Bikramganj, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Bikramganj (Bihar) was won by Ajit Kumar Singh (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 58,801 votes over Ram Prasad Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bikramganj, Bihar, from 1962 to 2004.

Full Election History, 1962–2004

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress 98,649 43.4% Sheopujan Singh (Praja Socialist Party) 10,664 (4.7 pts)
1967 S. Shastry Samyukta Socialist Party 150,426 45.9% H. Misra (Indian National Congress) 54,916 (16.7 pts)
1971 Sheo Pujan Singh Indian National Congress 188,414 55.6% Kumar Balawant Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 95,046 (28.1 pts)
1977 Ram Awadhesh Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 248,578 59.6% Ram Subhag Singh (Indian National Congress) 151,751 (36.4 pts)
1980 Tapeshwar Singh Congress (I) 164,271 37.7% Ram Awdhesh Singh (Janata Party (Secular)) 21,386 (4.9 pts)
1984 Tapeshwar Singh Indian National Congress 283,232 48.5% Ram Awadhesh Singh (LKD) 1,413 (0.2 pts)
1989 Ram Parsad Singh Janata Dal 219,941 40.9% Tapeshwar Singh (Indian National Congress) 125,993 (23.4 pts)
1991 Ram Prasad Singh Janata Dal 258,761 49.6% Indu Devi (W) (Indian National Congress) 177,076 (34.0 pts)
1996 Kanti Singh Janata Dal 276,508 42.3% Vashishta Narayan Singh (SAP) 2,423 (0.4 pts)
1998 Bashist Narayan Singh SAP 301,789 40.4% Kanti Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 7,851 (1.1 pts)
1999 Kanti Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 346,259 47.1% Vashisht Narayan Singh (Janata Dal (United)) 34,768 (4.7 pts)
2004 Ajit Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 305,392 41.6% Ram Prasad Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 58,801 (8.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress 98,649 43.4%
Sheopujan Singh Praja Socialist Party 87,985 38.7%
Lakshman Singh Socialist Party 21,508 9.5%
Sant Prasad Singh Communist Party of India 9,403 4.1%
Harihar Tiwari Independent 6,470 2.8%
Ram Rasayan Singh Independent 3,165 1.4%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Shastry Samyukta Socialist Party 150,426 45.9%
H. Misra Indian National Congress 95,510 29.1%
B. D. B. Patel Swatantra Party 29,413 9.0%
K. P. Misra Praja Socialist Party 15,182 4.6%
B. Sinha Independent 13,937 4.2%
B. N. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 12,728 3.9%
R. S. Rai Independent 5,926 1.8%
N. Singh Independent 4,871 1.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sheo Pujan Singh Indian National Congress 188,414 55.6%
Kumar Balawant Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 93,368 27.6%
Tapeshwar Rai Independent 14,452 4.3%
Radha Mohan Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 9,642 2.8%
Ram Sheo Singh Independent 8,616 2.5%
Brahm Deo Singh Independent 6,203 1.8%
Megh Raj Medhawi HSD 5,109 1.5%
Sheo Bujan Ram Independent 4,306 1.3%
Tribhuwan Singh Independent 4,016 1.2%
Badri Narayan Singh Praja Socialist Party 2,643 0.8%
Kamal Suresh Kumar Independent 1,017 0.3%
Faujdar Chaudhary JKP 675 0.2%
Awadesh Kumar Singh Independent 432 0.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Awadhesh Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 248,578 59.6%
Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress 96,827 23.2%
Laxman Choudhary SSD 33,907 8.1%
Ambika Saran Singh Independent 17,202 4.1%
Kesho Prasad Singh Independent 6,242 1.5%
Israil Mian Independent 4,446 1.1%
Baijnath Bhagat Independent 3,388 0.8%
Birend Kumar Pandeya Independent 2,416 0.6%
Guput Gandhi Independent 1,727 0.4%
Shiva Nath Chaudhary Independent 1,262 0.3%
Shiva Pujan Ram Independent 927 0.2%
Sidhnath Singh Independent 341 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tapeshwar Singh Congress (I) 164,271 37.7%
Ram Awdhesh Singh Janata Party (Secular) 142,885 32.8%
Munshi Singh Janata Party 106,716 24.5%
Babudhan Upadhayay Independent 5,652 1.3%
Lakshman Chaudhari Independent 5,535 1.3%
Udai Prasad Independent 2,030 0.5%
Sonapati Chaudhry Independent 1,925 0.4%
Kripashankar Tiwari Independent 1,634 0.4%
