Buxar, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Buxar (Bihar) was won by Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 117,609 votes over Jagadanand Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Buxar, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Kamal Singh Independent 75,441 43.9% Hargovind Mishra (Indian National Congress) 7,824 (4.6 pts)
1962 Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 97,962 43.1% Kamal Singh (Independent) 5,516 (2.4 pts)
1967 R. S. Singh Indian National Congress 94,032 33.2% R. Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party) 34,223 (12.1 pts)
1971 Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 112,541 39.3% Ram Subhag Singh (Congress (O)) 30,064 (10.5 pts)
1977 Rama Nand Tiwary Bharatiya Lok Dal 286,418 65.0% Anant Prasad Sharma (Indian National Congress) 203,713 (46.3 pts)
1980 K. K. Tiwari Congress (I) 133,999 37.8% Suraj Prasad (Communist Party of India) 31,724 (8.9 pts)
1984 Kamla Kant Tiwari Indian National Congress 207,732 46.3% Tej Narayan Singh (Communist Party of India) 55,702 (12.4 pts)
1989 Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 212,596 38.9% Kamal Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 37,322 (6.8 pts)
1991 Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 234,088 41.4% Kamal Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 66,000 (11.7 pts)
1996 Lal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 265,427 45.3% Tej Narain Singh (Communist Party of India) 63,764 (10.9 pts)
1998 Lalmuni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 266,961 41.1% Udai Pratap Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 84,316 (13.0 pts)
1999 Lal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 235,968 39.1% Shivanand Tiwary (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 11,606 (1.9 pts)
2004 Lalmuni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 205,980 31.7% Dadan Singh (Independent) 54,866 (8.5 pts)
2009 Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 132,614 21.3% Lal Muni Choubey (Bharatiya Janata Party) 2,238 (0.4 pts)
2014 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 319,012 35.9% Jagadanand Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 132,338 (14.9 pts)
2019 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 473,053 48.7% Jagadanand Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 117,609 (12.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Singh Independent 75,441 43.9%
Hargovind Mishra Indian National Congress 67,617 39.4%
Ramdayal Pandey Praja Socialist Party 28,636 16.7%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 97,962 43.1%
Kamal Singh Independent 92,446 40.7%
Tribeni Singh Socialist Party 36,983 16.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. S. Singh Indian National Congress 94,032 33.2%
R. Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 59,809 21.1%
S. Prasad Communist Party of India 59,144 20.9%
T. Parmanand Swatantra Party 36,729 13.0%
R. Pandey Independent 8,341 2.9%
S. Pandey Independent 7,040 2.5%
K. K. Lal Independent 6,091 2.2%
N. K. Singh Independent 5,511 1.9%
B. N. Singh Independent 4,129 1.5%
A. Lal Independent 1,997 0.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 112,541 39.3%
Ram Subhag Singh Congress (O) 82,477 28.8%
Suraj Prasad Singh Communist Party of India 49,403 17.3%
Ram Awadhesh Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 19,825 6.9%
Jannat Hussain Khan Independent 5,024 1.8%
Prem Chandra Upadhya Independent 5,013 1.8%
Dina Nath Singh Independent 4,650 1.6%
Kamla Jahanawi JKP 2,236 0.8%
Sheo Nath Pandey Independent 1,647 0.6%
Bijoy Kumar Singh Independent 968 0.3%
Badri Singh Bagi Independent 895 0.3%
Brij Bihari Singh Independent 868 0.3%
Bali Raj Thakur Independent 516 0.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rama Nand Tiwary Bharatiya Lok Dal 286,418 65.0%
Anant Prasad Sharma Indian National Congress 82,705 18.8%
Suraj Prasad Communist Party of India 59,612 13.5%
Mohan Singh Independent 8,300 1.9%
Sheo Nath Pandey Independent 1,865 0.4%
Kedar Nath Mishra Independent 1,450 0.3%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. K. Tiwari Congress (I) 133,999 37.8%
Suraj Prasad Communist Party of India 102,275 28.9%
Rama Nand Tiwari Janata Party 88,224 24.9%
Ranjit Singh Independent 5,824 1.6%
Rajendra Mohan Verma Independent 4,159 1.2%
Tarkeshwar Nath Pathak Independent 3,584 1.0%
Ram Nath Gautam Independent 3,407 1.0%
Barma Nand Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 1,701 0.5%
Jagat Narayan Pathak Independent 1,544 0.4%
Biswa Nath Pandey Independent 1,467 0.4%
Vinay Kumar Chaudhari Independent 1,346 0.4%
Dwarika Nath Dubey Independent 1,340 0.4%
