Jamui
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesTarapur
Sheikhpura
Sikandra
Jamui
Jhajha
Chakai
Established1952–1977;
2008
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyLok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
Elected year2019

Jamui Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency and Lok Sabha seat is dominated by Yadav caste. This constituency again came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments

Presently, Jamui Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
164 Tarapur Munger Rajeev Singh JDU LJP
169 Sheikhpura Sheikhpura Vijay Yadav RJD LJP
240 Sikandra (SC) Jamui Prafull Manjhi HAM LJP
241 Jamui Shreyasi Singh BJP LJP
242 Jhajha Damodar Rawat JDU LJP
243 Chakai Sumit Singh Ind LJP

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1952 Banarsi Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress
Nayan Tara Das
1962
1967
1971 Bhola Manjhi Communist Party of India
1977-2004: Constituency does not exist.
2009 Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United)
2014 Chirag Paswan Lok Janshakti Party
2019

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jamui
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Chirag Kumar Paswan 528,771 55.76 +18.95
RLSP Bhudeo Choudhary 2,87,716 30.34 +30.34
NOTA None of the Above 39,450 4.16 +1.64
BSP Upendra Ravidas 31,598 3.33 +1.40
IND Subash Paswan 16,701 1.76 +1.76
Majority 2,41,049 25.40 +14.32
Turnout 9,49,561 55.25 +5.24
LJP hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jamui
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Chirag Kumar Paswan 2,85,352 36.79
RJD Sudhansu Kumar Bhaskar 1,99,407 25.71
Janata Dal (United) Uday Narayan Choudhary 1,98,599 25.60
NOTA None of the Above 19,517 2.52
BSP Brahmadev Anand Paswan 15,008 1.93
JMM Upendra Ravidas 10,748 1.39
Majority 85,947 11.08
Turnout 7,75,650 50.01
LJP gain from Janata Dal (United) Swing

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See also

References

  1. Election Commission of India. Notification 02.04.2014

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