Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Sheohar (Bihar) was won by Rama Devi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 340,360 votes over Syed Faisal Ali. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Sheohar, Bihar, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Thakur Girjanandan Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
241,672
56.3%
Hari Kishore Singh (Indian National Congress)
67,029 (15.6 pts)
1980
Ram Dulari Singh
Congress (I)
174,188
42.0%
Hari Kishore Singh (Congress (U))
51,392 (12.4 pts)
1984
Ram Dulari Singh
Indian National Congress
254,881
52.4%
Hari Kishor Singh (Janata Party)
80,553 (16.6 pts)
1989
Hari Kishor Singh
Janata Dal
463,687
74.1%
Madhureendra Kumar Singh (Indian National Congress)
314,475 (50.3 pts)
1991
Hari Kishore Singh
Janata Dal
311,178
54.2%
Raghunath Jha (Janata Party)
159,936 (27.9 pts)
1996
Anand Mohan
SAP
334,994
49.4%
Ram Chandra Purve (Janata Dal)
40,637 (6.0 pts)
1998
Anand Mohan
AIRJP
289,830
41.6%
Hari Kishore Singh (SAP)
93,144 (13.4 pts)
1999
Md Anwarul Haque
Rashtriya Janata Dal
347,279
48.5%
Anand Mohan (BPSP)
2,535 (0.4 pts)
2004
Sitaram Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
303,243
45.5%
Mohammad Anwarul Haq (Bharatiya Janata Party)
73,883 (11.1 pts)
2009
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
233,499
40.8%
Md. Anwarul Haque (Bahujan Samaj Party)
125,684 (22.0 pts)
2014
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
372,506
44.2%
Md Anwarul Haque (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
136,239 (16.2 pts)
2019
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
608,678
61.0%
Syed Faisal Ali (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
340,360 (34.1 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thakur Girjanandan Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
241,672
56.3%
Hari Kishore Singh
Indian National Congress
174,643
40.7%
Vindeshwar Rai
Independent
5,549
1.3%
Yakub
Independent
5,056
1.2%
Shri Krishna Prasad Sinha
Independent
2,299
0.5%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Dulari Singh
Congress (I)
174,188
42.0%
Hari Kishore Singh
Congress (U)
122,796
29.6%
Thakur Prabhakar
Janata Party
97,529
23.5%
Janak Dhari Sah
Independent
7,194
1.7%
Jildar Ram
Independent
4,908
1.2%
Raj Nandan Sah
Independent
4,361
1.1%
Surendra Choudhary
All India Forward Bloc
2,268
0.5%
Bilat Bandhu
Independent
1,936
0.5%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Dulari Singh
Indian National Congress
254,881
52.4%
Hari Kishor Singh
Janata Party
174,328
35.9%
Thakur Prabhakar
LKD
28,370
5.8%
Nek Mahmad Akhtar
Independent
11,306
2.3%
Jildar Ram
Independent
3,166
0.7%
Vijay Kumar Singh
Independent
3,027
0.6%
Jagar Nath Rai
Independent
2,277
0.5%
Ramchandra Singh
Independent
2,174
0.4%
Mohamd Basi Mian
Independent
1,867
0.4%
Rajendra Thakur
Independent
1,347
0.3%
Suresh Prasad
Independent
1,272
0.3%
Gajandhar Singh
Independent
1,004
0.2%
Chandra Deo Jha
Independent
625
0.1%
Yogendra Rai
Independent
333
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Hari Kishor Singh
Janata Dal
463,687
74.1%
Madhureendra Kumar Singh
Indian National Congress
149,212
23.8%
Bhola Nath Ray
Independent
3,556
0.6%
Jagan Nath Ray
DDP
2,203
0.4%
Rajnandan Sah
LKD (B)
1,533
0.2%
Davendra Singh
Independent
1,316