Gopichand Prasad Independent 1,551 0.4%
Vrijnandan Singh Independent 1,175 0.3%
Sukul Ram Independent 1,070 0.2%
Viswanath Chaudhari Independent 712 0.2%
Ram Nagina Singh Independent 347 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tapeshwar Singh Indian National Congress 283,232 48.5%
Ram Awadhesh Singh LKD 281,819 48.3%
Badri Bishal Tiwari Independent 3,651 0.6%
Lachman Chaudhary Independent 2,749 0.5%
Parmanand Rai Independent 2,633 0.5%
Manoranjan Pd. Rai Independent 1,350 0.2%
Lallan Rai Independent 1,236 0.2%
Jadubansh Singh Independent 940 0.2%
Basdeo Pandey Independent 886 0.2%
Raj Ballav Pandey Independent 874 0.1%
Lakchaman Singh Independent 620 0.1%
Shivram Singh Independent 612 0.1%
Lakchami Narain Pandey Independent 609 0.1%
Halwant Rai Independent 571 0.1%
Ram Ekbal Varsi Independent 503 0.1%
Ram Ekbal Prasad Independent 502 0.1%
Jagdish Narain Rai Independent 436 0.1%
Khedan Pd. Singh Independent 259 0.0%
Sonapati Chaudhary Independent 200 0.0%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Parsad Singh Janata Dal 219,941 40.9%
Tapeshwar Singh Indian National Congress 93,948 17.5%
Bachchan Singh IPF 88,085 16.4%
Kashi Nath Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 78,774 14.6%
Ram Awadesh Singh LKD (B) 45,561 8.5%
Gulab Ram DDP 2,127 0.4%
Ram Ekbal Varsi SOP(L) 1,445 0.3%
Ram Sheo Singh Independent 1,185 0.2%
Arun Kumar Mishra Independent 906 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Singh Independent 849 0.2%
Gupteshwar Singh Independent 778 0.1%
Jawahar Rai Independent 766 0.1%
Lakshman Singh Independent 682 0.1%
Asha Devi Independent 651 0.1%
Shailendra Prasad Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 595 0.1%
Samsudin Khan Independent 560 0.1%
Baij Nath Singh Independent 523 0.1%
Srinath Pathak Independent 483 0.1%
Subedar Singh Independent 469 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Prasad Singh Janata Dal 258,761 49.6%
Indu Devi (W) Indian National Congress 81,685 15.7%
Gopal Narain Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 72,891 14.0%
Bachchan Singh IPF 61,222 11.7%
Ram Awadesh Singh LKD 27,041 5.2%
Akhlakh Ahmad Janata Party 10,242 2.0%
Bishwanath Sah SSD 1,215 0.2%
Rama Shanker Sharkar ICS(SCS) 947 0.2%
Ramjee Das Independent 937 0.2%
Ranjeet Singh BKUS 874 0.2%
Ramashrewy Singh Independent 693 0.1%
Shekh Shakil Independent 572 0.1%
Ram Niwas Tewary Independent 465 0.1%
Asif Kamal Bahujan Samaj Party 456 0.1%
Kailash Singh Independent 451 0.1%
Bhagwan Singh Independent 424 0.1%
Ram Lakhan Bind DDP 354 0.1%
Arun Kumar Mishra Independent 311 0.1%
Deo Muni Mishra Independent 311 0.1%
Jawahar Rai Independent 294 0.1%
Jag Narain Singh Independent 261 0.1%
Vijay Krishna Pandey Independent 248 0.0%
Rabindra Ram Independent 245 0.0%
Ras Bihari Singh Independent 238 0.0%
Subedar Singh Independent 153 0.0%
Ram Darash Singh Independent 141 0.0%
Shyam Sunder Choubey Independent 75 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanti Singh Janata Dal 276,508 42.3%
Vashishta Narayan Singh SAP 274,085 42.0%
Bachchan Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 57,165 8.8%
Mahavali Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 10,872 1.7%
Ajay Kumar Singh Indian National Congress 8,541 1.3%
Ram Awadhesh Singh Samajwadi Party 6,609 1.0%
Kalendra Singh Independent 1,580 0.2%
Parth Sarathi Pandey Independent 1,147 0.2%
Dharmavir Singh ABJVP 1,077 0.2%
Shyam Vihari Singh AIIC(T) 1,018 0.2%
Janeshwar Singh Independent 928 0.1%
Vijay Kumar Independent 802 0.1%
Jag Lal Singh Independent 790 0.1%
Kishor Prasad Independent 786 0.1%
Dhananjay Kumar Mishra Independent 710 0.1%
Kanhaiya Lal Bhaskar SSD 677 0.1%
Vishwa Nath Singh Independent 675 0.1%
Ravindra Ram Independent 672 0.1%
Surendra Singh Independent 624 0.1%
Gopal Sahu Independent 581 0.1%
Dev Raj Ram Independent 574 0.1%
Awadh Vihari Pandit Independent 548 0.1%
Anirudh Singh Independent 497 0.1%
Rakesh Kumar Singh Independent 447 0.1%
Yamuna Sharma Independent 430 0.1%
Yadu Bansh Mishra Independent 412 0.1%
Rameshwar Singh Independent 396 0.1%
Valrup Choudhary Independent 383 0.1%
