Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)

Munger Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: मुंगेर लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) (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. Munger
  2. Jamalpur
  3. Suryagarha
  4. Lakhisarai
  5. Mokama
  6. Barh

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
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
Majority 1,09,084 11.93
Turnout 9,14,442 53.17
JD(U) gain from LJP Swing

References
  1. "14 segments in Patna dist this time".
  2. "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html

See also

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