Vikaram Chamar Independent 949 0.3%
Jag Nath Prasad Keshari Independent 722 0.2%
Sheo Nath Pande Independent 699 0.2%
Shah Basi Ahmed Independent 683 0.2%
Viswa Nath Singh Independent 675 0.2%
Vishun Dhari Harijan Independent 654 0.2%
Isu Mian Independent 554 0.2%
Kedar Nath Mishra Independent 480 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamla Kant Tiwari Indian National Congress 207,732 46.3%
Tej Narayan Singh Communist Party of India 152,030 33.9%
Lal Muni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 57,407 12.8%
Surya Narayan Sharma LKD 21,012 4.7%
Deo Muni Roy Independent 3,997 0.9%
Rajeshwar Roy Independent 2,728 0.6%
Ganesh Pd. Keshari Independent 2,150 0.5%
Lalan Ram Independent 1,979 0.4%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 212,596 38.9%
Kamal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 175,274 32.1%
Kamal Kant Tiwary Indian National Congress 140,641 25.7%
Ranji Singh BKUS 3,504 0.6%
Suraj Prasad Singh Independent 1,925 0.4%
Shobhnath Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 1,841 0.3%
Kalika Singh Independent 1,456 0.3%
Subhas Chandra Singh LKD (B) 1,206 0.2%
Sheonath Pandey Independent 1,124 0.2%
Ramneh Sah Independent 1,006 0.2%
Shyam Sunder Singh JNP (JP) 900 0.2%
Dashrath Tiwary Independent 893 0.2%
Vidya Sagar Pandey Independent 852 0.2%
Bashisth Ram DDP 793 0.1%
Parsuram Singh Independent 689 0.1%
Bansh Narayan Singh Independent 662 0.1%
Suresh Ojha Independent 642 0.1%
Mukti Nath Singh Independent 345 0.1%
Mritunjai Prasad Independent 319 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 234,088 41.4%
Kamal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 168,088 29.8%
Kamla Kant Tewari Indian National Congress 116,747 20.7%
Madan Pal IPF 28,971 5.1%
Ganpati Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 4,940 0.9%
Surya Kumar Yadav Janata Party 1,516 0.3%
Abdul Mannan Khan Independent 1,285 0.2%
Kamlesh Tewary DBM 1,130 0.2%
Laljee Singh BKUS 780 0.1%
Bhim Singh Independent 722 0.1%
Surendra Prasad Pandey Independent 693 0.1%
Chaudhary Ramjee Sharma Independent 650 0.1%
Sheo Kumar Sinha Independent 619 0.1%
Chandra Sekhar Tewary Independent 596 0.1%
Sheonath Pandey SOP(L) 484 0.1%
Kalimullah Rayeen Independent 483 0.1%
Ram Chander Mallah Independent 477 0.1%
Rana Prasad Vimal Independent 455 0.1%
Vidya Sagar Tewary DDP 409 0.1%
Dharam Nath Yadav LKD 384 0.1%
Raj Kumar Sharma Independent 363 0.1%
Rajiv Nandan Verma Independent 304 0.1%
Indra Kumar Independent 296 0.1%
Parsu Ram Singh Independent 274 0.0%
Nathu Ram Independent 179 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 265,427 45.3%
Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 201,663 34.4%
Suresh Mehta CPI (ML) Liberation 61,148 10.4%
Janardan Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 22,753 3.9%
Ranjit Singh BKUS 7,838 1.3%
Shyam Bihari Mishra Indian National Congress 7,028 1.2%
Kamala Kant Tiwary Independent 5,772 1.0%
Kameshwar Prasad Srivastwa Independent 1,610 0.3%
Rup Narain Koiri Independent 1,544 0.3%
Sudarshan Singh Independent 1,482 0.3%
Bhola Choudhari Independent 1,001 0.2%
Ranvijay Rai Independent 810 0.1%
Lakshman Singh Independent 735 0.1%
Munewar Singh Independent 677 0.1%
Ramnaresh Pandey Independent 648 0.1%
Dayanand Upadhyay Janata Party 609 0.1%
Brahma Dayal Singh Independent 589 0.1%
Tribhuw Ojha Independent 544 0.1%
Sarayu Upadhya AIIC(T) 494 0.1%
Vijay Na. Pathak Independent 318 0.1%
Bashist Rai Independent 286 0.0%
Hasir Husain Independent 278 0.0%
Shiv Jee Yadav Independent 260 0.0%
Shambhu Choudhary Independent 258 0.0%
Dileep Kumar Independent 252 0.0%
Shiv Nath Pandey Independent 250 0.0%
Vidya Sagar Tiwary Independent 247 0.0%
Mohan Kumar Dubey Independent 223 0.0%
Krishna Kumar Mishra Independent 177 0.0%
Vinod Pathak Independent 173 0.0%
Vindhyachala Singh Independent 133 0.0%
Kumar Mohan Choubey Independent 126 0.0%
Vrida Nand Singh Independent 85 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lalmuni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 266,961 41.1%
Udai Pratap Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 182,645 28.1%
Tej Narain Singh Communist Party of India 93,265 14.3%
Rajesh Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 49,758 7.7%
Mahabali Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 48,247 7.4%
Vijay Shankar Mishra Indian National Congress 8,389 1.3%
Nandjee Singh Independent 1,036 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 235,968 39.1%
Shivanand Tiwary Rashtriya Janata Dal 224,362 37.2%
Tej Narayan Singh Communist Party of India 67,916 11.3%
Mitranand Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 36,385 6.0%
Sobh Nath Ram Anokha Bahujan Samaj Party 32,957 5.5%
