Hajipur, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Hajipur (Bihar) was won by Pashu Pati Kumar Paras (Lok Janshakti Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 205,449 votes over Shiv Chandra Ram. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Hajipur, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Rajeshwar Patel Indian National Congress 163,476 23.1% Chandramani Lal Chaudhary (Indian National Congress) 28,341 (4.0 pts)
1962 Rajeshwar Patel Indian National Congress 104,351 41.6% Achhaibat Rai (Socialist Party) 21,850 (8.7 pts)
1967 V. Chaudhary Indian National Congress 100,645 30.3% S. Rai (Samyukta Socialist Party) 28,530 (8.6 pts)
1971 Digvijay Narain Singh Congress (O) 142,771 35.8% Valmiki Chaudhary (Indian National Congress) 7,084 (1.8 pts)
1977 Ram Vilas Paswan Bharatiya Lok Dal 469,007 89.3% Baleshwar Ram (Indian National Congress) 424,545 (80.8 pts)
1980 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Party (Secular) 266,428 57.8% Medni Paswan (Janata Party) 145,839 (31.6 pts)
1984 Ram Ratan Ram Indian National Congress 314,725 53.6% Ram Bilas Paswan (LKD) 51,216 (8.7 pts)
1989 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal 615,129 84.1% Mahabir Paswan (Indian National Congress) 504,448 (69.0 pts)
1991 Ram Sunder Das Janata Dal 489,105 65.8% Dasai Choudhary (Janata Party) 367,752 (49.4 pts)
1996 Ram Bilash Paswan Janata Dal 387,781 51.6% Ram Sundar Das (SAP) 46,231 (6.2 pts)
1998 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal 486,350 60.6% Ram Sunder Das (SJP(R)) 177,561 (22.1 pts)
1999 Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal (United) 434,609 55.7% Ramai Ram (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 105,504 (13.5 pts)
2004 Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 477,495 61.7% Chhedi Paswan (Janata Dal (United)) 237,801 (30.7 pts)
2009 Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 246,715 44.4% Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP) 37,954 (6.8 pts)
2014 Ramvilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 455,652 50.4% Sanjeev Prasad Toni (Indian National Congress) 225,500 (24.9 pts)
2019 Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Lok Janshakti Party 541,310 55.1% Shiv Chandra Ram (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 205,449 (20.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rajeshwar Patel Indian National Congress 163,476 23.1%
Chandramani Lal Chaudhary Indian National Congress 135,135 19.1%
Ram Sundar Dass Praja Socialist Party 100,257 14.2%
Ram Balak Roy CNSPJP 89,870 12.7%
Yogendra Sukla Praja Socialist Party 82,190 11.6%
Awadhesh Narain Sinha Independent 73,131 10.3%
Kali Bhagat Independent 62,980 8.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rajeshwar Patel Indian National Congress 104,351 41.6%
Achhaibat Rai Socialist Party 82,501 32.9%
Praduman Pd. Singh Swatantra Party 38,263 15.3%
Samser Bahadoor Singh Praja Socialist Party 25,522 10.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
V. Chaudhary Indian National Congress 100,645 30.3%
S. Rai Samyukta Socialist Party 72,115 21.7%
S. Sharwan Independent 57,076 17.2%
R. Patel JKD 35,246 10.6%
A. K. Verma Bharatiya Jana Sangh 32,970 9.9%
S. R. Yadav Praja Socialist Party 13,830 4.2%
B. N. Chaudhary Independent 12,560 3.8%
S. Devi Independent 8,226 2.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Digvijay Narain Singh Congress (O) 142,771 35.8%
Valmiki Chaudhary Indian National Congress 135,687 34.1%
Awadh Bihari Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 67,472 16.9%
Kamalesh Rai Praja Socialist Party 37,670 9.5%
Shrivedantijee RRP 7,643 1.9%
Ramnarain Singh Independent 3,663 0.9%
Shiv Shankar Rai BKD 2,558 0.6%
Bachulal Azad Independent 907 0.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan Bharatiya Lok Dal 469,007 89.3%
Baleshwar Ram Indian National Congress 44,462 8.5%
Ram Das Rajak Independent 5,308 1.0%
Ram Sundar Das Independent 3,449 0.7%
Lal Mohar Paswan Independent 1,349 0.3%
Vachchu Lal Azad Independent 835 0.2%
Annu Das Independent 496 0.1%
Suryadev Chaudhary Independent 273 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Party (Secular) 266,428 57.8%
Medni Paswan Janata Party 120,589 26.1%
Shyama Kumari Congress (I) 70,295 15.2%
Kamta Prasad Independent 2,162 0.5%
Rajendra Bhagat Independent 1,739 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Ratan Ram Indian National Congress 314,725 53.6%
Ram Bilas Paswan LKD 263,509 44.9%
Rama Sankar Bharati Independent 4,457 0.8%
Suresh Ram Independent 3,067 0.5%
Kameshwar Bhagat Independent 1,275 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal 615,129 84.1%
Mahabir Paswan Indian National Congress 110,681 15.1%
Nagina Ram LKD (B) 2,238 0.3%
Mahendra Bagat PVP 1,833 0.3%
Dashrath Paswan DDP 1,711 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Sunder Das Janata Dal 489,105 65.8%
Dasai Choudhary Janata Party 121,353 16.3%
Sanjiv Prasad Toni Indian National Congress 102,831 13.8%
Rajender Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 28,312 3.8%
Lal Dev Paswan Independent 479 0.1%
Nathu Baitha DDP 324 0.0%
Saryug Paswan Independent 258 0.0%
Mahendra Bhagat Independent 252 0.0%
Ram Chandra Ram Independent 191 0.0%
