Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency

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Darbhanga
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies Gaura Bauram
Benipur
Alinagar
Darbhanga Rural
Darbhanga
Bahadurpur
Established1952
Total electors14,95,445 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Gopal Jee Thakur.jpg
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Kirti Azad

Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. [1] Currently Gopal Jee Thakur of Bhartiya Janta Party is the Member of Parliament from Darbhanga Loksabha. In 2024 Indian general election, Gopal Jee Thakur won from this constituency. [2]

Contents

Assembly segments

From 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [3]

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
79 Gaura Bauram Darbhanga Swarna Singh BJP BJP
80 Benipur Binay Kumar Choudhary JDU BJP
81 Alinagar Mishri Lal Yadav BJP BJP
82 Darbhanga Rural Lalit Kumar Yadav RJD BJP
83 Darbhanga Sanjay Saraogi BJP BJP
85 Bahadurpur Madan Sahni JDU BJP

    Members of Parliament

    YearNameParty
    1952 Abdul Jalil Praja Socialist Party
    Narayan Das Indian National Congress
    1957
    1962
    1967 Satya Narayan Sinha
    1971 Binodanand Jha
    1972^ Lalit Narayan Mishra
    1977 Surendra Jha 'Suman' Janata Party
    1980 Hari Nath Mishra Indian National Congress (I)
    1984 Vijay Kumar Mishra Lokdal
    1989 Shakeelur Rehman Janata Dal
    1991 Ali Ashraf Fatmi
    1996
    1998 Rashtriya Janata Dal
    1999 Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
    2004 Ali Ashraf Fatmi Rashtriya Janata Dal
    2009 Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
    2014
    2019 Gopal Jee Thakur
    2024

    Election results

    2024

    2024 Indian general election: Darbhanga [4] [5]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Gopal Jee Thakur 5,66,63055.33
    RJD Lalit Kumar Yadav3,88,47437.93
    Majority1,78,15617.40
    Turnout 10,24,18457.37
    BJP hold Swing

    2019

    2019 Indian general election: Darbhanga [6]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Gopal Jee Thakur [7] 586,668 60.79 +22.81
    RJD Abdul Bari Siddiqui 318,68933.02
    IND Saguni Ray13,7741.43
    BSP Md. Mukhtar11,2551.17
    None of the Above None of the Above20,4682.12
    Majority2,67,97927.77
    Turnout 9,65,51058.35+2.90
    BJP hold Swing
    2014 Indian general elections: Darbhanga [8] [9]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Kirti Azad 3,14,94937.98
    RJD Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 2,79,90633.75
    JD(U) Sanjay Kumar Jha 1,04,49412.61
    SHS Kedar Ku Keshav25,2773.05
    NOTA None of the Above 21,1032.54
    Majority35,0434.23
    Turnout 8,29,28955.45+13.80
    BJP hold Swing
    2009 Indian general elections: Darbhanga [10]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Kirti Azad 2,39,26843.85
    RJD Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 1,92,81535.33
    INC Ajay Kumar Jalan40,7247.46
    IND Prof. Hare Ram Acharya12,9772.38
    CPI(ML)L Sathy Narayn Mukhiya12,1542.23
    IND Lalbahadur Yadav10,6221.95
    Majority46,4538.52
    Turnout 5,45,71341.75
    BJP gain from RJD Swing
    2004 Indian general elections: Darbhanga [11]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    RJD Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 4,27,67256.07
    BJP Kirti Azad 2,84,20937.27
    Majority1,43,46318.81
    Turnout 7,62,657
    RJD gain from BJP Swing

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