Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency

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Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: वैशाली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. The first Member of Parliament was Digvijay Narain Singh while the first woman to represent the constituency in Lok Sabha was Kishori Sinha.

Assembly segments

Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Members of Parliament

General elections 2014

General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Rama Kishore Singh 305450 32.99
RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, sitting MP 206183 22.17
Independent Anu Shukla 104229 11.26
AAP Raaj Mangal Prasad 7768 0.84
NOTA None of the Above 6060 0.65
Majority 99267 10.82
Turnout 925937 59.12
Swing to LJP from RJD Swing

General elections 2009

General Election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, sitting MP 283454
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Shukla 262049
BSP Sankar Mahto 17448
INLD Jitendra Prasad 16057
INC Hind Kesari Yadav 11925
Majority 21405

See also