Siwan, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Siwan (Bihar) was won by Kavita Singh (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 116,958 votes over Hena Shahab. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Siwan, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Jhulan Singh Indian National Congress 66,147 47.7% Sheo Kumar Dwibedi (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 22,704 (16.4 pts)
1962 Md. Yusuf Indian National Congress 78,030 40.7% Nagendra Nath Pathak (Jharkhand Party) 35,729 (18.6 pts)
1967 M. Yusuf Indian National Congress 98,206 39.3% H. Singh (Samyukta Socialist Party) 25,777 (10.3 pts)
1971 Mohamad Yusuf Indian National Congress 159,794 52.2% Janardan Tiwari (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 27,221 (8.9 pts)
1977 Mirtanjay Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 325,030 74.9% Mohamad Yusuf (Indian National Congress) 231,076 (53.2 pts)
1980 M. Yusuf Congress (I) 131,297 39.3% Mrityunjay Prasad Verma (Janata Party) 15,599 (4.7 pts)
1984 Abdul Ghafoor Indian National Congress 250,235 60.3% Janardan Tiwari (Bharatiya Janata Party) 137,992 (33.2 pts)
1989 Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 334,637 60.5% Abdul Gaffur (Indian National Congress) 158,951 (28.7 pts)
1991 Brishin Patel Janata Dal 315,336 51.3% Umashankar Singh (Janata Party) 145,892 (23.7 pts)
1996 M. Sahabuddin Janata Dal 326,351 52.6% Janardan Tiwari (Bharatiya Janata Party) 165,243 (26.6 pts)
1998 M.Sahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 327,341 49.2% Vijay Shankar Dubey (Bharatiya Janata Party) 120,484 (18.1 pts)
1999 M Sahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 385,069 54.8% Amar Nath Yadav (CPI (ML) Liberation) 129,840 (18.5 pts)
2004 Mohammad Shahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 317,511 49.8% Om Prakash Yadav (Janata Dal (United)) 103,578 (16.2 pts)
2009 Om Prakash Yadav Independent 236,194 36.8% Hena Shahab (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 63,430 (9.9 pts)
2014 Om Prakash Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 372,670 42.2% Hena Shahab (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 113,847 (12.9 pts)
2019 Kavita Singh Janata Dal (United) 448,473 45.9% Hena Shahab (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 116,958 (12.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jhulan Singh Indian National Congress 66,147 47.7%
Sheo Kumar Dwibedi Bharatiya Jana Sangh 43,443 31.3%
Shyam Bihari Sahay Praja Socialist Party 29,166 21.0%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Md. Yusuf Indian National Congress 78,030 40.7%
Nagendra Nath Pathak Jharkhand Party 42,301 22.0%
Parduman Singh Praja Socialist Party 36,234 18.9%
Rajendra Prasad Singh Swatantra Party 23,445 12.2%
Indermani Socialist Party 11,892 6.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Yusuf Indian National Congress 98,206 39.3%
H. Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 72,429 29.0%
B. P. Mishra Bharatiya Jana Sangh 55,015 22.0%
L. N. Singh Swatantra Party 9,271 3.7%
K. Dubey Independent 8,259 3.3%
T. Prasad Independent 6,609 2.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohamad Yusuf Indian National Congress 159,794 52.2%
Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Jana Sangh 132,573 43.3%
Shankar Nath Vidyarthi Independent 7,350 2.4%
Durga Lal Independent 2,951 1.0%
Rajdeo Singh BKD 2,481 0.8%
Hajari Singh Independent 856 0.3%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mirtanjay Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal 325,030 74.9%
Mohamad Yusuf Indian National Congress 93,954 21.6%
Ram Nath Dubey Independent 4,384 1.0%
Basi Ahmad Independent 2,351 0.5%
Janardan Tiwary Independent 2,064 0.5%
Sudarshan Pra Yadav Independent 2,013 0.5%
Ram Narain Sah Independent 1,471 0.3%
Lal Mohan Ram Independent 1,346 0.3%
Syed Ahmad Hussain Independent 1,218 0.3%
M. Ahmed Ghani Independent 287 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Yusuf Congress (I) 131,297 39.3%
Mrityunjay Prasad Verma Janata Party 115,698 34.7%
Daroga Prasad Roy Congress (U) 78,154 23.4%
Hasim Khan Independent 2,929 0.9%
Rajendra Anand Sharma Independent 1,694 0.5%
Saryug Prasad Independent 1,540 0.5%
Munesh War Prasad Independent 1,435 0.4%
