Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

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.

(111) Goriakothi
(112) Maharajganj
(113) Ekma
(114) Manjhi
(115) Baniapur
(116) Taraiya

Goriakothi and Maharajganj is in Siwan district, while Ekma, Manjhi, Baniapur and Taraiya is in Saran district of Bihar.

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1957	Mahendra Nath Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Krishnakanta Singh	Indian National Congress
1967	M. P. Singh	Indian National Congress
1971	Ram Deo Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Ram Deo Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1989	Chandra Shekhar	Janata Dal
1989^	Ram Bahadur Singh	Janata Dal
1991	Girija Devi	Janata Dal
1996	Ram Bahadur Singh	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
1998	Prabhunath Singh	Janata Dal (United)
1999	Prabhunath Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2004	Prabhunath Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2009	Uma Shankar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2013^	Prabhunath Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party

^ 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
	BED	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

External links

Maharajganj lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

References