Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Jahanabad (Bihar) was won by Chandeshwar Prasad (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 1,751 votes over Surendra Prasad Yadav. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jahanabad, Bihar, from 1962 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1962–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1962
Satyabhama Devi
Indian National Congress
73,893
33.4%
Chandra Shekhar Singh (Communist Party of India)
34,829 (15.7 pts)
1967
C. S. Singh
Communist Party of India
112,287
40.8%
S. Devi (Indian National Congress)
51,412 (18.7 pts)
1971
Chandra Shekhar Sinha
Communist Party of India
163,733
42.2%
Vivekanand Sharma (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
22,418 (5.8 pts)
1977
Hari Lal Prasad Sinha
Bharatiya Lok Dal
317,954
64.9%
Chandrika Prasad Yadav (Indian National Congress)
250,970 (51.2 pts)
1980
Mahendara Prasad
Congress (I)
231,946
41.2%
Chandra Shekhar Singh (Communist Party of India)
28,142 (5.0 pts)
1984
Ramasharay Pd. Singh
Communist Party of India
376,640
50.7%
Mahendra Prasad (Indian National Congress)
30,976 (4.2 pts)
1989
Ramashray Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
286,800
41.6%
Shyamnandan Mishra (Indian National Congress)
72,901 (10.6 pts)
1991
Ramramasharay Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
332,484
43.4%
Mahendra Prasad (Indian National Congress)
34,991 (4.6 pts)
1996
Ramashraya Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
281,157
35.7%
Jagdish Sharma (Indian National Congress)
95,650 (12.2 pts)
1998
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
355,322
42.5%
Arun Kumar (SAP)
58,907 (7.0 pts)
1999
Arun Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
333,332
43.0%
Surendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
17,287 (2.2 pts)
2004
Ganesh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
400,063
46.3%
Arun Kumar (Janata Dal (United))
46,438 (5.4 pts)
2009
Jagdish Sharma
Janata Dal (United)
234,769
39.2%
Surendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
21,327 (3.6 pts)
2014
Dr. Arun Kumar
RLSP
322,647
39.8%
Surendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
42,340 (5.2 pts)
2019
Chandeshwar Prasad
Janata Dal (United)
335,584
42.2%
Surendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
1,751 (0.2 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satyabhama Devi
Indian National Congress
73,893
33.4%
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Communist Party of India
39,064
17.6%
Shivbhajan Singh
Praja Socialist Party
28,758
13.0%
Keshav Prasad Sharma
Independent
26,626
12.0%
Jadunandan Prasad Azad
Socialist Party
18,442
8.3%
Chandrabhushan Pd. Singh
Swatantra Party
14,143
6.4%
Razak Mian
Independent
11,460
5.2%
Nagwant Narain
Independent
5,894
2.7%
Rajnandan Singh
Independent
3,169
1.4%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. S. Singh
Communist Party of India
112,287
40.8%
S. Devi
Indian National Congress
60,875
22.1%
K. P. Sharma
Independent
59,734
21.7%
T. P. Singh
Praja Socialist Party
24,053
8.7%
R. Prasad
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
18,181
6.6%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chandra Shekhar Sinha
Communist Party of India
163,733
42.2%
Vivekanand Sharma
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
141,315
36.4%
Upendra Nath Verma
Samyukta Socialist Party
64,943
16.7%
Laldeo Sinha
HSD
11,899
3.1%
Keshav Prasad Sharma
Independent
3,400
0.9%
Deodeni Ojha
BKD
2,783
0.7%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Hari Lal Prasad Sinha
