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Muzaffarpur, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

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Muzaffarpur (Bihar) was won by Ajay Nishad (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 409,988 votes over Raj Bhushan Choudhary. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Shyam Nandan Sahay Indian National Congress 88,998 48.9% Shyam Kumar Pd. Sinha (Independent) 39,615 (21.8 pts)
1962 Digvijoy Narain Singh Indian National Congress 92,393 43.6% Kanti Kumar Sinha (Praja Socialist Party) 50,000 (23.6 pts)
1967 D. N. Singh Indian National Congress 145,929 45.9% R. Sahni (Samyukta Socialist Party) 37,229 (11.7 pts)
1971 Nawal Kishore Sinha Indian National Congress 245,007 60.5% Mahesh Prasad Singh (Congress (O)) 88,574 (21.9 pts)
1977 George Fernandes Bharatiya Lok Dal 396,687 78.2% Nitishwer Prasad Singh (Indian National Congress) 334,217 (65.9 pts)
1980 George Farnandes Janata Party (Secular) 195,510 43.2% Digvijay Narain Singh (Janata Party) 23,109 (5.1 pts)
1984 Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi Indian National Congress 325,604 59.3% Jainarayan Prasad Nishad (LKD) 148,974 (27.2 pts)
1989 George Farnandes Janata Dal 492,615 68.9% Laliteshwar Pd. Sahi (Indian National Congress) 285,010 (39.8 pts)
1991 George Fernandese Janata Dal 320,833 50.7% Raghunath Pandey (Indian National Congress) 50,047 (7.9 pts)
1996 Jai Narain Pd. Nishad Janata Dal 318,506 50.0% Harendra Kumar (SAP) 80,074 (12.6 pts)
1998 Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad Rashtriya Janata Dal 319,996 43.0% Harendra Kumar (SAP) 21,923 (2.9 pts)
1999 Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad Janata Dal (United) 363,820 50.6% Mahendra Sahni (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 60,720 (8.4 pts)
2004 George Fernandes Janata Dal (United) 370,127 47.2% Bhagwan Lal Sahani (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 9,693 (1.2 pts)
2009 Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United) 195,091 31.4% Bhagwanlal Sahni (LJP) 47,809 (7.7 pts)
2014 Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 469,295 49.5% Akhilesh Pd Singh (Indian National Congress) 222,422 (23.4 pts)
2019 Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 666,878 63.6% Raj Bhushan Choudhary (VIP) 409,988 (39.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shyam Nandan Sahay Indian National Congress 88,998 48.9%
Shyam Kumar Pd. Sinha Independent 49,383 27.1%
Ramchandra Gaur Praja Socialist Party 43,540 23.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Digvijoy Narain Singh Indian National Congress 92,393 43.6%
Kanti Kumar Sinha Praja Socialist Party 42,393 20.0%
Magfoor Ahmad Azazi Swatantra Party 27,116 12.8%
Awadhesh Narain Singh Socialist Party 15,662 7.4%
Ram Autar Tikmani Jharkhand Party 12,852 6.1%
Ratna Devi RRP 9,743 4.6%
Ramchalitar Sahni Independent 9,366 4.4%
Krishna Prasad Chowdhary Independent 2,249 1.1%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D. N. Singh Indian National Congress 145,929 45.9%
R. Sahni Samyukta Socialist Party 108,700 34.2%
R. Ojha Praja Socialist Party 42,505 13.4%
J. P. Sahu Bharatiya Jana Sangh 20,684 6.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nawal Kishore Sinha Indian National Congress 245,007 60.5%
Mahesh Prasad Singh Congress (O) 156,433 38.6%
Anzarul Haque Independent 1,826 0.5%