Dinanath Pandey Shiv Sena 3,650 0.6%
Vijay Singh SJP(R) 1,511 0.3%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lalmuni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 205,980 31.7%
Dadan Singh Independent 151,114 23.3%
Shivanand Tiwary Rashtriya Janata Dal 133,467 20.6%
Shiv Kumar Singh Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 75,309 11.6%
Shushila Devi CPI (ML) Liberation 32,807 5.1%
Ram Ekbal Chaudhari SBSP 16,639 2.6%
Tej Narayan Singh Communist Party of India 11,669 1.8%
Ranjit Singh Samajwadi Party 10,378 1.6%
Satendra Singh Independent 6,831 1.1%
Bisheshwar Pandey Independent 2,973 0.5%
Lalsa Devi Independent 1,991 0.3%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 132,614 21.3%
Lal Muni Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 130,376 20.9%
Shyam Lal Singh Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 127,145 20.4%
Dadan Singh Independent 122,975 19.7%
Kamla Kant Tiwary Indian National Congress 22,780 3.7%
Sudama Prasad CPI (ML) Liberation 19,459 3.1%
Shyam Bihari Bind JPS 15,486 2.5%
Mokarram Hussain SBSP 10,203 1.6%
Pratibha Devi Independent 7,201 1.2%
Mohan Sah BJJD 7,072 1.1%
Jai Singh Yadav Independent 3,965 0.6%
Rajendra Singh Maurya LTSD 3,535 0.6%
Kamlesh Choudhary Independent 2,735 0.4%
Rajendra Paswan Independent 2,681 0.4%
Dr. Vijendra Nath Upadhyay Shiv Sena 2,661 0.4%
Phulan Pandit Independent 2,594 0.4%
Lallan Rupnarain Pathak Independent 2,430 0.4%
Shiv Charan Yadav Independent 1,927 0.3%
Surendra Kumar Bharti Independent 1,768 0.3%
Satyendra Ojha AD 1,638 0.3%
Suresh Wadekar RPI 1,338 0.2%
Sunil Kumar Dubey Independent 1,032 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 319,012 35.9%
Jagadanand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 186,674 21.0%
Dadan Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 184,788 20.8%
Shyam Lal Singh Kushwaha Janata Dal (United) 117,012 13.2%
Indu Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 13,051 1.5%
Sheo Gopal Choudhary Independent 12,422 1.4%
None Of The Above Independent 9,179 1.0%
Sweta Pathak Aam Aadmi Party 7,879 0.9%
Mokarram Hussain SBSP 7,514 0.8%
Pradeep Kumar Prasad PMSP 6,901 0.8%
Narendra Pratap Singh Independent 6,130 0.7%
Lallan Rupnarain Pathak Independent 5,294 0.6%
Shio Kumar Sharma JP(S) 3,437 0.4%
Rajendra Kumar Singh Chouhan BVM 2,740 0.3%
Tafir Hussian HVD 2,241 0.3%
Parshuram Prasad BMP 2,066 0.2%
Monibur Rahman JDR 1,864 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 473,053 48.7%
Jagadanand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 355,444 36.6%
Sushil Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 80,261 8.3%
Uday Narayan Rai @ Luddu Rajbhar SBSP 14,170 1.5%
Ramchandra Singh Yadav Independent 10,730 1.1%
Anil Kumar JVP 9,756 1.0%
Rakesh Kumar Ray @ Guddu Ray Independent 6,802 0.7%
Dhanjit Singh @ Dhanjit Kumar VPI 4,171 0.4%
Ranjit Singh @ Ranage Independent 3,905 0.4%
Arvind Kumar Pandey @ Chote Baba Independent 2,351 0.2%
Santosh Kumar Yadav BMP 2,236 0.2%
Jay Prakash Ram Independent 2,233 0.2%
Anil Kumar Rai RDU 1,907 0.2%
Ravi Raj PSP(L) 1,778 0.2%
Binod Kumar Bikrant PPI(D) 1,617 0.2%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Independent margin 4.6 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 2.4 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 12.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 10.5 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 46.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 8.9 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 12.4 pts 1989: Communist Party of India margin 6.8 pts 1991: Communist Party of India margin 11.7 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.9 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 13.0 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.9 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.5 pts 2009: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 0.4 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 14.9 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.1 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Buxar has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Independent, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Buxar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Buxar, Bihar, in 2019 with 473,053 votes (48.7%), a margin of 117,609 votes over Jagadanand Singh.

Which parties have won Buxar since 1957?

Since 1957, Buxar has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Buxar?

The closest result on record for Buxar was 2009, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 2,238 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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