Bharatiya Lok Dal
317,954
64.9%
Chandrika Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
66,984
13.7%
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Communist Party of India
59,467
12.1%
Brajnandan Prasad
SSD
32,180
6.6%
Mohammad Yusuf Azad
Independent
3,607
0.7%
Bijendra Sharma
Independent
2,983
0.6%
Bimal Prasad Sharma
Independent
2,934
0.6%
Rukunuddin Ahmad
Independent
1,450
0.3%
Kariman Singh
Independent
1,085
0.2%
Rajendra Sharma
Independent
1,010
0.2%
Rampati Singh
Independent
608
0.1%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mahendara Prasad
Congress (I)
231,946
41.2%
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Communist Party of India
203,804
36.2%
Brajnandan Sahay
Independent
66,013
11.7%
Hari Lal Prasad Sinha
Janata Party
54,456
9.7%
Shankar Prasad Singh
Independent
2,184
0.4%
Ganesh Prasad Singh
Independent
1,456
0.3%
Jagannath Acharya
Independent
1,323
0.2%
Md. Ali
Independent
813
0.1%
Ramanand Prasad Mochi
Independent
633
0.1%
Ram Jatan Prasad
Independent
554
0.1%
Akhilesh Sharma
Independent
361
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramasharay Pd. Singh
Communist Party of India
376,640
50.7%
Mahendra Prasad
Indian National Congress
345,664
46.5%
Viveka Nand Sharma
Bharatiya Janata Party
7,865
1.1%
Jai Ram Prasad
Independent
4,991
0.7%
Rama Nand Prasad
Independent
1,406
0.2%
Mahender Singh
Independent
1,108
0.1%
Md. Yusuf Azad
Independent
1,022
0.1%
Panna Lal Rai
Independent
953
0.1%
Birendra Kumar Singh
Independent
670
0.1%
Ajai Kumar
Independent
523
0.1%
Ram Ratan Chaudhary
Independent
442
0.1%
Jai Nandan Sharma
Independent
439
0.1%
Satya Prasad Singh
Independent
421
0.1%
Ram Jatan Prasad
Independent
417
0.1%
Saryu Nand Prasad
Independent
249
0.0%
Gupteshwar Sharma
Independent
213
0.0%
Aziz
Independent
209
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramashray Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
286,800
41.6%
Shyamnandan Mishra
Indian National Congress
213,899
31.0%
Kreshnadeo Yadav
IPF
159,212
23.1%
Jairam Prasad Singh
SSD
17,751
2.6%
Mahendra Singh
Independent
1,290
0.2%
Krishan Kumar Sharma
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,222
0.2%
Lkesh Ku. Mishra
DDP
1,162
0.2%
Jai Ku. Singh
Independent
1,135
0.2%
Ajan Paswan
Independent
993
0.1%
Jagatnarain Paswan
Independent
902
0.1%
Satya Prakash Singh
Independent
720
0.1%
Ajay Kumar
Independent
709
0.1%
Ramanand Prasad Mochi
Independent
665
0.1%
Tyagi Mahendra
Independent
622
0.1%
Ramanandan Singh
Independent
552
0.1%
Md. Dayan
Independent
420
0.1%
Abdul Ajij
Independent
391
0.1%
Brajnandan Sahai
Independent
365
0.1%
Sarju Singh
JNP (JP)
324
0.0%
Md. Yusuf Azad Ansari
Independent
273
0.0%
Yogendra Ram
Independent
253
0.0%
Dinesh Pawan
Independent
247
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramramasharay Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
332,484
43.4%
Mahendra Prasad
Indian National Congress
297,493
38.8%
Krishanadeo Singh
IPF
112,821
14.7%
Rajendra Sharma
Bharatiya Janata Party
11,593
1.5%
Tara Gupta (W)
Janata Party
1,613
0.2%
Sheokumari Devi (W)
Independent
1,426
0.2%
Syed Gaznaffer
Independent
1,315
0.2%
Bajrangi Ram
Independent
999
0.1%
Prithivi Kumar
Independent
666
0.1%
Krishna Kumar
SSD
594
0.1%
Indradeo Prasad
Independent
590
0.1%
Badri Prasad
Independent
404
0.1%
Anugrah Prasad
Independent
345
0.0%
Abdul Aziz
Independent
287
0.0%
Kapil Paswan
Independent
272
0.0%
Yogendra Ram
Independent
236
0.0%
Shaied Akhtar
Independent
218
0.0%
Razi Ahmed
Independent
216
0.0%
Nathun Singh
Independent
213
0.0%
Mohan Chaudhary
Independent
209
0.0%