Ram Dayal Paswan Independent 179 0.0%
Vinode Ravidas Independent 178 0.0%
Ram Naresh Paswan Independent 175 0.0%
Suresh Paswan Independent 83 0.0%
Karan Kumar Independent 77 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Bilash Paswan Janata Dal 387,781 51.6%
Ram Sundar Das SAP 341,550 45.4%
Raj Kumar Paswan Independent 7,153 1.0%
Taneshwar Azad Indian National Congress 4,166 0.6%
Nathoo Rajak Independent 3,933 0.5%
Mahesh Kumar Independent 1,352 0.2%
Mehendra Bhagat Independent 1,111 0.1%
Sanjay Kumar Independent 1,047 0.1%
Ram Shankar Ram Independent 1,024 0.1%
Nageshwar Baitha Independent 821 0.1%
Lakshmi Paswan Bahujan Samaj Party 659 0.1%
Ram Naumi Paswan Independent 488 0.1%
Veer Chandra Ram Independent 309 0.0%
Sunil Kumar Paswan Independent 257 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal 486,350 60.6%
Ram Sunder Das SJP(R) 308,789 38.5%
Geeta Devi Independent 3,690 0.5%
Narayan Das Independent 2,863 0.4%
Ramjeet Prasad Independent 620 0.1%
Veer Chandra Ram Independent 542 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal (United) 434,609 55.7%
Ramai Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 329,105 42.2%
Ram Sundar Das SJP(R) 5,027 0.6%
Vinod Paswan Independent 3,795 0.5%
Rampati Ram SPSP 3,260 0.4%
Narayan Das Independent 2,119 0.3%
Ram Ekban Paswar Independent 1,686 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 477,495 61.7%
Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal (United) 239,694 31.0%
Chandeshwar Das Bahujan Samaj Party 16,146 2.1%
Ram Sundar Das SJP(R) 14,801 1.9%
Lalan Ram Independent 8,322 1.1%
Jitendra Kumar Janata Party 8,065 1.0%
Laxman Paswan AD 4,753 0.6%
Uttam Choudhary Unnat Janata Dal (Secular) 4,321 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 246,715 44.4%
Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 208,761 37.6%
Dasai Choudhary Indian National Congress 21,585 3.9%
Dinesh Chandra Bhushan LTSD 17,150 3.1%
Sanjay Pashwan Independent 14,217 2.6%
Rajendra Kumar Paswan Independent 13,071 2.4%
Ram Tirth Paswan Independent 10,537 1.9%
Vishwa Vijay Kumar Vidhyarthi Independent 7,627 1.4%
Pratima Kumari Independent 5,948 1.1%
Maheshwar Das Bahujan Samaj Party 5,175 0.9%
Nand Lal Paswan Independent 4,321 0.8%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramvilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 455,652 50.4%
Sanjeev Prasad Toni Indian National Congress 230,152 25.4%
Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 95,790 10.6%
Viphiya Devi Independent 24,399 2.7%
Dina Nath Ram Independent 21,045 2.3%
None Of The Above Independent 15,094 1.7%
Dhaneshwar Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 12,688 1.4%
Ujjawal Kant Hunkar BMF 8,957 1.0%
Upender Ram Independent 8,896 1.0%
Suresh Paswan Independent 7,544 0.8%
Raj Kr. Paswan Aam Aadmi Party 6,344 0.7%
Virchandra Paswan Samajwadi Party 4,185 0.5%
Rina Ragni BMP 3,882 0.4%
Randhir Kumar Ram BVP 3,711 0.4%
Satya Narayan Paswan AIFB 3,216 0.4%
Vidhan Chandra Rana SJP(R) 3,198 0.4%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Lok Janshakti Party 541,310 55.1%
Shiv Chandra Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 335,861 34.2%
Raj Kr. Paswan Independent 30,797 3.1%
Arvind Paswan Independent 18,346 1.9%
Umesh Das Bahujan Samaj Party 14,579 1.5%
Rajgir Paswan BVP 11,199 1.1%
Shiwani Kant Independent 8,751 0.9%
Kumari Aashiki SAAFP 6,801 0.7%
Balendra Das JPJD 5,589 0.6%
Dasai Chaudhary Nationalist Congress Party 4,875 0.5%
Jibas Paswan SUCI(C) 3,453 0.4%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Indian National Congress margin 4.0 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 8.7 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 8.6 pts 1971: Congress (O) margin 1.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 80.8 pts 1980: Janata Party (Secular) margin 31.6 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 8.7 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 69.0 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 49.4 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 6.2 pts 1998: Janata Dal margin 22.1 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 13.5 pts 2004: LJP margin 30.7 pts 2009: Janata Dal (United) margin 6.8 pts 2014: Lok Janshakti Party margin 24.9 pts 2019: Lok Janshakti Party margin 20.9 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Hajipur 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, Congress (O), Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), LJP, Lok Janshakti Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Hajipur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras (Lok Janshakti Party) won Hajipur, Bihar, in 2019 with 541,310 votes (55.1%), a margin of 205,449 votes over Shiv Chandra Ram.

Which parties have won Hajipur since 1957?

Since 1957, Hajipur has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (O), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Party (Secular), LJP, Lok Janshakti Party.

What was the closest result in Hajipur?

The closest result on record for Hajipur was 1971, when Congress (O) beat Indian National Congress by just 7,084 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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