Sitaram Razak Independent 1,784 0.4%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Fernandes Bharatiya Lok Dal 396,687 78.2%
Nitishwer Prasad Singh Indian National Congress 62,470 12.3%
Ramdeo Sharma Communist Party of India 26,408 5.2%
Nagendra Singh Independent 7,978 1.6%
Janakdhari Prasad Kushwaha Independent 7,073 1.4%
Nalini Ranjan Singh SUC 4,131 0.8%
Tribhuwan Nath Chaudhary Independent 1,285 0.3%
Dr. Ramgati Prasad Yadav Independent 728 0.1%
Sayad Shah A. M. Independent 304 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Farnandes Janata Party (Secular) 195,510 43.2%
Digvijay Narain Singh Janata Party 172,401 38.1%
Rajni Ranjan Prasad Sah Congress (I) 66,744 14.7%
Daroga Prasad Independent 6,375 1.4%
Bhola Chaudhary Independent 2,666 0.6%
Bachhulal Azad Independent 2,175 0.5%
Ram Lal Mishra Independent 1,528 0.3%
Jitendra Prasad Harsh Independent 1,021 0.2%
Tapeshwar Rai Independent 884 0.2%
Mohd. Israel Independent 649 0.1%
Ganga Prasad Sahni Independent 643 0.1%
Lakhan Mahto Independent 513 0.1%
Mathura Prasad Independent 484 0.1%
Rahim Khan Independent 431 0.1%
Rajendra Sahni Independent 354 0.1%
Vinda Singh Independent 237 0.1%
Subodh Kumar Sahu Independent 199 0.0%
Shiv Shankar Rajak Independent 132 0.0%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi Indian National Congress 325,604 59.3%
Jainarayan Prasad Nishad LKD 176,630 32.2%
Vinodanand Singh Janata Party 17,008 3.1%
Jitendra Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 16,549 3.0%
Visundeo Pandey Independent 2,003 0.4%
Ravinath Giri Independent 1,613 0.3%
Sarai Ku. Sheel Independent 1,410 0.3%
Kameshwar Prasad Sinha Independent 1,384 0.3%
Bhupal Singh Independent 1,322 0.2%
Ramashankar Shahi Independent 1,219 0.2%
Navin Kumar Avinashi Independent 1,067 0.2%
Prahlad Baitha Independent 770 0.1%
Bachchulal Azad Independent 654 0.1%
Shambhu Rai Independent 591 0.1%
Amitabh Kumar Independent 344 0.1%
Mahendra Ojha Independent 308 0.1%
Sitaram Rai Independent 302 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Farnandes Janata Dal 492,615 68.9%
Laliteshwar Pd. Sahi Indian National Congress 207,605 29.0%
Ram Karan Sahani LKD (B) 4,198 0.6%
Ashok Bharti Independent 2,517 0.4%
Ashok Kumar Independent 1,553 0.2%
Girja Nandan Pd. Singh DDP 1,045 0.1%
Binda Singh Independent 917 0.1%
Prahlad Baitha Independent 831 0.1%
Satyendra Kumar Independent 735 0.1%
Bishundeo Pandey Independent 594 0.1%
Jairam Singh Independent 586 0.1%
Bivek Kumar Independent 465 0.1%
Md. Israil Independent 413 0.1%
Samant Kumar Independent 310 0.0%
Salimullah Independent 288 0.0%
Ramdeyal Thakur Independent 240 0.0%
Bindeshis Rai Independent 218 0.0%
Ramashis Rai Independent 202 0.0%
Surjdeo Prasad Swami Independent 105 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Fernandese Janata Dal 320,833 50.7%
Raghunath Pandey Indian National Congress 270,786 42.8%
Bhagwan Lal Sahni Bharatiya Janata Party 29,382 4.6%
Kishore Suman Independent 2,719 0.4%
Indal Singh (Navin) Janata Party 2,490 0.4%
Ram Shresth Mishra Independent 947 0.1%
Vinod Rai Independent 455 0.1%
Maulvi Alam Independent 367 0.1%
Sheoji Prasad Independent 351 0.1%
Ashok Kumar Sahu Independent 346 0.1%
Ram Lala Mishra Independent 315 0.0%
Ram Balak Mandal BKUS 309 0.0%
M. Nisaldin Independent 240 0.0%
Prem Kumar Sah Independent 233 0.0%
Praladh Baitha Bahujan Samaj Party 229 0.0%
