Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Bhagalpur (Bihar) was won by Ajay Kumar Mandal (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 277,630 votes over Shailesh Kumar Alias Vulo Mandal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bhagalpur, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala
Indian National Congress
93,315
51.7%
Chhabinath Singh (Communist Party of India)
49,439 (27.4 pts)
1962
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
100,657
49.4%
Chhabi Nath Singh (Communist Party of India)
61,129 (30.0 pts)
1967
B. J. Azad
Indian National Congress
110,377
38.3%
R. Tewary (Communist Party of India)
34,814 (12.1 pts)
1971
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
146,881
46.9%
Rameshwar Nath Tewari (Communist Party of India)
61,039 (19.5 pts)
1977
Dr. Ramji Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
304,791
71.7%
Bhagwat Jha Azad (Indian National Congress)
184,718 (43.5 pts)
1980
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Congress (I)
175,995
42.3%
Jageshwar Mandal (Janata Party (Secular))
76,685 (18.4 pts)
1984
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
228,030
40.6%
Jagesar Mandal (LKD)
30,485 (5.4 pts)
1989
Chun Chun Prasad Yadav
Janata Dal
547,723
81.5%
Bhagwad Jha Azad (Indian National Congress)
435,398 (64.8 pts)
1991
Chunchun Pra. Yadav
Janata Dal
315,292
52.4%
Sadanand Singh (Independent)
168,624 (28.0 pts)
1996
Chunchun Prasad Yadav
Janata Dal
269,927
41.8%
Prabhash Chandra Tiwari (Bharatiya Janata Party)
53,137 (8.2 pts)
1998
Prabhas Chandra Tiwari
Bharatiya Janata Party
349,463
44.6%
Chun Chun Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
91,847 (11.7 pts)
1999
Subodh Ray
CPI (Marxist)
321,159
47.9%
Prabhash Chandra Tiwari (Bharatiya Janata Party)
45,540 (6.8 pts)
2004
Sushil Kumar Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party
345,151
45.6%
Subodh Ray (CPI (Marxist))
117,853 (15.6 pts)
2009
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Bharatiya Janata Party
228,384
36.3%
Shakuni Choudhary (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
55,811 (8.9 pts)
2014
Shailesh Kumar Urph Bulo Mandal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
367,623
37.7%
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bharatiya Janata Party)
9,485 (1.0 pts)
2019
Ajay Kumar Mandal
Janata Dal (United)
618,254
61.2%
Shailesh Kumar Alias Vulo Mandal (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
277,630 (27.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Banarshi Prasad Jhunjhunwala
Indian National Congress
93,315
51.7%
Chhabinath Singh
Communist Party of India
43,876
24.3%
Sheodhari Singh
Praja Socialist Party
43,420
24.0%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
100,657
49.4%
Chhabi Nath Singh
Communist Party of India
39,528
19.4%
Abdul Rahman
Praja Socialist Party
30,859
15.1%
Kamleshwari Sahai
Swatantra Party
17,582
8.6%
Jyotirnath Mishra
Jharkhand Party
15,130
7.4%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
B. J. Azad
Indian National Congress
110,377
38.3%
R. Tewary
Communist Party of India
75,563
26.2%
S. L. Bajoria
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
33,606
11.7%
N. C. Ganguli
Independent
21,985
7.6%
U. Jha
Samyukta Socialist Party
17,854
6.2%
N. K. Sahay
Independent
11,541
4.0%
H. Bhagat
Independent
10,535
3.7%
N. M. Mishra
Independent
6,468
2.2%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
146,881
46.9%
Rameshwar Nath Tewari
Communist Party of India
85,842
27.4%
Jageshwar Mandal
Congress (O)
70,974
22.7%
Nagarmal Bajoria
Independent
6,898
2.2%
Lalmohan Paswan
ISP
2,615
0.8%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Ramji Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
304,791
71.7%
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
120,073
28.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Congress (I)
175,995
