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.

  1. (111) Goriakothi
  2. (112) Maharajganj
  3. (113) Ekma
  4. (114) Manjhi
  5. (115) Baniapur
  6. (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

See also

References
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