Ramdayal Thakur Independent 215 0.0%
Ramesh Sharma Independent 205 0.0%
Jamil Ahmed Independent 172 0.0%
Jagarnath Sah LKD 141 0.0%
Rameshwar Sah Independent 139 0.0%
Ram Baran Thakur Independent 129 0.0%
Ram Krit Sah DDP 121 0.0%
Hira Thakur Independent 115 0.0%
Sallimuliah Independent 107 0.0%
Kailash Chandra Agarwal Independent 102 0.0%
Ram Lagan Prasad Independent 95 0.0%
Sambhu Sah Independent 90 0.0%
Md. Israil Independent 74 0.0%
Jai Nandan Singh Independent 70 0.0%
Allauddin Independent 69 0.0%
Rajiv Kumar Independent 65 0.0%
Ashok Jha Independent 62 0.0%
Vivek Kumar Independent 60 0.0%
Sudisth Narain Thakur Independent 58 0.0%
Rakesh Kumar Independent 56 0.0%
Om Prakash Gupta Independent 55 0.0%
Vindeshwar Rai Independent 51 0.0%
Virendra Kumar Independent 48 0.0%
Sarobar Bhagat Independent 45 0.0%
Lakhi Chandra Pd. Kushwaha Independent 32 0.0%
Hasmat Karim Independent 29 0.0%
Vindeshwar Singh Independent 28 0.0%
Amitabh Kumar Independent 22 0.0%
Umesh Ku. Sinha Independent 22 0.0%
Jagadish Pd. Agarwal Independent 21 0.0%
Rajeshwar Thakur Independent 16 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jai Narain Pd. Nishad Janata Dal 318,506 50.0%
Harendra Kumar SAP 238,432 37.4%
Rajani Ranjan Sahu Indian National Congress 45,504 7.1%
Kamlesh Kumar Independent 4,375 0.7%
Rakesh Kumar Sharma Independent 2,782 0.4%
Mina Tiwari CPI (ML) Liberation 2,630 0.4%
Laliteshwar Pd. Sahi AIIC(T) 2,536 0.4%
Kapildev Pd. Yadav Independent 1,961 0.3%
M.D. Lal Babu Independent 1,421 0.2%
M.D. Malokh Independent 1,404 0.2%
Bir Singh Independent 1,169 0.2%
Raghubansh Pd. Singh Independent 856 0.1%
Pramod Kumar Thakur Independent 776 0.1%
Gopla Poddar Independent 605 0.1%
Binda Mahto Independent 599 0.1%
Kaushal Kishore Singh Independent 585 0.1%
Saket K. Verma Independent 582 0.1%
Ravi Shankar Anand Independent 531 0.1%
Raj Kumar Prasad Independent 524 0.1%
Mahesh Das Independent 502 0.1%
Lal Babu Singh Independent 495 0.1%
Vrij Mohan Rai Independent 465 0.1%
Urmila Sinha Independent 461 0.1%
Kedar Pd. Singh Independent 408 0.1%
Raghunath Mahto Independent 385 0.1%
Ranvir Abhimanue Independent 365 0.1%
Shashi Shekhar Singh Independent 365 0.1%
Rakesh Pd. Verma Independent 348 0.1%
Ramdayal Thakur Independent 318 0.0%
Nalini Kant Ojha Independent 315 0.0%
Ram Naresh Paswan Independent 306 0.0%
M.M. Ali Independent 295 0.0%
Krishna Kumar Rai Independent 290 0.0%
Ram Babu Singh Independent 259 0.0%
Suresh Narain Verma Independent 259 0.0%
Lalit Sah Independent 250 0.0%
Ambika Pd. Thakur Independent 242 0.0%
Ram Babu Patel Independent 234 0.0%
Chandra Narain Sharma Independent 228 0.0%
Niraj Kumar Sona Independent 223 0.0%
Mitra Nand Singh Independent 219 0.0%
Saheb Udam IUML 213 0.0%
Chandra Bhushan Singh Independent 211 0.0%
Lal Babu Chaudhary Independent 208 0.0%
Ranjit Kumar Independent 202 0.0%
Pharhat Abbas Independent 196 0.0%
Harivansh Mahto Independent 193 0.0%
Devki Nandan Yadav Independent 192 0.0%
Shambhu Nath Mehta Independent 190 0.0%
Raj Kumar Singh Independent 183 0.0%
Ram Chandra Prasad Independent 179 0.0%
Krishna Ram Independent 176 0.0%
Yashoda Devi Independent 161 0.0%
Radha Kant Singh Independent 151 0.0%
Ashok Kumar Independent 150 0.0%
Braj Kishore Chaudhary Independent 148 0.0%
Anmol Kumar Independent 143 0.0%
Umesh Singh Independent 139 0.0%
Ram Dhyan Pd. Independent 138 0.0%
Shatrughan Jha Independent 129 0.0%
Rajiv Chaudhary Independent 122 0.0%
