Sitamarhi, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Sitamarhi (Bihar) was won by Sunil Kumar Pintu (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 250,539 votes over Arjun Ray. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Sitamarhi, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Acharya J. B. Kripalani
Praja Socialist Party
125,613
59.4%
Bujhawan Sah (Independent)
70,778 (33.5 pts)
1962
Nagindra Pd. Yadab
Indian National Congress
90,910
38.2%
Yugal Kishore Singh (Praja Socialist Party)
33,515 (14.1 pts)
1967
N.P. Yadav
Indian National Congress
141,337
38.8%
T. Y. K. Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party)
517 (0.1 pts)
1971
Nagendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
217,416
51.6%
Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party)
28,725 (6.8 pts)
1977
Shyam Sunder Das
Bharatiya Lok Dal
261,321
52.5%
Nagendra Prasad Yadav (Indian National Congress)
90,094 (18.1 pts)
1980
Baliram Bhagat
Congress (U)
213,245
45.9%
Shashi Shekhareshwar Pd. Narain Singh (Congress (I))
32,249 (6.9 pts)
1984
Ranshresth Khirhar
Indian National Congress
217,307
46.2%
Indal Singh Navin (LKD)
121,544 (25.9 pts)
1989
Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav
Janata Dal
335,796
51.9%
Nagendra Pd. Yadav (Indian National Congress)
170,861 (26.4 pts)
1991
Nawal Kishore Ray
Janata Dal
425,186
64.9%
Rambriksha Chaudhary (Indian National Congress)
229,151 (35.0 pts)
1996
Nawal Kishore Rai
Janata Dal
322,483
43.8%
Md. Anvarul Haque (Indian National Congress)
82,257 (11.2 pts)
1998
Sita Ram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
277,898
36.4%
Nawal Kishore Rai (Janata Dal)
23,509 (3.1 pts)
1999
Nawal Kishore Rai
Janata Dal (United)
410,557
55.3%
Suryadeo Rai (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
101,257 (13.6 pts)
2004
Sitaram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
326,165
47.2%
Naval Kishore Rai (Janata Dal (United))
98,005 (14.2 pts)
2009
Arjun Roy
Janata Dal (United)
232,782
40.4%
Samir Kumar Mahaseth (Indian National Congress)
110,566 (19.2 pts)
2014
Ram Kumar Sharma
RLSP
411,265
45.7%
Sitaram Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
147,965 (16.4 pts)
2019
Sunil Kumar Pintu
Janata Dal (United)
567,745
55.2%
Arjun Ray (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
250,539 (24.4 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate Party Votes Share
Acharya J. B. Kripalani
Praja Socialist Party
125,613
59.4%
Bujhawan Sah
Independent
54,835
25.9%
Nag Narayan Sinha
CNSPJP
31,075
14.7%
1962
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nagindra Pd. Yadab
Indian National Congress
90,910
38.2%
Yugal Kishore Singh
Praja Socialist Party
57,395
24.1%
Alisher Ansari
RCP
27,325
11.5%
Satya Narain Prasad
Independent
22,896
9.6%
Ram Bahadoor Lal
Swatantra Party
20,492
8.6%
Satya Narain Sharma
Socialist Party
19,255
8.1%
1967
Candidate Party Votes Share
N.P. Yadav
Indian National Congress
141,337
38.8%
T. Y. K. Singh
Samyukta Socialist Party
140,820
38.6%
J. N. Singh
Independent
34,004
9.3%
S. Sah
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
31,469
8.6%
S. Prasad
Independent
12,740
3.5%
S. Sharma
Praja Socialist Party
4,018
1.1%
1971
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nagendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
217,416
51.6%
Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh
Samyukta Socialist Party
188,691
44.8%
Indal Singh
Independent
14,039
3.3%
Ratneshwari Nandan Singh
Independent
831
0.2%
1977
Candidate Party Votes Share
Shyam Sunder Das
Bharatiya Lok Dal
261,321
52.5%
Nagendra Prasad Yadav
Indian National Congress
171,227
34.4%
Munir Alam Khan
Communist Party of India
54,030
10.9%
Ram Kishore Prasad
Independent
7,075
1.4%
Indal Singh
Independent
4,210
0.8%
1980
Candidate Party Votes Share
Baliram Bhagat
Congress (U)
213,245
45.9%
Shashi Shekhareshwar Pd. Narain Singh
Congress (I)
180,996
38.9%
Shyam Sunder Dass
Janata Party
50,474
10.9%
Kaviraj Gulab Jha
Independent
12,311
2.6%
Abdul Mannan
Independent
2,162
0.5%
Fulgen Sahani
Independent
1,780
0.4%
Satyendra Nath Verma
Independent
1,295
0.3%
Ram Narain Rai
Independent
1,187
0.3%
Mustupa Khan
Independent
768
0.2%
Ram Kishore
Independent
719
0.2%
1984
Candidate Party Votes Share
Ranshresth Khirhar
Indian National Congress
217,307
46.2%
Indal Singh Navin
LKD
95,763
20.4%
Chandraketu Sharma
Communist Party of India
56,737
12.1%
Ram Charitra Rai
Janata Party
51,153
10.9%
Ram Kripal Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
37,711
8.0%
Madan Mohan Mishra
Independent
3,235
0.7%
Priti Mohan Rastogi
Independent
2,226
0.5%
Mrityujay Jha
Independent
2,021
0.4%
Satyendra Nath Verma
Independent
1,609
0.3%
Shyam Nandan Jha
Independent
1,546
0.3%
Ram Lakhan Rai
Independent
673
0.1%
1989
Candidate Party Votes Share
Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav
Janata Dal
335,796
51.9%
Nagendra Pd. Yadav
Indian National Congress
164,935
25.5%
Thankur Pd. Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
88,366
13.7%
Indal Singh Navin
LKD (B)
44,063
6.8%
Md. Mushtaque Khan
Independent
7,044
1.1%
Satyendranath Verma
SOP(L)
2,790
0.4%
Mirtunjay Jha
DDP
1,796
0.3%
Manir Alam
DMM
1,582
0.2%
Girishnandan Singh
Independent
825
0.1%
1991
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nawal Kishore Ray
Janata Dal
425,186
64.9%
Rambriksha Chaudhary
Indian National Congress
196,035
29.9%
Jagadishwari Pd. Mishra
Bharatiya Janata Party
18,583
2.8%
Aslam Azad
Janata Party
6,454
1.0%
Chandra Shekhar Pd. Ray
Independent
3,418
0.5%
Jawar Ansari
Independent
1,031
0.2%
Arun Kumar Singh
Independent
754
0.1%
Krishna Kishore Singh
Independent
753
0.1%
Ram Lakhan Prasad
Independent
460
0.1%
Md. Nisar Alam
Independent
360
0.1%
Ram Deo Paswan
Independent
239
0.0%
Kamlesh Prasad
Independent
230
0.0%
Md. Abu Salik Ashrfee
LKD
219
0.0%
Siya Ram Mandal
Independent
165
0.0%
Sushil Mishra
Independent
145
0.0%
Sanjoy Kumar Mishra
Independent
126
0.0%
Satyendra Nath Verma
Independent
124
0.0%
Ram Jiwan Prasad Bajoria
Independent
117
0.0%
Badri Ram
Independent
116
0.0%
Rajnarayan Singh
Independent
97
0.0%
Madan Mohan Mishra
Independent
96
0.0%
Mritunjay Jha
DDP
69
0.0%
Siya Sharan Paswan
Independent
64
0.0%
1996
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nawal Kishore Rai
Janata Dal
322,483
43.8%
Md. Anvarul Haque
Indian National Congress
240,226
32.6%
Uma Shankar Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
156,345
21.2%
Brahmdeo Prasad Yadav
Independent
4,396
0.6%
Mithilesh Kumar
Independent
2,169
0.3%
Md. Badruddin
Independent
1,142
0.2%
Yogendra Mukhiya
Independent
920
0.1%
Nawal Kishore Shahi
AIIC(T)
895
0.1%
Abdul Hasan
Independent
767
