Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)

Munger Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Monghyr) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Mokama and Barh are in the 14 assembly segments which fall under Patna district.[1]

Assembly segments

Presently, Munger Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

  1. (165) Munger
  2. (166) Jamalpur
  3. (167) Suryagarha
  4. (168) Lakhisarai
  5. (178) Mokama
  6. (179) Barh

Munger and Jamalpur is in Munger district, Suryagarha and Lakhisarai is in Lakhisarai district, while Mokama and Barh is in Patna district of Bihar.

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]

Year Winner Party
1952
(4 members) [4]
Mathura Prasad Mishra Indian National Congress
Suresh Chandra Mishra Indian National Congress
Banarsi Pd. Sinha Indian National Congress
Nayan Tara Das Indian National Congress
1957
(2 members)
Banarsi Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress
Nayan Tara Das Indian National Congress
1962 Banarsi Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress
1964^ Madhu Limaye, in bypoll Samyukta Socialist Party
1967 Madhu Limaye Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 Devendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
1977 Shrikrishna Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Devendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress (U)
1984 Devendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Dhanraj Singh Janata Dal
1991 Brahmanand Mandal Communist Party of India
1996 Brahmanand Mandal Samata Party
1998 Vijay Kumar Vijay Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999 Brahmanand Mandal Janata Dal (United)
2004 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United)
2014 Veena Devi Lok Janshakti Party
2019 Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United)

^ by poll

Election results

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Munger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan Singh 5,28,762 51.03
INC Nilam Devi 3,60,825 34.82
Independent Amarjit Patel 18,646 1.80
Independent Dina Saw 15,893 1.53
Majority 1,67,937 16.21
Turnout 10,36,441 54.90
JD(U) gain from LJP Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Munger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Veena Devi 3,52,911 36.80
JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan Singh 2,43,827 26.67
RJD Pragati Mehta 1,82,917 20.01
SHS Ashok Kumar Singh 50,469 5.52
Majority 1,09,084 11.93
Turnout 9,14,442 53.17
LJP gain from JD(U) Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Munger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan Singh 3,74,317 57.45
RJD Ram Badan Roy 1,84,956 28.38
INC Ram Lakhan Singh 27,929 4.29
BSP Mannu Mahto 10,827 1.66
Majority 1,89,361 29.09
Turnout 6,51,597 41.65
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

References

See also

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