Brij Bihari Pati Tiwari Independent 1,025 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Abdul Ghafoor Indian National Congress 250,235 60.3%
Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 112,243 27.0%
Raghawa Prasad Janata Party 20,967 5.1%
Bibi Khursheed Jahan LKD 13,825 3.3%
Kamleshwar Prasad Independent 3,787 0.9%
Fharukh Khan Independent 2,833 0.7%
Uttim Roy Independent 2,625 0.6%
Munshi Prasad Yadav Independent 2,135 0.5%
Parameshwar Singh Independent 2,128 0.5%
Ram Prit Gond Independent 1,843 0.4%
Rajendra Thakur Independent 1,665 0.4%
Rajender Sah Independent 745 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 334,637 60.5%
Abdul Gaffur Indian National Congress 175,686 31.8%
Aizazul Haque Bahujan Samaj Party 13,005 2.4%
Sankar Prassad Yadav Independent 8,882 1.6%
Amrendra Kumar Singh Independent 4,935 0.9%
Shamshad Ali Khan Independent 4,673 0.8%
Kamlashwar Prassad DDP 1,822 0.3%
Shaheed Ahmad Independent 1,706 0.3%
Khurshed Alam Independent 988 0.2%
Uttam Roy Independent 952 0.2%
Anirudh Roy Independent 856 0.2%
Ramprit Gond Independent 753 0.1%
Om Kishore Roy Independent 747 0.1%
Hari Bhajan Das Independent 609 0.1%
Satish Bhai Independent 592 0.1%
Prithviraj Singh Independent 569 0.1%
Rajiv Rajan Prassad Independent 454 0.1%
Rajendra Sah Independent 407 0.1%
Sayad Nd. Jaki Naquavi Independent 396 0.1%
Sarayu Prassad Independent 223 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Brishin Patel Janata Dal 315,336 51.3%
Umashankar Singh Janata Party 169,444 27.5%
Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 75,410 12.3%
M. Salimullah Indian National Congress 25,551 4.2%
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha IPF 20,688 3.4%
Sugendra Choudhury Independent 1,735 0.3%
Gopal Harijan Independent 1,295 0.2%
Ram Bilash Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 1,236 0.2%
Utim Rai Independent 919 0.1%
Kamleshwar Prasad DDP 718 0.1%
Jaganath Singh Independent 591 0.1%
Ramdhan Sonar Independent 534 0.1%
Dinesh Kumar Mandol Independent 406 0.1%
Prabhu Singh Independent 357 0.1%
Dinesh Kushwaha Independent 326 0.1%
Bhirgunath Gond Independent 299 0.0%
Surya Nath Pandey Independent 156 0.0%
Bhagwangee Independent 98 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Sahabuddin Janata Dal 326,351 52.6%
Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 161,108 25.9%
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha CPI (ML) Liberation 109,358 17.6%
Zafar Ahmad Gani Indian National Congress 4,219 0.7%
Ayodhya Dubey Independent 2,450 0.4%
Mustaque Ahmad Independent 2,261 0.4%
Ram Dhyan Prasad Independent 1,888 0.3%
Suresh Yadav Independent 1,812 0.3%
Shankar Prasad Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 1,654 0.3%
Indrasan Bhagat Independent 1,359 0.2%
Umeshwar Prasad Thakur Independent 1,268 0.2%
Ram Autar Prasad Independent 1,070 0.2%
Mursharaf Ali AIIC(T) 992 0.2%
Nasir Khan Independent 893 0.1%
Singh Dharampal Independent 718 0.1%
Jai Prakash Pandey Independent 706 0.1%
Uttam Singh Independent 520 0.1%
Krishnand Prasad Independent 501 0.1%
Swami Devendra Kishore Independent 493 0.1%
Ladoo Lal Sah Independent 409 0.1%
Virendra Shukla Independent 375 0.1%
Vipin Bihari Ram Independent 259 0.0%
Dharmikchhuk Prasad Independent 207 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M.Sahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 327,341 49.2%
Vijay Shankar Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party 206,857 31.1%
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha CPI (ML) Liberation 112,223 16.9%
Ram Ashish Yadav Samajwadi Party 7,286 1.1%
Neelesh Tiwari Janata Dal 3,472 0.5%
Surendra Prasad Independent 3,002 0.5%
Narottam Mishra AJBP 2,494 0.4%
Prem Chand Tiwari Independent 2,144 0.3%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M Sahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 385,069 54.8%
Amar Nath Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 255,229 36.3%
Akhlaque Ahmad Janata Dal (United) 53,382 7.6%
Narottam Mishra AJBP 4,239 0.6%
Nasir Khan Independent 1,950 0.3%
Tulasi Padit Independent 1,219 0.2%
Prem Chand Tiwari Independent 1,205 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohammad Shahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 317,511 49.8%
