Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha 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.

Maharajganj
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

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

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
111 Goriakhoti Siwan Devesh Kant Singh BJP BJP
112 Maharajganj Vijay Shanker Dubey INC BJP
113 Ekma Saran Srikant Yadav RJD BJP
114 Manjhi Satyendra Yadav CPM BJP
115 Baniapur Kedar Nath Singh RJD BJP
116 Taraiya Janak Singh BJP BJP

    Members of Parliament
    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 (I)
    1984 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
    2009 Uma Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
    2013^ Prabhunath Singh
    2014 Janardan Singh Sigriwal Bharatiya Janata Party
    2019


    ^ by poll

    Elections results

    2019
    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
    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
    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
    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

    See also

    References

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