42.3%
Jageshwar Mandal
Janata Party (Secular)
99,310
23.9%
Ramjee Singh
Janata Party
61,551
14.8%
Rameshwar Lal Tiwari
Communist Party of India
48,119
11.6%
Nejam Uddin
Independent
16,771
4.0%
Upendra Yadav
Independent
6,316
1.5%
Mahendra Singh
Independent
2,398
0.6%
Diwkar Jha
Independent
2,277
0.5%
Udish Pd. Ram
Independent
2,124
0.5%
Abdul Rahman
Independent
1,405
0.3%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
228,030
40.6%
Jagesar Mandal
LKD
197,545
35.2%
Faiyaz Bhagalpuri
Independent
110,824
19.7%
Vishwanath Saraf
Janata Party
7,032
1.3%
Vinyanand Mishra
Independent
5,242
0.9%
Govind Prasad
Independent
2,991
0.5%
Imdad Ullah
Independent
1,764
0.3%
Barhamdeo Das
Independent
1,680
0.3%
Gopi Krishna Sharma
Independent
1,663
0.3%
Girija Nandan Parsad
Independent
1,600
0.3%
Sakaideo Prasad
Independent
1,118
0.2%
Gita Prasad Singh
Independent
960
0.2%
Balram Paswan
Independent
850
0.2%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chun Chun Prasad Yadav
Janata Dal
547,723
81.5%
Bhagwad Jha Azad
Indian National Congress
112,325
16.7%
Vijay Nath Singh
Independent
4,379
0.7%
Guru Prasad Singh
Independent
3,996
0.6%
Nagarmal Bajoria
Independent
3,393
0.5%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chunchun Pra. Yadav
Janata Dal
315,292
52.4%
Sadanand Singh
Independent
146,668
24.4%
Bijoy Kumar Mitra
Bharatiya Janata Party
123,145
20.5%
Ramjee Singh
Janata Party
3,624
0.6%
Nagarmal Vajoriya
DDP
2,410
0.4%
Gyananand Singh
Independent
1,737
0.3%
Ravindra Kumar
ICS(SCS)
1,454
0.2%
Nirmal Kumar Nirmal
Independent
908
0.2%
Sayad Raza Ahmedhussaini
IPF
885
0.1%
Naresh Yadav
Independent
655
0.1%
Shreedhar Singh
Independent
623
0.1%
Upendra Singh
Independent
588
0.1%
Sirajuddin
Independent
515
0.1%
Ramjeevan Yadav
Independent
415
0.1%
Pradeep Kumar Jain
Independent
415
0.1%
Puran Lal Sindhi
Independent
367
0.1%
Vijay Choudhary
Independent
362
0.1%
Guru Pra. Singh
Independent
294
0.0%
Shashi Kant Mishra
Independent
292
0.0%
Karu Sah
Independent
256
0.0%
Anand Kumar Jain
Independent
244
0.0%
Brij Bhushan Singh
BKUS
237
0.0%
Satmna Bhagat
Independent
231
0.0%
Prakash Kumar
Independent
212
0.0%
Mahakal Rekha
JMS
138
0.0%
Santosh Kumar Khemani
Independent
135
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chunchun Prasad Yadav
Janata Dal
269,927
41.8%
Prabhash Chandra Tiwari
Bharatiya Janata Party
216,790
33.6%
Rameshwar Thakur
Indian National Congress
115,100
17.8%
Onkar Pd. Ram
AIIC(T)
7,333
1.1%
Satish Chandra Sinha
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,639
1.0%
Aiyoob Hasan
JMM
6,116
0.9%
Chandrahas Yadav
Independent
2,675
0.4%
Faiyaz Bhagalpuri
Independent
2,457
0.4%
Manok Kumar
Independent
2,281
0.4%
Ramawatar Roy
Independent
1,945
0.3%
Mahakal Rekha
Independent
1,542
0.2%
Raj Kumar Yadav
Independent
1,378
0.2%
Bhag Chand
Independent
1,361
0.2%
Baldeo Mandal
Independent
1,323
0.2%
Kamta Prasad
Independent
1,241
0.2%
Sudhir Choudhry
Independent
1,197
0.2%
Murari Lal Sharma
Independent
1,177
0.2%
Krishna Prasad Sah
Independent
790
0.1%
Munindra K.Jaisawal
Shiv Sena
734
0.1%
Jagarnath Sah
Independent
684
0.1%
Ramrekha Singh
Independent
517
0.1%
Ali Hasan Ayoobi
Independent
471
0.1%
Chandradeo Paswan
Independent
431
0.1%
Shashi Bhushan Mishra
Independent
392
0.1%
Virchand Jain
Independent
335
0.1%
Vijay Kumar Singh
Independent
255
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Prabhas Chandra Tiwari
Bharatiya Janata Party
349,463
44.6%
Chun Chun Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
257,616
32.9%
Ambika Prasad
Communist Party of India
118,415
15.1%
Ratan Kumar Mandal
BJC
46,943
6.0%
Chandrahas Yadav
Independent
4,319
0.6%
Ajeet Kumar Yadav
AJBP
4,020
0.5%
Parmeshwar Mandal
Independent
2,740
0.3%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subodh Ray
CPI (Marxist)
321,159
47.9%
Prabhash Chandra Tiwari
Bharatiya Janata Party
275,619
41.1%
Dilip Kumar Sinha
