajipur. Indiaelections.co.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

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