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 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

    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


    ^ by poll

    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. Vikas 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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