Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency

Hajipur
BR-21
Hajipur ; BR-21
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Hajipur ; Lalganj ; Mahua ; Raja Pakar ; Raghopur ; Mahnar
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Chirag Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), minister, 2024–)
Alliance	NDA
Preceded by	Pashupati Paras ; RLJP

Last updated January 27, 2025

Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The 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
123	Hajipur	Vaishali	Awadhesh Singh	BJP	LJP (RV)
124	Lalganj		Sanjay Kumar Singh	BJP	LJP (RV)
126	Mahua		Mukesh Raushan	RJD	LJP (RV)
127	Raja Pakar (SC)		Pratima Kumari	INC	LJP (RV)
128	Raghopur		Tejashwi Yadav	RJD	RJD
129	Mahnar		Bina Singh	RJD	LJP (RV)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1957	Rajeshwara Patel	Indian National Congress
	Rajeshwara Patel
1962
1967	Valmiki Choudhary
1971	Digvijay Narain Singh	Indian National Congress (O)
1977	Ram Vilas Paswan	Janata Party
1980	Ram Vilas Paswan	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	Lok Janshakti Party
2024	Chirag Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

Election results

2024 Indian General election

2024 Indian general elections: Hajipur ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP(RV)	Chirag Paswan	615,718	53.29	−0.42
	RJD	Shiv Chandra Ram	445,613	38.57	+5.24
	NOTA	None of the above	32,967	3.20
	Independent	Surendra Kumar Paswan	17,245	1.49
Majority			1,70,105	14.72
Turnout			11,55,324
	LJP(RV) gain from LJP		Swing

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
	Independent	Raj Kumar Paswan	30,797	3.06	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	25,256	2.51	+0.85
	BSP	Umesh Das	14,579	1.45	+0.05
	NCP	Dasai Chowdhary	4,875	0.48	+0.48
Majority			2,05,449
Turnout			10,07,680	55.26	+0.41
	LJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Hajipur ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Ramvilas Paswan	455,652	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 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ram Sundar Das	246,715	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 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Ram Vilas Paswan	615,129	84.08
	INC(I)	Mahabir Paswan	1,10,681	15.13
Majority			5,04,448	68.95
Turnout			7,31,592	66.74
	JD gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1977

General Election, 1977: Hajipur ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Ram Vilas Paswan	469,007	89.30
	INC	Baleshwar Ram	44,462	8.47
Majority			4,24,545	80.83
Turnout			5,25,179	76.45
	JP gain from INC(O)		Swing

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References

↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Hajipur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
↑ "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.
↑ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
1 2 3 "General Election 2009". Hajipur. Indiaelections.co.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

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[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Hajipur-1] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Hajipur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[2] "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.

[web-arch-turnout-3] "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[arc1-4] 1 2 3 "General Election 2009". Hajipur. Indiaelections.co.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

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Current	Araria Arrah Aurangabad Banka Begusarai Bhagalpur Buxar Darbhanga Gaya Gopalganj Hajipur Jahanabad Jamui Jhanjharpur Karakat Katihar Khagaria Kishanganj Madhepura Madhubani Maharajganj Munger Muzaffarpur Nalanda Nawada Paschim Champaran Pataliputra Patna Sahib Purnia Purvi Champaran Samastipur Saran Sasaram Sheohar Sitamarhi Siwan Supaul Ujiarpur Vaishali Valmiki Nagar
Defunct	Bagaha Balia Barh Bettiah Bikramganj Chapra Motihari Patna Rosera Saharsa Shahabad