Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: शिवहर लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency has been represented by veterans like Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha an eminent freedom fighter and is known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India and Ram Dulari Sinha, former Union Minister and Governor, she happens to be the wife of Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha, she was also a freedom fighter and the first women from Bihar to attain Master's degree.

Assembly segments

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

  1. Madhuban
  2. Chiraia
  3. Dhaka
  4. Sheohar
  5. Riga
  6. Belsand

Members of Parliament

As Muzzffarpur North-West constituency:

As Pupri constituency:

As Sheohar constituency:[1]

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Sheohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Rama Devi 3,72,506 44.19
RJD Mohammad Anwarul Haque 2,36,267 28.03
JD(U) Shahid Ali Khan 79,108 9.38
SP Lovely Anand 46,008 5.46
BSP Angesh Kumar 26,446 3.14
JMM Laxman Paswan 18,681 2.22
NOTA None of the above 11,670 1.38
Margin of victory 1,36,239 16.16
Turnout 8,42,894 56.73
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

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