0.2%
Satydeo Chaudhry
Independent
1,305
0.2%
Surendra Singh
Independent
860
0.1%
Gajadhar Singh
SOP(L)
691
0.1%
Md. Najmuddin
Independent
509
0.1%
Jagdish Sah
Independent
376
0.1%
Nagendra Singh
Independent
217
0.0%
Indlal Ray
Independent
205
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Hari Kishore Singh
Janata Dal
311,178
54.2%
Raghunath Jha
Janata Party
151,242
26.4%
Ram Dulari Singh (W)
Indian National Congress
64,058
11.2%
Girja Nandan Pd. Yadav
Bharatiya Janata Party
39,660
6.9%
Vindeshwari Sah
Independent
1,325
0.2%
Raj Nandan Sah
LKD
1,156
0.2%
Umesh Singh
Independent
1,051
0.2%
Hanuman Kamlapuri
Independent
487
0.1%
Rameshwar Thakur
Bahujan Samaj Party
428
0.1%
Kaushlendra Singh
Independent
425
0.1%
Arun Kumar Singh
Independent
375
0.1%
Sitaram Mahto
Independent
351
0.1%
Bachcha Mahto
DDP
294
0.1%
Arun Kumar Singh
Independent
241
0.0%
Jagdeo Prasad
Independent
237
0.0%
Sohail
Independent
234
0.0%
Bhola Thakur
Independent
191
0.0%
Arun Kumar
Independent
187
0.0%
Amirul Siddiquie
Independent
186
0.0%
Nag Narain Ray
Independent
144
0.0%
Prabhu Raut
Independent
81
0.0%
Shyam Chandra Singh
Independent
80
0.0%
Lakshmeshwar Singh
Independent
80
0.0%
Suresh Prasad
Independent
73
0.0%
Baleshwar Kaur
Independent
70
0.0%
Bharat Jha
Independent
70
0.0%
Nagendra Pd. Singh
Independent
54
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anand Mohan
SAP
334,994
49.4%
Ram Chandra Purve
Janata Dal
294,357
43.4%
Harishankar Pd. Yadav
Indian National Congress
24,403
3.6%
Magan Deo Prasad
Shiv Sena
2,992
0.4%
Chandeshwar Pd. Singh
Independent
2,687
0.4%
Jildar Ram
Independent
2,644
0.4%
Madhurendra Kumar Singh
AIIC(T)
2,151
0.3%
Md. Jamil Akhtar
Independent
1,863
0.3%
Raj Nandan Gandhi
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,751
0.3%
Faiyaj Bihari
Independent
1,343
0.2%
Manoj Upadhyay
Independent
1,208
0.2%
Gopa Thakur
Independent
1,122
0.2%
Raghunath Prasad
Independent
1,107
0.2%
Munidra Kumar Jha
Independent
833
0.1%
Mukesh Bhushan Singh
Independent
735
0.1%
Satyanaran Bhagat
Independent
634
0.1%
Raghunath Singh
Independent
521
0.1%
M. Sohail
Independent
478
0.1%
Rampukar Prasad
Independent
430
0.1%
Abdul Washir
Independent
418
0.1%
Ramlal Paswan
Independent
399
0.1%
Brahmdeo Rai
Independent
349
0.1%
Dinesh Chandra Pd. Singh
Independent
231
0.0%
Shivshankar Mandal
Independent
231
0.0%
Ramanand Singh
Independent
198
0.0%
Nandu Singh
Independent
177
0.0%
Shambhu Prasad Premi
Independent
158
0.0%
Rambharos Paswan
Independent
99
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anand Mohan
AIRJP
289,830
41.6%
Hari Kishore Singh
SAP
196,686
28.2%
Md.Anwarul Haque
Janata Dal
186,317
26.7%
Surendra Tyagi
Samajwadi Party
9,825
1.4%
Sitaram Jha
BJC
5,894
0.8%
Ajay K.Singh
Independent
1,859
0.3%
Mahendra Singh
Independent
1,552
0.2%
Vijay Kumar Patel
Independent
1,462
0.2%
Hari Kishore Singh
Independent
1,413
0.2%
Anwar Alam Khan
Independent
1,120
0.2%
Kameshwar Yadav
Independent
787
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Md Anwarul Haque
Rashtriya Janata Dal
347,279
48.5%
Anand Mohan
BPSP
344,744
48.2%
Varan Ram
Independent
9,206
1.3%
Sulabh Kumar Singh
AJBP
7,086
1.0%
Ram Kailash Singh
SJP(R)
2,904
0.4%
Mohan Sah
Independent
2,039
0.3%
Karimudin Haidar Khan
Independent
1,690
0.2%
Vimal Kumar Singh
Independent
988