Om Prakash Yadav Janata Dal (United) 213,933 33.6%
Amar Nath Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 72,225 11.3%
Ramprit God GGP 8,999 1.4%
Shankar Prasad Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 8,043 1.3%
Prem Chand Tiwari Independent 7,542 1.2%
Ashok Ram Independent 6,085 1.0%
Nasir Khan Independent 3,211 0.5%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Prakash Yadav Independent 236,194 36.8%
Hena Shahab Rashtriya Janata Dal 172,764 26.9%
Amar Nath Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 72,988 11.4%
Brishin Patel Janata Dal (United) 43,968 6.8%
Parash Nath Pathak Bahujan Samaj Party 26,940 4.2%
Rajendra Kumar Independent 18,558 2.9%
Shambhu Nath Prasad Independent 12,132 1.9%
Vijay Shanker Dubey Indian National Congress 12,104 1.9%
Lal Babu Tiwari RKSP 9,180 1.4%
Umesh Tiwary Independent 8,761 1.4%
Nidhi Kirti Independent 7,026 1.1%
Aswani Kr. Verma IJP 6,684 1.0%
Prabhu Nath Mali Independent 5,557 0.9%
Madhuri Panday SJTP 4,816 0.8%
Dr. Muneshwar Prasad Independent 4,238 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Prakash Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 372,670 42.2%
Hena Shahab Rashtriya Janata Dal 258,823 29.3%
Amar Nath Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 81,006 9.2%
Manoj Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 79,239 9.0%
None Of The Above Independent 21,409 2.4%
Ganesh Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 14,584 1.6%
Ram Binay Ray BED 11,757 1.3%
Satya Prakash Pandey Aam Aadmi Party 10,542 1.2%
Khalil Miya GGP 9,580 1.1%
Ranjan Kumar BVM 8,851 1.0%
Parmeshwar Manjhi BMP 5,683 0.6%
Paramanand Gond Samyukta Socialist Party 4,016 0.5%
Narad Pndit JPJD 3,250 0.4%
Nagendra Tiwari LJP(S) 2,611 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kavita Singh Janata Dal (United) 448,473 45.9%
Hena Shahab Rashtriya Janata Dal 331,515 34.0%
Amar Nath Yadav CPI (ML) Liberation 74,644 7.6%
Deva Kant Mishra Alias Munna Bhaiya Independent 36,459 3.7%
Upendra Kumar Giri Independent 17,353 1.8%
Madhuri Pandey Independent 12,928 1.3%
Balmiki Prasad Gupta Bahujan Samaj Party 8,467 0.9%
Amarjit Prasad Independent 7,671 0.8%
Satyendra Kushwaha Independent 6,051 0.6%
Jai Prakash Prasad Alias J.P.Bhai Independent 5,964 0.6%
Anil Kumar Verma Independent 5,260 0.5%
Narad Pandit BSSP 3,615 0.4%
Abhishek Kumar Alias Rinku Ji Independent 3,573 0.4%
Bijay Bahadur Singh Revolutionary Socialist Party 2,756 0.3%
Sudhir Kuamr Singh Shiv Sena 2,701 0.3%
Rohit Kumar Yadav SVP 2,364 0.2%
Sanjay Prajapatee Independent 2,354 0.2%
Shabana JPJD 2,107 0.2%
Parmanand Gond Samyukta Socialist Party 2,069 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 16.4 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 18.6 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 10.3 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 8.9 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 53.2 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 4.7 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 33.2 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 28.7 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 23.7 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 26.6 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 18.1 pts 1999: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 18.5 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 16.2 pts 2009: Independent margin 9.9 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.9 pts 2019: Janata Dal (United) margin 12.0 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Siwan 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, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Independent, Janata Dal (United).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Siwan in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Kavita Singh (Janata Dal (United)) won Siwan, Bihar, in 2019 with 448,473 votes (45.9%), a margin of 116,958 votes over Hena Shahab.

Which parties have won Siwan since 1957?

Since 1957, Siwan has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Siwan?

The closest result on record for Siwan was 1980, when Congress (I) beat Janata Party by just 15,599 votes (4.7 percentage points).

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