Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

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Maharajganj
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Established1957
Total electors19,34,937 (2024) [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png   RJD

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.

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Assembly segments

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

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
111 Goriakhoti Siwan Devesh Kant Singh BJP BJP
112 Maharajganj Hemnarayan Sah JDU BJP
113 Ekma Saran Manoranjan Singh JDU BJP
114 Manjhi Randhir Kumar Singh JDU BJP
115 Baniapur Kedar Nath Singh BJP BJP
116 Taraiya Janak Singh BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

YearNameParty
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
2024


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Elections results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Maharajganj [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 529,533 52.22
INC Akash Prasad Singh4,26,88242.09
NOTA None of the above21,6872.14
BSP Madhusudan Singh13,4021.32
AIMIM Akhileshwar Prasad Singh7,7670.77
Majority 1,02,65110.13
Turnout 10,15,31352.27
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 546,352 56.17
RJD Randhir Singh3,15,58032.44
BSP Sadhu Yadav 25,0392.57
NOTA None of the above22,1682.28
Majority 2,30,77223.73
Turnout 9,72,98953.82+2.26
BJP hold Swing

General Election 2014

General Election, 2014: Maharajganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 320,753 37.88 +37.88
RJD Prabhunath Singh 2,82,33833.34−21.09
JD(U) Manoranjan Singh1,49,48317.65−17.21
IND. Brinda Pathak17,1862.03+2.03
IND. Umashankar Tiwari11,5991.37+1.37
NOTA None of the Above 23,4042.76+2.76
Majority 38,4154.54−15.03
Turnout 8,46,65451.56+4.81
BJP gain from RJD Swing -16.55

By Election 2013

Bye-election, 2013: Maharajganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Prabhunath Singh 233.452 50.20
JD(U) Prashant Kumar Shahi1,56,89033.60
INC Jitendra Swami33,9057.50
IND. Vikash Kumar Singh17,0463.70
BED Balendra Kumar Ray13,0642.95
IND. Om Prakash Singh10,9952.20
Majority 7656226.5
Turnout 46535231.05
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Result 2024".

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