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Jhanjharpur, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Jhanjharpur (Bihar) was won by Ramprit Mandal (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 322,951 votes over Gulab Yadav. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jhanjharpur, Bihar, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1977 Dhanik Lal Mandal Bharatiya Lok Dal 305,554 65.8% Jagannath Mishra (Indian National Congress) 157,481 (33.9 pts)
1980 Dhanik Lal Mandal Janata Party (Secular) 202,710 44.5% Jagannath Mishra (Congress (I)) 45,483 (10.0 pts)
1984 Gauri Shankar Rajhans Indian National Congress 375,745 64.6% Dhanik Lal Mandal (LKD) 205,392 (35.3 pts)
1989 Devandra Prassad Yadav Janata Dal 339,454 63.8% Gauri Sankar Rajhans (Indian National Congress) 159,336 (29.9 pts)
1991 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 372,785 57.7% Jagdina Chaudhary (Indian National Congress) 130,074 (20.1 pts)
1996 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 358,396 54.0% Dhanik Lal Mandal(Belha Wale) (Indian National Congress) 78,149 (11.8 pts)
1998 Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 260,700 37.6% Jagdish N. Choudhary (SAP) 37,268 (5.4 pts)
1999 Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 375,852 55.7% Surendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 127,814 (18.9 pts)
2004 Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 323,400 45.9% Jagannath Mishra (Janata Dal (United)) 12,835 (1.8 pts)
2009 Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United) 265,175 43.6% Devendra Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 72,709 (12.0 pts)
2014 Birendra Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 335,481 35.6% Mangani Lal Mandal (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 55,408 (5.9 pts)
2019 Ramprit Mandal Janata Dal (United) 602,391 57.3% Gulab Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 322,951 (30.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dhanik Lal Mandal Bharatiya Lok Dal 305,554 65.8%
Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress 148,073 31.9%
Dinraj Shandilya Independent 6,486 1.4%
Sheochandra Thakur Independent 3,023 0.7%
Jai Prakash Nath Mishra Independent 1,394 0.3%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dhanik Lal Mandal Janata Party (Secular) 202,710 44.5%
Jagannath Mishra Congress (I) 157,227 34.5%
Kameshwari Devi Janata Party 84,135 18.5%
Gangadhar Mandal Independent 3,524 0.8%
Ras Lal Yadav Independent 1,964 0.4%
Lekha Nand Jha Independent 1,718 0.4%
Hare Ram Singh Independent 1,616 0.4%
Ram Vilash Sahani Independent 1,060 0.2%
Shafiqulla Independent 987 0.2%
Brajnandan Independent 630 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gauri Shankar Rajhans Indian National Congress 375,745 64.6%
Dhanik Lal Mandal LKD 170,353 29.3%
Ramphal Choudhary Janata Party 21,360 3.7%
Uma Kant Rai Independent 4,468 0.8%
Mohan Gosain Independent 3,350 0.6%
Mahabir Paswan Independent 2,698 0.5%
Prabho Dayal Kej Independent 1,839 0.3%
Badri Narain Yadav Independent 1,342 0.2%
Sitaram Ram Independent 817 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devandra Prassad Yadav Janata Dal 339,454 63.8%
Gauri Sankar Rajhans Indian National Congress 180,118 33.9%
Radhakant Phadari LKD (B) 3,843 0.7%
Vahandra Lal Mandal Independent 1,389 0.3%
Ramde Yadav Independent 1,348 0.3%
Sharavan Kumar Mishra Independent 1,204 0.2%
Puran Sum Independent 1,165 0.2%
Acharya Munis JNP (JP) 881 0.2%
Sagar Sah Independent 502 0.1%
Nohan Gosain DDP 378 0.1%
Surya Na. Yadav Independent 352 0.1%
Krishna Vihary Independent 350 0.1%
Prabhu Daya Kejriwal Independent 336 0.1%
Yogendra Jha Independent 281 0.1%
Govind Na. Das Independent 263 0.0%
Yogendra Thakur Independent 202 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 372,785 57.7%
Jagdina Chaudhary Indian National Congress 242,711 37.6%
Shailendra Ku. Jha Bharatiya Janata Party 21,587 3.3%
Surendra Mishra Janata Party 4,273 0.7%
Nilambar Jha DDP 553 0.1%
Acharya Munish SOP(L) 552 0.1%
Chandravir Kamat Independent 497 0.1%
Kusheshwar Yadav Independent 418 0.1%
Vijay Bhushan Yadav Independent 402 0.1%
Ganga Pra. Yadav Independent 382 0.1%
Ramdeo Mishra Independent 258 0.0%
Ram Lakhan Roy Independent 250 0.0%
Narendra Kumar Jha Independent 197 0.0%
Ramdeo Yadav Independent 192 0.0%
Anand Kumar Jha Independent 164 0.0%
Raman Jee Jha Independent 155 0.0%
Raj Narain Choudhary Independent 146 0.0%
Misiri Paswan Independent 137 0.0%
Udai Nath Jha Independent 120 0.0%
Madan Kumar Chaudhary Independent 65 0.0%
Bhupendra Yadav Independent 63 0.0%
Prabhu Dayal Kejariwal Independent 58 0.0%
Arun Kumar Choudhary Independent 56 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 358,396 54.0%
Dhanik Lal Mandal(Belha Wale) Indian National Congress 280,247 42.2%
Jagdish Kamat Samajwadi Party 10,198 1.5%
Padam Na. Jha Independent 3,289 0.5%
Subh Chandra Jha Independent 2,137 0.3%
Chakrapani Jha AIIC(T) 1,896 0.3%
Dev Nath Singh Independent 1,751 0.3%
Pandit Sushil Jha Independent 1,043 0.2%
Barun Kumar Jha Independent 919 0.1%
