Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)

Madhepura is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Sharad Yadav started his political innings in his home state of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s, but he later made Madhepura his base, winning from here 4 times and losing 4 times. He won from here in 1991, 1996, (lost to Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1998), 1999 (defeating Lalu), (lost to Lalu in 2004), won again in 2009. He lost in 2014 and then again 2019, both times falling to Modi wave.

Vidhan Sabha segments

After the delimitation in 2009, presently Madhepura constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:

  1. (70) Alamnagar
  2. (71) Bihariganj
  3. (73) Madhepura
  4. (74) Sonbarsha
  5. (75) Saharsa
  6. (77) Mahishi

Alamnagar, Bihariganj and Madhepura are in Madhepura district, while Sonbarsha, Saharsa and Mahishi are in Saharsa district of Bihar.

Members of Lok Sabha
Year Winner Party
1967 B. P. Mandal Samyukta Socialist Party
1968^ B. P. Mandal Independent
1971 Rajendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
1977 B. P. Mandal Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Rajendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress (U)
1984 Rajendra Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Rajendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
1991 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal
1996 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal
1998 Lalu Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2004 Lalu Prasad Yadav (Retained Chapra, vacated Madhepura) Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004^ Pappu Yadav (bye-poll) Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2014 Pappu Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United)

^ by poll

Election results

2019 Lok Sabha Election
2019 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav 6,24,334 54.42
RJD Sharad Yadav 3,22,807 28.14
JAP(L) Pappu Yadav 97,631 8.51
NOTA None of the Above 38,450 3.35
Majority 3,01,527 26.28
Turnout 11,47,652 60.89
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

2014 Lok Sabha Election
2014 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Pappu Yadav 3,68,937 35.65
JD(U) Sharad Yadav 3,12,728 30.22
BJP Vijay Kumar Singh 2,52,534 24.40
NOTA None of the Above 21,924 2.11
BSP Gulzar Kumar 18,084 1.74
Independent Rajo Sah 12,247
Majority 56,209
Turnout 10,34,799 59.96
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing
2009 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Sharad Yadav 3,70,585 48.99 +9.56
RJD Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav 1,92,964 25.51 -23.98
INC Dr. Tara Nand Sada 67,803 8.96 +8.96
CPI Om Prakash Narayan 28,112 3.72 +3.72
Independent Kishor Kumar 19,946 2.46 +2.46
Independent Mahadeo Yadav 12,657 1.67 +1.67
Independent Saakar Suresh Yadav 9,206 1.22 +1.22
RJP Dhanoj Kumar Tanti 9,180 1.21 +1.21
BSP Binod Kumar Jha 8,467 1.12 -1.92
Samata Party N.K. Singh 6,667 0.88 -0.51
Majority 1,77,621 23.48 +13.42
Turnout 7,56,450 50.17 +4.98
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing +9.56

2004 Lok Sabha Election
2004 Indian general elections: Madhepura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav 3,44,301 49.49
JD(U) Sharad Yadav 2,74,314 39.43
BSP Arvind Sah 21,152 3.04
Independent Satto Mandal 11,673 1.68
Samata Party N.K. Singh 9,685 1.39
SP Anant Lal Sada 8,493 1.22
Independent Prasanna Kumar 6,475 0.93
Majority 69,987 10.06
Turnout 6,95,674 45.19
RJD hold Swing

1999 Lok Sabha Election
  • Sharad Yadav (JD-U) : 328,761 votes [1]
  • Lalu Prasad (RJD) : 298,441

See also

References
  1. https://resultuniversity.com/election/madhepura-lok-sabha

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