Chandra Singh Chauhan Independent 122 0.0%
M.D. Israil Independent 106 0.0%
Sanjay Kumar Independent 99 0.0%
Sita Ram Kunwar Independent 93 0.0%
Onkar Nath Singh Independent 81 0.0%
Keshav Pd. Mishra Independent 56 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad Rashtriya Janata Dal 319,996 43.0%
Harendra Kumar SAP 298,073 40.0%
Mahendra Sahani Janata Dal 81,250 10.9%
Nand Kumar Samajwadi Party 26,282 3.5%
Kapil Deo Prasad Yadav Independent 3,714 0.5%
Ram Chandra Pasman Independent 3,431 0.5%
Bimal Kumar Independent 2,505 0.3%
Laldev Majhi Independent 1,762 0.2%
Jai Narain Sah Independent 1,752 0.2%
Rajesh Ram Independent 1,620 0.2%
Mithelesh Pd. Sharma Independent 1,436 0.2%
Raj Kishore Singh PSSS 1,390 0.2%
Bhavishan Baitha Independent 680 0.1%
Mithu Ram Independent 443 0.1%
Shibu Das Independent 408 0.1%
Satyendar Kumar Satyn Independent 220 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad Janata Dal (United) 363,820 50.6%
Mahendra Sahni Rashtriya Janata Dal 303,100 42.1%
Vijay Shukal Independent 34,613 4.8%
Surendra Ram Independent 4,001 0.6%
Mahmad Idris Independent 2,536 0.4%
Govardhan Dhavan Bahujan Samaj Party 2,468 0.3%
Mahendra Rai Independent 2,400 0.3%
Jaglal Choudhary Independent 1,949 0.3%
Azrul Hach Independent 1,121 0.2%
Mukhya Lal Paswan Independent 775 0.1%
Baliram Prasad Shahi Independent 747 0.1%
Raj Kishore Choudhary Independent 696 0.1%
Shankar Sharan Independent 638 0.1%
Mahanth Prashuram Das Independent 369 0.1%
Suresh Pasban Independent 294 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Fernandes Janata Dal (United) 370,127 47.2%
Bhagwan Lal Sahani Rashtriya Janata Dal 360,434 46.0%
Maheshwar Prasad Yadav Samajwadi Party 14,895 1.9%
Shyam Kalyan Paswan Independent 7,684 1.0%
Jitendra Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 7,027 0.9%
Rameshwar Rai Bahujan Samaj Party 5,824 0.7%
Shivnath Prasad Gupta Independent 3,342 0.4%
Anurodh Pragat Independent 2,707 0.3%
Dinesh Prasad Chaudhary Independent 2,638 0.3%
Anant Pd. Tulsyan ABHM 2,584 0.3%
Arvind Choudhary RLSM 2,476 0.3%
Devendra Rakesh Independent 1,711 0.2%
Bhikhari Ram Independent 1,361 0.2%
Parmanand Singh Independent 1,286 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United) 195,091 31.4%
Bhagwanlal Sahni LJP 147,282 23.7%
Vinita Vijay Indian National Congress 108,306 17.4%
Vijendra Chaudhary Independent 44,349 7.1%
George Fernandes Independent 22,804 3.7%
Ashok Kumar Lalan Independent 13,450 2.2%
Sameer Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 12,195 2.0%
Ahmad Raza Independent 9,638 1.5%
Md. Saleem RVNP 9,524 1.5%
Reyaj Ahmad Atish JGP 7,356 1.2%
Jitendra Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 6,840 1.1%
Syed Alamdar Hussain Independent 5,597 0.9%
Mithilesh Kumar RSWD 5,353 0.9%
Mahendra Prasad RPP 4,632 0.7%
Dinesh Kumar Kushwaha RKSP 4,079 0.7%
Ram Dayal Ram AIFB 3,441 0.6%
Tarkeshwar Paswan Independent 3,397 0.5%
Neelu Singh PTSS 3,272 0.5%
Sadanand Kishore Thakur Independent 3,077 0.5%
Devendra Rakesh BJKVP 2,888 0.5%
Md. Rahamtullaha ABJS 2,778 0.4%
Mohammad Shamim RDMP 2,230 0.4%
Shambhu Sahni Independent 2,142 0.3%
Vinod Paswan Independent 2,092 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 469,295 49.5%
Akhilesh Pd Singh Indian National Congress 246,873 26.0%
Vijendra Chaudhary Janata Dal (United) 85,140 9.0%
Ashok Kumar Jha Shiv Sena 19,945 2.1%
Raghvendra Pratap Singh RVP 13,283 1.4%