Gijo Devi Independent 895 0.1%
Surya Nath Mishra Independent 883 0.1%
Md. Khurshid Anwar Independent 786 0.1%
Ganga Prasad Yadav Independent 776 0.1%
Dhanik Lal Mandal(Phulkahi Wale) Independent 648 0.1%
Sushil Kumar Singh Independent 363 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 260,700 37.6%
Jagdish N. Choudhary SAP 223,432 32.2%
Devandra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 166,990 24.1%
Kripanath Pathak Indian National Congress 32,837 4.7%
Gopi Ram Independent 4,308 0.6%
Ramsewak Ram Independent 2,592 0.4%
Devendra Prasad Yadav Independent 1,872 0.3%
Sajan Ram Independent 1,458 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 375,852 55.7%
Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 248,038 36.8%
Chitranjan Sah Bahujan Samaj Party 29,245 4.3%
Chandraveer Kamat Independent 6,440 1.0%
Pradeep Paswan Independent 4,795 0.7%
Ganga Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Lok Dal 3,192 0.5%
Vivekanand Mishra Independent 2,823 0.4%
Santosh Kumar Jha AJBP 2,327 0.3%
Chandra Kumar Choudhary Independent 911 0.1%
Sadhu Paswan Independent 793 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 323,400 45.9%
Jagannath Mishra Janata Dal (United) 310,565 44.1%
Deo Nath Yadav Samajwadi Party 42,859 6.1%
Sanjay Kumar Independent 8,194 1.2%
Raghu Nath Prasad Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 7,836 1.1%
Upendar Paswan Independent 7,102 1.0%
Janak Roy Independent 4,287 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United) 265,175 43.6%
Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 192,466 31.7%
Kripanath Pathak Indian National Congress 86,228 14.2%
Shankar Prasad Independent 14,977 2.5%
Dr Kirtan Prasad Singh LTSD 9,885 1.6%
Yognath Mandal CPI (ML) Liberation 8,516 1.4%
Gauri Shankar Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 8,054 1.3%
Viveka Nand Jha Independent 6,583 1.1%
Om Prakash Independent 6,272 1.0%
Firoz Alam Independent 5,162 0.8%
Nathuni Yadav Independent 4,516 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Birendra Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 335,481 35.6%
Mangani Lal Mandal Rashtriya Janata Dal 280,073 29.8%
Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 183,591 19.5%
Pawan Kumar Independent 17,790 1.9%
Manilal Sahu Bahujan Samaj Party 14,190 1.5%
Barun Kumar Jha Independent 13,833 1.5%
Chandra Mohan Jha Independent 9,823 1.0%
Tiliya Devi Aam Aadmi Party 9,441 1.0%
Md. Akhtar Ali JPJD 9,388 1.0%
Janak Roy Independent 8,689 0.9%
Ram Chandra Safi Independent 8,083 0.9%
None Of The Above Independent 8,043 0.9%
Chhedi Ram Independent 7,632 0.8%
Bipin Kumar Jha BVM 7,358 0.8%
Haidar VIP 5,653 0.6%
Md. Faiyaz Khan JDR 5,439 0.6%
Ibrahim Abbasi Independent 4,811 0.5%
Awdhesh Kumar Shingh Independent 4,248 0.5%
Dr. Binay Kumar Jha Independent 3,956 0.4%
Vighnesh Bhagat BMP 3,727 0.4%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramprit Mandal Janata Dal (United) 602,391 57.3%
Gulab Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 279,440 26.6%
Bipeen Kumar Singhwait Independent 29,506 2.8%
Devendra Prasad Yadav SJDD 25,630 2.4%
Om Prakash Poddar Independent 21,988 2.1%
Ganpati Jha Independent 21,632 2.1%
Sanjay Bhartia Independent 10,062 1.0%
Raj Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 9,066 0.9%
Ganga Prasad Yadav PPI(D) 8,900 0.8%
Prabhat Prasad SBSP 8,429 0.8%
Bablu Gupta Independent 6,908 0.7%
Lakshman Prasad Yadav RPI(A) 5,717 0.5%
Surendra Prasad Suman AIFB 4,964 0.5%
Ramesh Kumar Kamat AAM 4,792 0.5%
Ramanand Thakur Shiv Sena 4,446 0.4%
Chhedi Ram BMP 3,940 0.4%
Ratneshwar Jha AMP 3,548 0.3%

Margin Over Time

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

1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 33.9 pts 1980: Janata Party (Secular) margin 10.0 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 35.3 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 29.9 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 20.1 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 11.8 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 5.4 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 18.9 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 1.8 pts 2009: Janata Dal (United) margin 12.0 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 5.9 pts 2019: Janata Dal (United) margin 30.7 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Jhanjharpur has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Jhanjharpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Ramprit Mandal (Janata Dal (United)) won Jhanjharpur, Bihar, in 2019 with 602,391 votes (57.3%), a margin of 322,951 votes over Gulab Yadav.

Which parties have won Jhanjharpur since 1977?

Since 1977, Jhanjharpur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Party (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Jhanjharpur?

The closest result on record for Jhanjharpur was 2004, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Janata Dal (United) by just 12,835 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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