Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Monghyr (Bihar) was won by Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 115,927 votes over Dr. Monazir Hassan. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Monghyr, Bihar, from 1957 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1957–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Banarsi Pd. Sinha
Indian National Congress
168,397
25.4%
Nayan Tara Das (Indian National Congress)
17,776 (2.7 pts)
1962
Banarsi Prasad Sinha
Indian National Congress
91,861
47.5%
Rameshar Yadav (Praja Socialist Party)
49,901 (25.8 pts)
1967
L. M. Ramchandra
Samyukta Socialist Party
168,111
54.8%
C. S. Singh (Indian National Congress)
96,684 (31.5 pts)
1971
Deonandan Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
150,482
39.5%
Madhu Limye (Samyukta Socialist Party)
25,676 (6.7 pts)
1977
Shri Krishna Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
337,791
66.2%
Devendra Prasad Yadav (Indian National Congress)
173,617 (34.0 pts)
1980
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Congress (U)
202,181
43.5%
Tarini Prasad Singh (Congress (I))
64,133 (13.8 pts)
1984
Devendra Pd. Yadav
Indian National Congress
268,328
49.3%
Brahmanand Singh (Communist Party of India)
163,343 (30.0 pts)
1989
Dhanraj Singh
Janata Dal
279,533
40.2%
Devendra Prasad Yadav (Indian National Congress)
55,186 (7.9 pts)
1991
Brahmanand Mandal
Communist Party of India
279,472
41.2%
Dhanraj Singh (Janata Party)
110,984 (16.4 pts)
1996
Brahmanand Mandal
SAP
281,098
38.3%
Upendra Pd. Verma (Janata Dal)
21,146 (2.9 pts)
1998
Bijoy Kumar "Bijoy"
Rashtriya Janata Dal
350,583
45.2%
Brahamanand Mandal (SAP)
4,065 (0.5 pts)
1999
Brahma Nand Mandal
Janata Dal (United)
346,615
49.1%
Bijoy Kumar Bijoy (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
21,815 (3.1 pts)
2004
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
453,286
54.1%
Dr. Monazir Hassan (Janata Dal (United))
115,927 (13.8 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Banarsi Pd. Sinha
Indian National Congress
168,397
25.4%
Nayan Tara Das
Indian National Congress
150,621
22.7%
Rameshwar Yadav
Praja Socialist Party
120,579
18.2%
Rameshwar Pd. Verma
Praja Socialist Party
114,445
17.2%
Rajeshwar Prasad
Independent
52,818
8.0%
Bulaki Pd. Singh
Independent
36,802
5.5%
Bishun Lal Chaudhary
Independent
20,325
3.1%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Banarsi Prasad Sinha
Indian National Congress
91,861
47.5%
Rameshar Yadav
Praja Socialist Party
41,960
21.7%
Bhagwan Das Keshri
Socialist Party
41,063
21.2%
Umashankar Sarsogi
Swatantra Party
18,518
9.6%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
L. M. Ramchandra
Samyukta Socialist Party
168,111
54.8%
C. S. Singh
Indian National Congress
71,427
23.3%
R. P. Gupta
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
41,656
13.6%
M. S. Hoda
Praja Socialist Party
11,749
3.8%
R.C. P. Yadav
Independent
11,742
3.8%
K. Chandra
Independent
2,093
0.7%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Deonandan Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
150,482
39.5%
Madhu Limye
Samyukta Socialist Party
124,806
32.7%
Pratap Singh
Independent
97,000
25.5%
Tarini Mandal
Independent
6,319
1.7%
Lakhan Murmu
JKP
2,002
0.5%
Jagdeo Yadav
Independent
491
0.1%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shri Krishna Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
337,791
66.2%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
164,174
32.2%
Sakal Deep Singh
Independent
8,668
1.7%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Congress (U)
202,181
43.5%
Tarini Prasad Singh
Congress (I)
138,048
29.7%
Ram Chander Sao
Janata Party
99,344
21.4%
Kapildeo Roy
Independent
7,832
1.7%
Ajoy Kumar Ghosh
Independent
7,639
1.6%
Ashwini Kumar Sharma
Independent
2,295
0.5%
Mangal Nath Pathak
Independent
2,142
0.5%
Kishore Chandra
Independent
1,910
0.4%
Virendra Kuamr Singh
Independent
808
0.2%
Sakaldeep Singh Sanjivan
Independent
759
0.2%
Shyam Kishore Singh
Independent
717
0.2%
Parmeshwar Tha. Swa. Jahuri
Independent
702
0.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Devendra Pd. Yadav
Indian National Congress
268,328
49.3%
Brahmanand Singh
Communist Party of India
104,985
19.3%
Sayad Fazal Ahmad
Janata Party
90,610
16.7%
Ramlakhan Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
32,306
5.9%
Ramdeo Singh Yadav
LKD
26,009
4.8%
Chandradeo Mahto
Independent
6,767
1.2%
Indradeo 'Indra'
Independent
5,580
1.0%
Ganga Pandit
Independent
1,918
0.4%
Jaiprakash Sah
Independent
1,854
0.3%
Kamal Kumar
ICJ
1,801
0.3%
Devendra Yadav
Independent
1,202
0.2%
Satyadeo Mishra
Independent
1,159
0.2%
Surendra Mahto
Independent
616
0.1%
Arjun Prasad Singh
Independent
438
0.1%
Moti Yadav Singh
Independent
253
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dhanraj Singh
Janata Dal
279,533
40.2%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
224,347
