Munger Lok Sabha constituency

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Munger
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies
Established1951
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh interacting with media after taking charge as the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.jpg
Incumbent
Party Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg   JD(U)
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Veena Devi
Indian Election Symbol Bungalow.png   LJP

Munger Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Mokama and Barh are also part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency which fall under Patna district. [1] It shares border with Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.

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Assembly segments

Presently, Munger Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#NameDistrictMemberParty2019 lead
165 Munger Munger Pranav Kumar Yadav BJP JDU
166 Jamalpur Ajay Kumar Singh INC JDU
167 Suryagarha Lakhisarai Prahlad Yadav RJD JDU
168 Lakhisarai Vijay Kumar Sinha BJP JDU
178 Mokama Patna Nilam Devi RJD INC
179 Barh Gyanendra Kumar Singh BJP JDU

    Members of Parliament

    The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency. [2] [3] [4]

    YearNameParty
    1952 Mathura Prasad Mishra Indian National Congress
    Suresh Chandra Mishra
    Banarsi Pd. Sinha
    Nayan Tara Das
    1957 Banarsi Prasad Sinha
    Nayan Tara Das
    1962 Banarsi Prasad Sinha
    1964^ Madhu Limaye Samyukta Socialist Party
    1967
    1971 Deonandan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
    1977 Shrikrishna Singh Janata Party
    1980 Deonandan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress (U)
    1984 Indian National Congress
    1989 Dhanraj Singh Janata Dal
    1991 Brahmanand Mandal Communist Party of India
    1996 Samata Party
    1998 Vijay Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
    1999 Brahmanand Mandal Janata Dal (United)
    2004 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
    2009 Lalan Singh Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Veena Devi Lok Janshakti Party
    2019 Lalan Singh Janata Dal
    2024

    ^ by poll


    Election results

    2024

    2024 Indian general elections: Munger
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD(U) Lalan Singh 550,146 48.3
    RJD Anita Devi Mahto4,69,27041.2
    Majority
    Turnout 55.55

    2019

    2019 Indian general elections: Munger
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD(U) Lalan Singh 528,762 51.03
    INC Nilam Devi3,60,82534.82
    Independent Amarjit Patel18,6461.80
    Independent Dina Saw15,8931.53
    Majority1,67,93716.21
    Turnout 10,36,44154.90
    JD(U) gain from LJP Swing

    General elections 2014

    2014 Indian general elections: Munger
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    LJP Veena Devi 3,52,91136.80
    JD(U) Lalan Singh 2,43,82726.67
    RJD Pragati Mehta1,82,91720.01
    SHS Ashok Kumar Singh50,4695.52
    Majority1,09,08411.93
    Turnout 9,14,44253.17
    LJP gain from JD(U) Swing

    General elections 2009

    2009 Indian general elections: Munger
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD(U) Lalan Singh 3,74,31757.45
    RJD Ram Badan Roy1,84,95628.38
    INC Ram Lakhan Singh27,9294.29
    BSP Mannu Mahto10,8271.66
    Majority1,89,36129.09
    Turnout 6,51,59741.65
    JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

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    References

    1. ↑ "14 segments in Patna dist this time". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
    2. ↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
    3. ↑ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
    4. ↑ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results". Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

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