Sarju Singh
LKD
204
0.0%
Johan Ram
Independent
167
0.0%
Brajbhushan Prasad
Independent
167
0.0%
Ajai Kumar
Independent
166
0.0%
Tejnarain
Independent
132
0.0%
Mohamad Yusuf Azad Ansari
Independent
117
0.0%
Jagroshani Devi (W)
BKUS
112
0.0%
Ramji Prasad
Independent
106
0.0%
Ramjatan Prasad
Independent
105
0.0%
Bharat Prasad
Independent
97
0.0%
Sitanand Singh
DDP
90
0.0%
Adharman Mishra
Independent
89
0.0%
Ismall Haque
Independent
88
0.0%
Suryadeo Yadav
Independent
85
0.0%
Siddhi Kumar
Independent
76
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramashraya Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
281,157
35.7%
Jagdish Sharma
Indian National Congress
185,507
23.6%
Deo Kumar Sharma
SAP
157,245
20.0%
Rajaram Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
130,984
16.6%
Tileshwar Kaushik
Independent
14,743
1.9%
Shamim Sarwar
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,313
0.4%
Babneshwar Singh Bagi
SSD
985
0.1%
Sanjay Kumar
Independent
895
0.1%
Mritunjay Kumar
Independent
859
0.1%
Ramanuj Singh
Independent
823
0.1%
Ram Uday Kumar "Rakesh"
Independent
748
0.1%
Jamuna Prasad
Independent
625
0.1%
Lalit Narayan
Independent
620
0.1%
Jitendar Kumar
Independent
615
0.1%
Prem Narayan Singh
Independent
599
0.1%
Chandarsekhar Prakash Yadav
Independent
560
0.1%
Parashuram Sharma
Independent
537
0.1%
Ashutsh Sharma
Independent
523
0.1%
Kamdeo Singh
Independent
449
0.1%
Kamta Prasad Singh
Independent
444
0.1%
Dilip Kumar Singh
Independent
433
0.1%
Sunil Kumar Singh
Independent
421
0.1%
Abhimanyu Prasad
Independent
381
0.0%
Shahavir Paswan
Independent
371
0.0%
Ghan Shyam Prasad
Independent
267
0.0%
D.K Ghoshal
Independent
261
0.0%
Keshava Prapanna Sharma
Independent
257
0.0%
Chandrakel Singh Chandel
Independent
221
0.0%
Surendra Singh
Independent
216
0.0%
Abdul Rasid Ansari
Independent
196
0.0%
Narendra Kumar
Independent
188
0.0%
Md. Khan Ali
AIIC(T)
170
0.0%
Virendra Prasad Mandal
Independent
167
0.0%
Abdul Qayum
Independent
155
0.0%
Nirmal Prasad Gupta
Independent
152
0.0%
Savitri Kumari
Independent
143
0.0%
Purendra Sharma
Independent
136
0.0%
Ajoy Kumar Bhadani
Independent
135
0.0%
Amar Nath Goswami
Independent
118
0.0%
Satendra Kumar
Independent
115
0.0%
Abid Hussain Qurasi
Independent
88
0.0%
Vinod Kumar
Independent
83
0.0%
Saroj Kumar
Independent
77
0.0%
Sujeet Kumar
Independent
50
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
355,322
42.5%
Arun Kumar
SAP
296,415
35.4%
Raja Ram Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
132,594
15.8%
Ramasaray Prasad Singh
Communist Party of India
46,962
5.6%
Mantoo Kumar
Independent
1,838
0.2%
Rampati Ram
Independent
1,340
0.2%
Sardar Girijesh Singh
Independent
917
0.1%
Ramrup Singh
Independent
765
0.1%
Vijay Kumar
Independent
749
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arun Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
333,332
43.0%
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
316,045
40.8%
Ramadhar Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
99,325
12.8%
Ramashraya Prasad Singh
Independent
16,878
2.2%
Walma Mochi
Independent
2,456
0.3%
Rampati Ram
SPSP
1,647
0.2%
Mahendra Manjhi
Independent
1,640
0.2%
Nahku Choudhary
Independent
1,101
0.1%
Sidhnath Singh
AJBP
1,006
0.1%
Shravan Yadav
Independent
961
0.1%
Lakshman Thakur
Janata Party
891
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ganesh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
400,063
46.3%
Arun Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
353,625
40.9%
Mahanand Prasad
CPI (ML) Liberation
77,743
9.0%
Naushad Ahmad
Bahujan Samaj Party
15,672
1.8%