Nationalist Congress Party
26,722
4.0%
Ratan Mandal
BJC(R)
21,907
3.3%
Shankar Bind
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,715
1.5%
Awdhesh Jha
Independent
5,324
0.8%
Faiyaj Bhagalpuri
Janata Dal (Secular)
2,725
0.4%
Das Shankar Kumar Jogendra Mohan
Shiv Sena
2,420
0.4%
Yugal Mandal
AJBP
1,228
0.2%
Indradeo Das
Rashtriya Lok Dal
1,104
0.2%
Chunchun Prasad Yadav
Independent
1,060
0.2%
Vijay Yadav
Independent
888
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sushil Kumar Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party
345,151
45.6%
Subodh Ray
CPI (Marxist)
227,298
30.0%
Prawez Khan
Bahujan Samaj Party
130,064
17.2%
Chunchun Pra Yadav
Samajwadi Party
13,239
1.7%
Sunil Choudhary
Independent
12,202
1.6%
Ashok Ray
PTSS
8,725
1.2%
Diwakar Lal Vanshi
Independent
7,001
0.9%
Naresh Prasad Yadav
Independent
6,399
0.8%
Nagarmal Bajoria "Dhartipakar"
ABHM
3,838
0.5%
Akhil Bharatiya Sharma
Independent
3,370
0.4%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Bharatiya Janata Party
228,384
36.3%
Shakuni Choudhary
Rashtriya Janata Dal
172,573
27.4%
Ajit Sharma
Bahujan Samaj Party
55,387
8.8%
Sadanand Singh
Indian National Congress
52,121
8.3%
Ratan Kumar Mandal
Independent
21,947
3.5%
Subodh Roy
CPI (Marxist)
17,087
2.7%
Dinesh Yadav
Independent
15,711
2.5%
Dr. N. K. Yadav
Independent
8,828
1.4%
Ram Vilash Paswan
RWS
6,935
1.1%
Sikandar Tanti
Independent
6,571
1.0%
Daya Ram Mandal
BHJAP
6,482
1.0%
Naresh Mandal
RPP
5,994
1.0%
Indradeo Kumar Singh
Independent
5,249
0.8%
Raman Sah
BJJD
4,358
0.7%
Srinarayan Gauswami
IJP
4,165
0.7%
Anand Kumar Jain
Independent
3,555
0.6%
Md. Izrail
LTSD
3,420
0.5%
Amit Kumar Jha
Independent
3,420
0.5%
Ravishankar Singh
Independent
2,628
0.4%
Deepak Ram
BSP(K)
2,361
0.4%
Laddu
Independent
1,902
0.3%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shailesh Kumar Urph Bulo Mandal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
367,623
37.7%
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Bharatiya Janata Party
358,138
36.8%
Abu Qaiser
Janata Dal (United)
132,256
13.6%
Ramjee Mandal
Independent
18,937
1.9%
Indradeo Kumar Singh
Independent
12,710
1.3%
None Of The Above
Independent
11,875
1.2%
Naushaba Khanam
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,265
1.2%
Mahadeo Kumar
Independent
9,295
1.0%
Kumkum Singh
BVM
8,025
0.8%
Sikandar Tanti
Independent
7,122
0.7%
Prof. Yogendra Mahto
Aam Aadmi Party
5,830
0.6%
Rinki Kumari
CPI (ML) Liberation
5,778
0.6%
Ranjan Kumar
Independent
5,165
0.5%
Anand Kumar Jain
Independent
4,734
0.5%
Suman Kumar
Independent
3,444
0.4%
Gaurav Kumar Ghosh
NTP
3,251
0.3%
Nishi Kant Mandal
BMP
3,147
0.3%
Viren Das
SBP
3,005
0.3%
Purosottam Choubey
Samajwadi Party
2,416
0.2%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ajay Kumar Mandal
Janata Dal (United)
618,254
61.2%
Shailesh Kumar Alias Vulo Mandal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
340,624
33.7%
Nurullah
Independent
9,620
1.0%
Mohammad Ashiq Ibrahimi
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,572
0.9%
Sunil Kumar
Independent
7,850
0.8%
Deepak Kumar
SUCI(C)
7,396
0.7%
Satyendra Kumar
Aam Aadmi Party
7,316
0.7%
Abhishek Priyadarshi
Independent
5,555
0.5%
Sushil Kumar Das
BDP
4,764
0.5%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Bhagalpur has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United).
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Bhagalpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Ajay Kumar Mandal (Janata Dal (United)) won Bhagalpur, Bihar, in 2019 with 618,254 votes (61.2%), a margin of 277,630 votes over Shailesh Kumar Alias Vulo Mandal.
Which parties have won Bhagalpur since 1957?
Since 1957, Bhagalpur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Bhagalpur?
The closest result on record for Bhagalpur was 2014, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 9,485 votes (1.0 percentage points).