0.1%
Girijanandan Prasad Yadav
Independent
706
0.1%
Priti Mohan Rastogi
Independent
653
0.1%
Uma Raman Singh
Independent
564
0.1%
Ram Kripal Singh
Independent
532
0.1%
Kailash Baitha
Bahujan Samaj Party
521
0.1%
Devendra Prasad Yadav
Independent
511
0.1%
Md. Faizul Haque Siddiqui
Independent
363
0.0%
Md. Abu Salique Asrafi
Independent
357
0.0%
Ram Autar Pandit
Independent
322
0.0%
Rabindra Rai
Independent
315
0.0%
Mahesh Prasad
Independent
286
0.0%
Kishori Thakur
Independent
213
0.0%
Mahendra Mahto
Independent
203
0.0%
Suresh Rai
Independent
167
0.0%
Md. Azimullah
Independent
152
0.0%
Ram Prit Yadav
Independent
143
0.0%
Ramkrishna Singh
Independent
131
0.0%
Shashi Ranjan Kumar
Independent
116
0.0%
Sheo Chandra Thakur
All India Forward Bloc
108
0.0%
Ramshankar Prasad
Independent
75
0.0%
Chandesgwar Rai
Independent
63
0.0%
1998
Candidate Party Votes Share
Sita Ram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
277,898
36.4%
Nawal Kishore Rai
Janata Dal
254,389
33.3%
Awanish Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
225,187
29.5%
Ravi Kumar Singh
Independent
2,776
0.4%
Ram Babu Singh
Independent
1,553
0.2%
Yogendra Paswan
Independent
1,104
0.1%
Vaidya Nath Rai
Independent
996
0.1%
1999
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nawal Kishore Rai
Janata Dal (United)
410,557
55.3%
Suryadeo Rai
Rashtriya Janata Dal
309,300
41.6%
K K Singh
AJBP
5,422
0.7%
Ramjee Ram
Independent
5,321
0.7%
Nawal Kishor Rai
Independent
3,362
0.5%
Sheikh Samsul Haque
Independent
2,742
0.4%
Vinod K Gupta
Independent
2,731
0.4%
Harichandra Rai
Independent
2,151
0.3%
Sinha Shanker Satyadev
Independent
1,166
0.2%
2004
Candidate Party Votes Share
Sitaram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
326,165
47.2%
Naval Kishore Rai
Janata Dal (United)
228,160
33.0%
Rajni Ranjan Sahu
Samajwadi Party
87,289
12.6%
Nawal Kishor Sahi
SAP
11,411
1.7%
Najmujjama
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,665
1.5%
Sitaram Rai
Independent
7,326
1.1%
Sone Lal Sah
Independent
6,251
0.9%
Mohammad Sagir
Independent
3,313
0.5%
Awadh Kishore Yadav
Independent
3,029
0.4%
Ramashraya Rai
Independent
2,352
0.3%
Kamla Kant Mishra
Independent
1,745
0.3%
Uttam Lal Das
Independent
1,649
0.2%
Ratneshwar Mishra
Independent
1,496
0.2%
2009
Candidate Party Votes Share
Arjun Roy
Janata Dal (United)
232,782
40.4%
Samir Kumar Mahaseth
Indian National Congress
122,216
21.2%
Sitaram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
118,798
20.6%
S. Abu Daujana
LTSD
40,596
7.0%
Maya Shankar Sharan
Bahujan Samaj Party
15,172
2.6%
Sone Lal Sah
Independent
10,166
1.8%
Shankar Sinha
Revolutionary Socialist Party
9,853
1.7%
Ravindra Kumar
Independent
4,185
0.7%
Ram Kishore Prasad
Independent
4,115
0.7%
Mohammad Afzal Painther
ANC
3,539
0.6%
Chandrika Prasad
Independent
2,738
0.5%
Chitranjan Giri
RPP
2,635
0.5%
Mukesh Kumar Gupta
Independent
2,603
0.5%
Pappu Kumar Mishra
Independent
2,586
0.4%
Dinesh Prasad
Independent
2,574
0.4%
Zahid
Independent
2,190
0.4%
2014
Candidate Party Votes Share
Ram Kumar Sharma
RLSP
411,265
45.7%
Sitaram Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
263,300
29.2%
Arjun Rai
Janata Dal (United)
97,188
10.8%
Mahesh Nandan Singh
Independent
20,613
2.3%
Kishori Das
Aam Aadmi Party
18,043
2.0%
Rajeev Ranjan
All India Trinamool Congress
11,250
1.2%
Chandrika Prasad
Independent
