Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

Maharajganj
Maharajganj
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1957
Total electors	19,34,937 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Janardan Singh Sigriwal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	RJD

Maharajganj 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.

#	Name	District	Member
111	Goriakhoti	Siwan	Devesh Kant Singh	BJP	BJP
112	Maharajganj	Siwan	Vijay Shanker Dubey	INC	BJP
113	Ekma	Saran	Srikant Yadav	RJD	BJP
114	Manjhi		Satyendra Yadav	CPM	BJP
115	Baniapur		Kedar Nath Singh	RJD	BJP
116	Taraiya		Janak Singh	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1957	Mahendra Nath Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Krishnakanta Singh
1967	Mrityunjay Prasad
1971	Ram Deo Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Ram Deo Singh	Janata Party
1980	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Krishan Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
1989	Chandra Shekhar	Janata Dal
1989^	Ram Bahadur Singh
1991	Girija Devi
1996	Ram Bahadur Singh	Samajwadi Janata Party
1998	Prabhunath Singh	Samata Party
1999		Janata Dal (United)
2004		Janata Dal (United)
2009	Uma Shankar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2013^	Prabhunath Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

^ by poll

Elections results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Maharajganj^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	529,533	52.22
	INC	Akash Prasad Singh	4,26,882	42.09
	AIMIM	Akhileshwar Prasad Singh	7,767	0.77
	BSP	Madhusudan Singh	13,402	1.32
	NOTA	None of the above	21,687	2.14
Majority			1,02,651	10.13
Turnout			1014109
Registered electors			19,34,937
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	546,352	56.17
	RJD	Randhir Singh	3,15,580	32.44
	BSP	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	320,753	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	233.452	50.20
	JD(U)	Prashant Kumar Shahi	1,56,890	33.60
	INC	Jitendra Swami	33,905	7.50
	IND.	Vikas Kumar Singh	17,046	3.70
	BED	Balendra Kumar Ray	13,064	2.95
	IND.	Om Prakash Singh	10,995	2.20
Majority			76562	26.5
Turnout			465352	31.05
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

References

External links

Maharajganj lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

26°06′N 84°30′E / 26.1°N 84.5°E / 26.1; 84.5

[1] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] "Result 2024".

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