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This Constituency has been represented by veterans like [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] and [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]. Thakur Sahab was the member of First Lok Sabha from this constituency. He was a freedom fighter and is popularly known as the Father of cooperative movement. After his death in 1980 his wife Smt.[[Ram Dulari Sinha]] contested from Sheohar Lok Sabha and has represented this constituency twice in 1980 and 1984. She was also a freedom fighter like her husband Thakur Sahab.She has also represented the Patna Parliamentary constituency in 1962.Smt. Sinha was Union Minister of State and held portfolios such as I&B, Industry Steel & Mines, Commerce, and Labour Home. She was also Cabinet Minister in the State Government and vice-chairman of the [[International Labour Organisation]] and later became became the Governor of Kerala. |
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[[Thakur Girjanandan Singh]] was elected Member of Parliament for one term, in 1977, his son Thakur Prabhakar also contested the 1980 and 1984 elections lost the latter elections to [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] and stood second runner up in both the elections. The first runner up was Hari Kishore Singh. |
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[[Hari Kishore Singh]] represented the constituency twice, in 1989 and 1991. Later, he became Indian Ambassador to Syria.{{cn|date=May 2012}} |
[[Hari Kishore Singh]] represented the constituency twice, in 1989 and 1991. Later, he became Indian Ambassador to Syria.{{cn|date=May 2012}} |
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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:
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:[1]
| 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
This Constituency has been represented by veterans like Ram Dulari Sinha and Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha. Thakur Sahab was the member of First Lok Sabha from this constituency. He was a freedom fighter and is popularly known as the Father of cooperative movement. After his death in 1980 his wife Smt.Ram Dulari Sinha contested from Sheohar Lok Sabha and has represented this constituency twice in 1980 and 1984. She was also a freedom fighter like her husband Thakur Sahab.She has also represented the Patna Parliamentary constituency in 1962.Smt. Sinha was Union Minister of State and held portfolios such as I&B, Industry Steel & Mines, Commerce, and Labour Home. She was also Cabinet Minister in the State Government and vice-chairman of the International Labour Organisation and later became became the Governor of Kerala. Thakur Girjanandan Singh was elected Member of Parliament for one term, in 1977, his son Thakur Prabhakar also contested the 1980 and 1984 elections lost the latter elections to Ram Dulari Sinha and stood second runner up in both the elections. The first runner up was Hari Kishore Singh.
Hari Kishore Singh represented the constituency twice, in 1989 and 1991. Later, he became Indian Ambassador to Syria.[citation needed]
Raghunath Jha was involved in the advocacy resulted in the Bihar Legislative Assembly declaring Sheohar to be a District.[citation needed] He represented the constituency for various political parties and was elected to parliament from Goplganj in 1999 and from Bettiah parliamentary constituencies in 2004.[citation needed] He had previously lost the electoral contest in Sheohar in 1991, against Hari Kishore Singh.[citation needed] In 2005 his son, Ajit Jha, was elected to represent the Sheohar Assembly constituency.[citation needed]
Anand Mohan was elected twice in 1996 and 1998 respectively.[citation needed]
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.
See also
References