Jitendra Singh Independent 352 0.1%
Om Prakash Singh Shiv Sena 302 0.0%
Ras Vihari Sah Independent 293 0.0%
Rajani Kant Upadhyay BKUS 273 0.0%
Bes Lal Singh Independent 272 0.0%
Beni Madhav Choudhary Independent 258 0.0%
Ganga Dayal Singh Independent 256 0.0%
Bate Krishna Upadhyay Independent 244 0.0%
Kameshwar Singh Independent 239 0.0%
Nathuni Paswan Independent 209 0.0%
Vinod Singh Vill.Medanipur Independent 191 0.0%
Krishna Kumar Roy Independent 183 0.0%
Vinod Singh Vill. Mohanpur Independent 135 0.0%
Arun Singh Yadav Independent 101 0.0%
Kunj Bihari Singh Independent 93 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bashist Narayan Singh SAP 301,789 40.4%
Kanti Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 293,938 39.3%
Arun Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 80,221 10.7%
Jitendra Prasad Singh Janata Dal 48,008 6.4%
Ram Awadhesh Singh Samajwadi Party 8,602 1.2%
Lakshman Choudhary SSD 4,440 0.6%
Shiv Pujan Singh SWJP 3,149 0.4%
Navin Chand Sah PSSS 2,451 0.3%
Asfak Ahmad Independent 2,096 0.3%
Kedar Pandey ABHM 1,201 0.2%
Amika Choudhary Independent 826 0.1%
Bharat Singh Independent 285 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanti Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 346,259 47.1%
Vashisht Narayan Singh Janata Dal (United) 311,491 42.4%
Arun Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 52,384 7.1%
Narendra Singh Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 14,801 2.0%
Lakshman Choudhary SSD 3,058 0.4%
Kumar Arun Deo Shiv Sena 2,116 0.3%
Bhagwan Singh Independent 1,131 0.2%
Krishna Pratap Prabhakar Rashtriya Lok Dal 1,094 0.1%
Kapur Chand Singh Independent 862 0.1%
Kedar Pandey ABHM 702 0.1%
Kamlesh Choudhary Independent 513 0.1%
Kamta Singh Independent 507 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ajit Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 305,392 41.6%
Ram Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 246,591 33.6%
Arun Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 85,973 11.7%
Arun Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 52,754 7.2%
Girija Prasad Singh Independent 12,438 1.7%
Ram Awadesh Singh Rashtriya Lok Dal 8,236 1.1%
Baban Singh Kushwaha RSMD 5,482 0.7%
Sipahi Prasad Independent 3,727 0.5%
Virendra Singh Independent 2,389 0.3%
Basudeo Hajarika SAP 2,028 0.3%
Rameshwar Prasad Independent 1,887 0.3%
Md Jamil Ansari Independent 1,671 0.2%
Baijnath Bhagat SSD 1,640 0.2%
Shri Niwas Singh Independent 1,526 0.2%
Ram Janam Singh Shiv Sena 1,341 0.2%
Jyoti Shanker Independent 911 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 4.7 pts 1967: Samyukta Socialist Party margin 16.7 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 28.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 36.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 4.9 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 0.2 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 23.4 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 34.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 0.4 pts 1998: SAP margin 1.1 pts 1999: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 4.7 pts 2004: Janata Dal (United) margin 8.0 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004

Trend

Bikramganj has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Samyukta Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, SAP, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bikramganj in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?

Ajit Kumar Singh (Janata Dal (United)) won Bikramganj, Bihar, in 2004 with 305,392 votes (41.6%), a margin of 58,801 votes over Ram Prasad Singh.

Which parties have won Bikramganj since 1962?

Since 1962, Bikramganj has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP, Samyukta Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Bikramganj?

The closest result on record for Bikramganj was 1984, when Indian National Congress beat LKD by just 1,413 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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