Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency

Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Assembly segments

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

1. Madhuban
2. Chiraia
3. Dhaka
4. Sheohar
5. Riga
6. Belsand

Members of Parliament

As of Muzzffarpur North-West Constituency

• 1953: Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha

As of Pupri Lok Sabha constituency:

• 1957: Digvijaya Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Ram Dulari Sinha, Indian National Congress
• 1967: S.P. Sahu, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Hari Kishore Singh, Indian National Congress

As of Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency:

Year	Winner	Political Party	Nearest contestant	Political Party
1977	Thakur Girjanandan Singh	Janata Party	Hari Kishore Singh	Indian National Congress
1980	Ram Dulari Sinha	Indian National Congress (I)	Hari Kishore Singh	Indian National Congress (Urs)
1984	Ram Dulari Sinha	Indian National Congress	Hari Kishore Singh	Janata Party
1989	Hari Kishore Singh	Janata Dal	Madhurendra Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
1991	Hari Kishore Singh	Janata Dal	Raghunath Jha	Janata Party
1996	Anand Mohan Singh	Samata Party	Ram Chandra Purve	Janata Dal
1998	Anand Mohan Singh	All India Rashtriya Janata Party	Hari Kishore Singh	Samata Party
1999	Mohammad Anwarul Haque	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Anand Mohan Singh	Bihar People's Party
2004	Sitaram Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Mohammad Anwarul Haque	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Rama Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mohammad Anwarul Haque	Bahujan Samaj Party

Politics

In particular Sheohar Parliamentary constituency is dominated by Rajputs so the natural leadership of this constituency has been mostly with the Rajputs. Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha (Hindi: ठाकुर युगल किशोर सिंह) was the first Member of Parliament from this particular constituency, was elected in 1953 (lok-Sabha) from Muzzffarpur North-West {Sheohar was part of the same constituency}. Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha was involved in the freedom struggle with the Indian National Congress and is known as the Father of Cooperative Movement.The Political family of Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha has an influence on all the sections of society in this Constituency.

Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha’s wife Smt.Ram Dulari Sinha (Hindi: राम दुलारी सिन्हा) like him was also involved in the freedom struggle and was elected Member of Parliament several times in 1980 and 1984 respectively. She was also Member of Parliament from Patna Parliamentary constituency in 1962. Ram Dulari Sinha brought this constituency into limelight, when she became Union Minister of State and held important portfolios which includes I&B, Industry Steel&Mines, commerce, Labour Home and so on, was also Cabinet Minister in the State Government, nonetheless was elected Vice-Chairman of International Labour Organisation.Later on she became the Governor of Kerela. Before joining electoral politics she was a principal of a reputed college.

Ram Dulari Sinha in the role of Governor of Kerala

• 
  Madhurendra Kumar Singh
• Madhurendra Kr. Singh with supporters
  Madhurendra Kr. Singh with supporters
• Ram Dulari Sinha with Rajiv Gandhi
  Ram Dulari Sinha with Rajiv Gandhi
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  Ram Dulari Sinha with the leaders of Kerala

Other than Madhurendra Kumar Singh’s family Sheohar has given opportunity to one of the leader’s of his time Thakur Girjanandan Singh who was elected Member of Parliament (1977) once. But unlike him his son Thakur Prabhakar failed to provide leadership and the electorate of Sheohar rejected him in 1980 and 1984 Parliament elections, as he failed to save his security and lost to Smt. Ram Dulari Sinha both the times.

Another important leader who managed to become union minister once was Hari Kishore Singh, he represented this constituency twice in 1989 and 1991 respectively. Later he became Indian Ambassador to Syria. But ultimately the electors of Sheohar rejected him, as he has never been loyal to any party, he kept hopping from one political party to another.

Another important leader was Raghunath Jha, due to his efforts the Bihar Legislature declared Sheohar as a District.Has represented Sheohar assembly constituency several times from different political parties and was elected to parliament from Goplganj and Bettiah parliamentary constituencies in 1999 and 2004 respectively, but lost from Sheohar parliamentary constituency once in 1991 against Hari Kishore Singh. In 2005 his son Ajit Jha represented Sheohar Assembly constituency.

Anand Mohan, the only leader with criminal background in the history of Sheohar Parliamentary constituency,was elected twice in 1996 and 1998 respectively.this was the period when criminal elements entered politics and won. Here was a man convicted of serious criminal offences, gained the sympathy of electors in 1996 and won the election from jail and was later released on Bail. Currently serving life-imprisonment, convicted in the murder of an IAS officer, the husband-wife duo shot and then stoned to death a bleeding G. Krishnaiya, the Gopalganj district magistrate, on a national highway, was barred from contesting 2009 elections.Due to his criminal Background and outsider tag (he hails from a different District) was rejected in 1999 and 2004 elections and in 2004 General Elections his security was forfeited. In 2009 elections his wife, Lovely Anand contested on this seat and like her husband failed to save her security deposit and was 4th runner up. Their chapter is over as the electorate of not only Sheohar, but also whole Bihar rejected the candidates from criminal background.

In 1995 Anand Mohan's Bihar Peoples Party contested from large number of Assembly Constituencies, which was an understanding between Lalu Prasad Yadav and him and from all the Assembly Constituencies his party fought the losing margin of Congress Party was somewhat the votes secured by B.P.P which helped Lalu Prasad Yadav in retaining Power.Later he contested on R.J.D ticket and also as Samta Party's candidate also. There is almost no party which has been left by him, due to which the people have lost faith in him and he has perished.In 2004 General Elections he was denied ticket from all the major political parties, he contested independently and failed to save his security.

In 2004 Sitaram Singh of R.J.D represented Sheohar parliamentary constituency, but as of the electorate of Sheohar rejected him, his security was forfeited and stood 3rd. The electorate of Sheohar chose Rama Devi of B.J.P who is currently Member of Parliament from Sheohar.

This is for the 2nd time in the history of Sheohar Parliamentary Constituency; The electorate has chosen somebody other than Rajputs. Main reason being that the political parties did not put up a better option for the electorate, so there was minimal voting from the Rajput community.

See also

• Sheohar district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha