Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jamui
Jamui
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Current MP, Chirag Kumar Paswan
Incumbent	Chirag Kumar Paswan
Parliamentary Party	Lok Janshakti Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952 - 1977 ; 2008 - present
Reservation	Scheduled Castes
State	Bihar
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (4 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Tarapur ; Sheikhpura ; Sikandra ; Jamui ; Jhajha ; Chakai

Jamui Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency again came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments[]

Presently, Jamui Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
164	Tarapur	None	Munger	Rajeev Kumar Singh	JD(U)	LJP
169	Sheikhpura	None	Sheikhpura	Vijay Kumar	RJD	LJP
240	Sikandra	SC	Jamui	Prafull Kumar Manjhi	HAM(S)	LJP
241	Jamui	None	Jamui	Shreyasi Singh	BJP	LJP
242	Jhajha	None	Jamui	Damodar Rawat	JD(U)	LJP
243	Chakai	None	Jamui	Sumit Kumar Singh	IND	LJP

Members of Parliament[]

Election	Name	Party
1952	Banarsi Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress
1952	Nayan Tara Das
1962
1967
1971	Bhola Manjhi	Communist Party of India
1977-2004: Constituency does not exist.
2009	Bhudeo Choudhary	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Chirag Kumar Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party
2019	Chirag Kumar Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party

Election results[]

General elections 2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Jamui
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Chirag Kumar Paswan	5,28,771	55.76	+18.95
	RLSP	Bhudeo Choudhary	2,87,716	30.34	+30.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	39,450	4.16	+1.64
	BSP	Upendra Ravidas	31,598	3.33	+1.40
	IND	Subash Paswan	16,701	1.76	+1.76
Majority			2,41,049	25.40	+14.32
Turnout			9,49,561	55.25	+5.24
	LJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Jamui
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LJP	Chirag Kumar Paswan	2,85,352	36.79
	RJD	Sudhansu Kumar Bhaskar	1,99,407	25.71
	JD(U)	Uday Narayan Choudhary	1,98,599	25.60
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,517	2.52
	BSP	Brahmadev Anand Paswan	15,008	1.93
	JMM	Upendra Ravidas	10,748	1.39
Majority			85,947	11.08
Turnout			7,75,650	50.01
	LJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

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References[]

^ Election Commission of India. Notification 02.04.2014

External links[]

Jamui lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

[1] Election Commission of India. Notification 02.04.2014

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