Maharajganj (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)

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Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency 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.

Assembly segments[]

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

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
111 Goriakhoti None Siwan Devesh Kant Singh BJP BJP
112 Maharajganj None Siwan Vijay Shanker Dubey INC BJP
113 Ekma None Saran Srikant Yadav RJD BJP
114 Manjhi None Saran Satyendra Yadav CPI(M) BJP
115 Baniapur None Saran Kedar Nath Singh RJD BJP
116 Taraiya None Saran Janak Singh BJP BJP

Members of Parliament[]

Election Name Party
1957 Mahendra Nath Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Krishnakanta Singh
1967 M. P. Singh
1971 Ram Deo Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Krishan Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1984
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


^ by poll

Elections results[]

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections[]

2019 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 5,46,352 56.17
RJD Randhir Singh 3,15,580 32.44
BSP Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav 25,039 2.57
NOTA None of the above 22,168 2.28
Majority 2,30,772 23.73
Turnout 9,72,989 53.82 +2.26
BJP hold Swing

General Election 2014[]

General Election, 2014: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal 3,20,753 37.88 +37.88
RJD Prabhunath Singh 2,82,338 33.34 -21.09
JD(U) Manoranjan Singh 1,49,483 17.65 -17.21
IND. Brinda Pathak 17,186 2.03 +2.03
IND. Umashankar Tiwari 11,599 1.37 +1.37
NOTA None of the Above 23,404 2.76 +2.76
Majority 38,415 4.54 -15.03
Turnout 8,46,654 51.56 +4.81
BJP gain from RJD Swing -16.55

By Election 2013[]

Bye-election, 2013: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Prabhunath Singh 3,81,452 54.43
JD(U) Prashant Kumar Shahi 2,44,326 34.86
INC Jitendra Swami 33,905 4.84
IND. Vikas Kumar Singh 17,046 2.43
Balendra Kumar Ray 13,064 1.86
IND. Om Prakash Singh 10,995 1.57
Majority 1,37,126 19.57
Turnout 7,01,584 46.80
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

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