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sitaram Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
303,243
45.5%
Mohammad Anwarul Haq
Bharatiya Janata Party
229,360
34.4%
Anand Mohan Singh
BPSP
86,418
13.0%
Ram Ekbal Rai
Bahujan Samaj Party
27,481
4.1%
Ram Swarth Sah
Independent
5,343
0.8%
Sunil Singh
Independent
5,107
0.8%
Rajendra Singh Vismil
Samajwadi Party
3,812
0.6%
Ajay Kumar Pandey
Independent
2,878
0.4%
Sitaram Singh
Independent
2,756
0.4%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
233,499
40.8%
Md. Anwarul Haque
Bahujan Samaj Party
107,815
18.8%
Sitaram Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
89,584
15.7%
Lovely Anand
Indian National Congress
81,479
14.2%
Md. Tanveer Zafar
Communist Party of India
16,864
2.9%
Sunil Singh
Independent
10,037
1.8%
Yogendra Ram
Independent
7,350
1.3%
Rama Ashish Mahto
Independent
5,734
1.0%
Mohsin
Independent
3,721
0.7%
Arun Sah
BLPGL
3,359
0.6%
Shatrughna Sahu
BJJD
3,189
0.6%
Basdeo Sah
IJP
2,946
0.5%
Mohammad Firoz Ahamad
Independent
2,616
0.5%
Chandrika Prasad
Independent
2,296
0.4%
Ajay Kumar Pandey
Independent
1,780
0.3%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
372,506
44.2%
Md Anwarul Haque
Rashtriya Janata Dal
236,267
28.0%
Shahid Ali Khan
Janata Dal (United)
79,108
9.4%
Lovely Anand
Samajwadi Party
46,008
5.5%
Angesh Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
26,446
3.1%
Laxman Paswan
JMM
18,681
2.2%
Shivanandan Prasad
Independent
12,161
1.4%
None Of The Above
Independent
11,670
1.4%
Shatrughna Sahu
Aam Aadmi Party
8,256
1.0%
Sanjay Prasad
Independent
8,245
1.0%
Ramashish Mahto
Independent
5,941
0.7%
Jata Shankar Aatrey
RVP
4,641
0.6%
Jagranath Sahani
SKLP
4,399
0.5%
Md Nasruddin Ansari
NLP
3,072
0.4%
Ramashankar Singh
AIFB
2,845
0.3%
Ram Lobhit Paswan
BMP
2,648
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
608,678
61.0%
Syed Faisal Ali
Rashtriya Janata Dal
268,318
26.9%
Kedar Nath Prasad
Independent
18,426
1.8%
Raj Kumar Parsad
Independent
13,704
1.4%
Shamim Alam
Nationalist Congress Party
13,269
1.3%
Mukesh Kumar Jha
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,470
1.3%
Vijay Nandan Paswan
Independent
11,138
1.1%
Anil Kumar Tiwari
Independent
10,679
1.1%
Upendra Sahani
RJP
7,281
0.7%
Abul Kalam Khan
Independent
6,084
0.6%
Anil Kumar
JAP
5,779
0.6%
Shyam Kumar
RHS
5,066
0.5%
Jagdish Prasad
BVP
4,563
0.5%
Ram Dayal Prasad
Independent
3,142
0.3%
Devendra Prasad Singh
AIFB
2,640
0.3%
Prabhu Narayan
Shiv Sena
2,499
0.3%
Nabi Hussain
BPP
1,992
0.2%
Anand Kumar Maurya
BAP
1,814
0.2%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Sheohar 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, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, SAP, AIRJP, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Sheohar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Rama Devi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Sheohar, Bihar, in 2019 with 608,678 votes (61.0%), a margin of 340,360 votes over Syed Faisal Ali.
Which parties have won Sheohar since 1977?
Since 1977, Sheohar has been won by: AIRJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP.
What was the closest result in Sheohar?
The closest result on record for Sheohar was 1999, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat BPSP by just 2,535 votes (0.4 percentage points).