None Of The Above Independent 9,690 1.0%
Nageshwar Prasad Singh Independent 9,202 1.0%
Rajeev Ranjan Bahujan Samaj Party 9,069 1.0%
Shatrudhan Sahni CPI (ML) Liberation 8,223 0.9%
Mahesh Rai BMP 7,978 0.8%
Akshay Verma SKLP 7,569 0.8%
Prabhat Suman Aam Aadmi Party 6,945 0.7%
Rajesh Kumar AIFB 6,118 0.6%
Suresh Kumar Independent 5,211 0.5%
Madhur Sheel JMBP 4,309 0.5%
Shravan Kumar Jha Independent 3,746 0.4%
Ashok Kumar Singh SUCI(C) 3,734 0.4%
Pankaj Kumar Srivastava JPJD 3,365 0.4%
Ravi Shankar Paswan Independent 3,334 0.4%
Kamlesh Choudhary Independent 3,147 0.3%
Ajitansh Gaur Independent 2,755 0.3%
Kunal Priyadarshi RKSP 2,471 0.3%
Rupesh Kumar Kuar Independent 2,370 0.2%
Naval Kishore Jha SJP(R) 2,364 0.2%
Mohammad Anwarul Haque Independent 2,354 0.2%
Devendra Rakesh BVP 2,299 0.2%
Nilu Singh PBI 2,271 0.2%
Mohmmad Taiyab Independent 2,269 0.2%
Deepak Kumar Independent 1,809 0.2%
Mahesh Paswan Independent 1,749 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 666,878 63.6%
Raj Bhushan Choudhary VIP 256,890 24.5%
Sukhdeo Prasad VPI 24,526 2.3%
Sudhir Kumar Jha YKP 15,843 1.5%
Swarnlata Devi Bahujan Samaj Party 9,095 0.9%
Shiv Shakti Monu BLND 8,236 0.8%
Renu Khari JAP 7,995 0.8%
Devendra Rakesh BVP 7,709 0.7%
Surendra Ray RHS 7,258 0.7%
Mohamad Idris SUCI(C) 6,116 0.6%
Shiva Bihari Singhania BNP 5,674 0.5%
Jauhar Azad BMP 4,636 0.4%
Pradeep Kumar Singh Shiv Sena 4,321 0.4%
Pankaj Kumar AAHP 3,434 0.3%
Dharmendra Paswan BMF 3,323 0.3%
Nageshwar Prasad Singh RRP 3,195 0.3%
Ajitansh Gaur Independent 2,621 0.2%
Nandan Kumar Janata Party 2,572 0.2%
Anirudh Singh AIFB 2,543 0.2%
Suresh Kumar Independent 2,314 0.2%
Ritesh Prasad Independent 2,147 0.2%
Mukesh Kumar Independent 1,589 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: Indian National Congress margin 21.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 23.6 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 11.7 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 21.9 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 65.9 pts 1980: Janata Party (Secular) margin 5.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 27.2 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 39.8 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 7.9 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 12.6 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 2.9 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 8.4 pts 2004: Janata Dal (United) margin 1.2 pts 2009: Janata Dal (United) margin 7.7 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 23.4 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 39.1 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Muzaffarpur 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, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Muzaffarpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Ajay Nishad (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Muzaffarpur, Bihar, in 2019 with 666,878 votes (63.6%), a margin of 409,988 votes over Raj Bhushan Choudhary.

Which parties have won Muzaffarpur since 1957?

Since 1957, Muzaffarpur 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 Muzaffarpur?

The closest result on record for Muzaffarpur was 2004, when Janata Dal (United) beat Rashtriya Janata Dal by just 9,693 votes (1.2 percentage points).

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