Ramashray Prasad Singh
SPVD
5,341
0.6%
Tapsi Singh
Independent
2,014
0.2%
Sadhu Sinha
Independent
1,932
0.2%
Ram Singhasan Singh
AD
1,596
0.2%
Ajay Kumar Bhadani
Independent
1,576
0.2%
Jagya Nand Singh
Independent
1,144
0.1%
Satyendra Prasad Yadav
Independent
1,079
0.1%
Chandrashekhar Singh Alias Chandrashekhar Prasad Yadav
Independent
813
0.1%
Sheo Pujan Singh
Janata Party
725
0.1%
Atendra Singh
Independent
520
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jagdish Sharma
Janata Dal (United)
234,769
39.2%
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
213,442
35.6%
Dr. Arun Kumar
Indian National Congress
48,487
8.1%
Mahanand Prasad
CPI (ML) Liberation
35,496
5.9%
Ramadhar Sharma
Bahujan Samaj Party
18,691
3.1%
Dr. Arbind Kumar
Independent
10,023
1.7%
Ayasha Khatun
LTSD
4,073
0.7%
Arvind Prasad Singh
Independent
3,972
0.7%
Ramasray Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Lok Dal
3,542
0.6%
Prof. Jai Ram Prasad Singh
SSD
3,045
0.5%
Abhay Kumar Anil
Independent
2,954
0.5%
Upendra Prasad
Independent
2,649
0.4%
Prikshit Singh
Independent
2,126
0.4%
Jagdish Yadav
Independent
2,118
0.4%
Sumirak Singh
Independent
1,927
0.3%
Syed Akbar Imam
ABAS
1,843
0.3%
Ajay Kumar Verma
Independent
1,704
0.3%
Tara Gupta
RPP
1,547
0.3%
Md. Shahabudin Jahan
BSKP
1,208
0.2%
Prabhat Kumar Ranjan
Independent
1,208
0.2%
Siya Ram Prasad
Independent
994
0.2%
Shravan Kumar
LM
955
0.2%
Sadhu Sinha
AIFB
955
0.2%
Ranjit Sharma
Independent
753
0.1%
Rakeshwar Kishor
Independent
719
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Arun Kumar
RLSP
322,647
39.8%
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
280,307
34.5%
Anil Kumar Sharma
Janata Dal (United)
100,851
12.4%
Ramadhar Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
34,365
4.2%
Nityanand Singh
Independent
10,625
1.3%
Ravindra Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,580
1.3%
None Of The Above
Independent
10,352
1.3%
Manjay Kumar
Independent
8,874
1.1%
Arjun Thakur
Independent
7,757
1.0%
Md. Istiyak
All India Trinamool Congress
6,041
0.7%
Suday Yadav
Independent
4,202
0.5%
Chandra Bhushan Sharma
Aam Aadmi Party
3,711
0.5%
Rahul Ranjan
JMM
3,521
0.4%
Manju Devi
KVD
2,826
0.3%
Parshuram Vind
BMP
2,721
0.3%
Narendra Kumar
Shiv Sena
2,136
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chandeshwar Prasad
Janata Dal (United)
335,584
42.2%
Surendra Prasad Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
333,833
42.0%
Arun Kumar
RSP(S)
34,558
4.4%
Kunti Devi
CPI (ML) Liberation
26,325
3.3%
Nitya Nand Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
19,211
2.4%
Sunil Kumar
PPI(D)
9,444
1.2%
Arbind Kumar
RVP
9,109
1.1%
Chandra Prakash
Independent
7,755
1.0%
Ramjee Kewat
RGP
5,005
0.6%
Meera Kumari Yadav
SSD
4,337
0.5%
Uma Shankar Verma
SUCI(C)
3,323
0.4%
Rajendra Paswan
LJVM
3,300
0.4%
Avinash Kumar
BBC
2,598
0.3%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Jahanabad has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), RLSP.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Jahanabad in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Chandeshwar Prasad (Janata Dal (United)) won Jahanabad, Bihar, in 2019 with 335,584 votes (42.2%), a margin of 1,751 votes over Surendra Prasad Yadav.
Which parties have won Jahanabad since 1962?
Since 1962, Jahanabad has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal (United), RLSP, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Jahanabad?
The closest result on record for Jahanabad was 2019, when Janata Dal (United) beat Rashtriya Janata Dal by just 1,751 votes (0.2 percentage points).