32.3%
Brahma Nand Mandal
Communist Party of India
171,055
24.6%
Company Paswan
Independent
14,054
2.0%
Gopi Chanra Sitara
Independent
1,381
0.2%
Om Parkash Shukla
Independent
1,173
0.2%
Bhagwan Das
Independent
969
0.1%
Grindra Mohan Singh
Independent
717
0.1%
Awadh Kishor Bhaya
DDP
487
0.1%
Sada Nand Singh
Independent
356
0.1%
Jagat Narayan Bhagat
Independent
349
0.1%
Suk Deo Mandal
Independent
302
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brahmanand Mandal
Communist Party of India
279,472
41.2%
Dhanraj Singh
Janata Party
168,488
24.8%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
166,757
24.6%
Nardeo Prasad
Bharatiya Janata Party
41,734
6.2%
Sukhdeo Yadav
Independent
14,608
2.2%
Sahdeo Yadav
Independent
1,145
0.2%
Shyam Nandan Singh
Independent
1,143
0.2%
Dibakar Singh
Independent
579
0.1%
Banarsi Mandal
Independent
559
0.1%
Umesh Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
559
0.1%
Lakshmi Pandey
Independent
495
0.1%
Surendra Mahto
LKD
482
0.1%
Shamir Kumar
Independent
290
0.0%
Ramanand Sharma
Independent
272
0.0%
Om Prakash Shukla
Independent
229
0.0%
Jagat Narain Bhagat
Independent
207
0.0%
Keshav Prasad Sinha
Independent
205
0.0%
Raj Kishor Choudhary
Independent
180
0.0%
Ram Sharan Yadav
Independent
176
0.0%
Kapildeo Singh
Independent
160
0.0%
Ranbir Singh
Independent
155
0.0%
Saryu Choudhary
Independent
130
0.0%
Bhagwan Das
Independent
100
0.0%
Randhir Yadav
Independent
99
0.0%
Arjun Khetan
Independent
97
0.0%
Mahendra Rai
Independent
92
0.0%
Krishna Kant Sharma
Independent
59
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brahmanand Mandal
SAP
281,098
38.3%
Upendra Pd. Verma
Janata Dal
259,952
35.4%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
166,438
22.7%
Shobha Devi
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,675
1.0%
Kampani Paswan
JMM
3,649
0.5%
Anandi Tanti
Independent
2,162
0.3%
Manas Sah
Independent
2,015
0.3%
Seva Das
Independent
1,482
0.2%
Bhagwan Das
Independent
1,237
0.2%
Mahendra Yadav
Independent
1,109
0.2%
Om Prakash Shukla
Independent
809
0.1%
Pramod Kumar
Independent
714
0.1%
Bharat Singh
Shiv Sena
644
0.1%
Mahesh Pd. Yadav
Independent
628
0.1%
Sadho Mandal
Independent
576
0.1%
Jagat Narayan Bhagat
Independent
572
0.1%
Pulish Ku. Das
Independent
415
0.1%
Raghunandan Roy
Independent
384
0.1%
Shiv Kumar Agrawal
Independent
369
0.1%
Kanhaiya Yadav
Independent
295
0.0%
Rizwan
Independent
286
0.0%
Sudhir Choudary
Independent
282
0.0%
Sachindra Narayan Gupta
Independent
220
0.0%
Vidya Bhushan Yadav
Independent
214
0.0%
Baldeo Prasad
Independent
188
0.0%
Vijay Na. Prashant
Independent
186
0.0%
Sanjeev Kumar
Independent
170
0.0%
Arjun Pd. Khetan
Independent
104
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bijoy Kumar "Bijoy"
Rashtriya Janata Dal
350,583
45.2%
Brahamanand Mandal
SAP
346,518
44.7%
Ramdeo Singh Yadav
Janata Dal
42,415
5.5%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Samajwadi Party
23,603
3.0%
Shankar Prasad Bind
Independent
4,109
0.5%
Mathura Prasad Yadav
Independent
2,229
0.3%
Garib Das
Independent
1,772
0.2%
Jitesh Kumar Jha
Independent
1,669
0.2%
Narayan Paswan
Independent
1,523
0.2%
Naresh Paswan
Independent
1,361
0.2%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brahma Nand Mandal
Janata Dal (United)
346,615
49.1%
Bijoy Kumar Bijoy
Rashtriya Janata Dal
324,800
46.1%
Om Prakash Sahni
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,914
1.4%
Rigan Manjhi
Independent
9,826
1.4%
Ramdeo Singh Yadav
Janata Dal (Secular)
8,048
1.1%
Ravan Paswan
Independent
4,450
0.6%
Binod Kumar Paswan
Independent
1,625
0.2%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
453,286
54.1%
Dr. Monazir Hassan
Janata Dal (United)
337,359
40.2%
Arjun Kumar Bind
Bahujan Samaj Party
14,910
1.8%
Brahma Nand Mandal
SAP
14,340
1.7%
Ram Deo Singh Yadav
Rashtriya Lok Dal
4,567
0.5%
Sujay Kumar Bhanu
Independent
4,458
0.5%
Anand Mohan
SPVD
3,759
0.4%
Jang Bahadur Ram
Independent
3,318
0.4%
Shiv Nandan Prasad Singh
Samajwadi Party
2,219
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
Monghyr has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Samyukta Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (U), Janata Dal, Communist Party of India, SAP, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United).
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Monghyr in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Monghyr, Bihar, in 2004 with 453,286 votes (54.1%), a margin of 115,927 votes over Dr. Monazir Hassan.
Which parties have won Monghyr since 1957?
Since 1957, Monghyr has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Congress (U), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP, Samyukta Socialist Party.
What was the closest result in Monghyr?
The closest result on record for Monghyr was 1998, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat SAP by just 4,065 votes (0.5 percentage points).