8,846
1.0%
Mahesh Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
8,521
0.9%
Satyendra Bhandari
BMP
7,853
0.9%
Mohammad Faiyaz Ahmad
Independent
7,586
0.8%
Sone Lal Sah
Independent
6,115
0.7%
Narendra Mishra
Independent
6,078
0.7%
None Of The Above
Independent
5,949
0.7%
Ajay Kumar
Independent
5,454
0.6%
Syed Abu Dojana
Samajwadi Party
4,692
0.5%
Surendra Kumar
BVP
4,501
0.5%
Jay Kumar Chaudhary
LD
3,880
0.4%
Mahendra Prasad
SJP(R)
3,695
0.4%
Vinod Sah
Independent
2,996
0.3%
Bharat Bhushan Sahni
SKLP
2,763
0.3%
2019
Candidate Party Votes Share
Sunil Kumar Pintu
Janata Dal (United)
567,745
55.2%
Arjun Ray
Rashtriya Janata Dal
317,206
30.8%
Dharmendra Kumar
Independent
20,487
2.0%
Vinod Sah
Independent
17,724
1.7%
Mahesh Nandan Singh
Independent
17,270
1.7%
Ramesh Kumar Mishra
Independent
11,056
1.1%
Amit Chaudhary Urf Madhav Chaudhary
Independent
9,837
1.0%
Raghunath Kumar
Aam Aadmi Party
9,009
0.9%
Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh
Independent
7,287
0.7%
Jasem Ahamad
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,112
0.7%
Nand Kishore Gupta
Independent
6,588
0.6%
Braj Kishor
AIFB
6,307
0.6%
Raj Kishore Prasad
PBI
5,965
0.6%
Lalbabu Paswan
Independent
5,192
0.5%
Surendra Kumar
BVP
4,240
0.4%
Shashi Kumar Singh
Independent
4,006
0.4%
Dr. Junaid Khan
Independent
3,298
0.3%
Mohan Sah
KPI
3,064
0.3%
Chandrika Prasad
Independent
2,663
0.3%
Ravindra Kumar Chandra Urf Dr. Raja Babu
BMP
2,475
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: Praja Socialist Party margin 33.5 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 14.1 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 0.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 6.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 18.1 pts 1980: Congress (U) margin 6.9 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 25.9 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 26.4 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 35.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 11.2 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 3.1 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 13.6 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 14.2 pts 2009: Janata Dal (United) margin 19.2 pts 2014: RLSP margin 16.4 pts 2019: Janata Dal (United) margin 24.4 pts 1957
1962
1967
1971
1977
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019
Trend
Sitamarhi has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Praja Socialist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (U), Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), RLSP.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Sitamarhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Sunil Kumar Pintu (Janata Dal (United)) won Sitamarhi, Bihar, in 2019 with 567,745 votes (55.2%), a margin of 250,539 votes over Arjun Ray.
Which parties have won Sitamarhi since 1957?
Since 1957, Sitamarhi has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (U), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Praja Socialist Party, RLSP, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Sitamarhi?
The closest result on record for Sitamarhi was 1967, when Indian National Congress beat Samyukta Socialist Party by just 517 votes (0.1 percentage points).
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