Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Vaishali (Bihar) was won by Veena Devi (W/O Dinesh Prasad Singh) (Lok Janshakti Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 234,584 votes over Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Vaishali, Bihar, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Digvijoy Narain Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
435,757
85.0%
Nawal Kishore Singh (Indian National Congress)
365,497 (71.3 pts)
1980
Kishroi Sinha
Janata Party
121,655
33.4%
Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi (Congress (I))
3,331 (0.9 pts)
1984
Kishori Sinha
Indian National Congress
267,546
47.5%
Tarkeshwari Sinha (LKD)
19,953 (3.5 pts)
1989
Usha Singh
Janata Dal
441,514
62.8%
Kishori Sinha (Indian National Congress)
213,217 (30.3 pts)
1991
Sheo Sharan Singh
Janata Dal
346,003
54.7%
Usha Singh (W) (Indian National Congress)
109,843 (17.4 pts)
1996
Raghybansh Prasad Singh
Janata Dal
354,226
50.3%
Vrishin Patel (SAP)
62,683 (8.9 pts)
1998
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
322,101
44.0%
Brishim Patel (SAP)
41,494 (5.7 pts)
1999
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
308,458
43.5%
Lovely Anand (BPSP)
45,392 (6.4 pts)
2004
Raghubansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
361,503
48.3%
Vijay Kumar Shukla (Independent)
105,935 (14.1 pts)
2009
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
284,479
45.5%
Vijay Kumar Shukla (Janata Dal (United))
22,308 (3.6 pts)
2014
Rama Kishore Singh
Lok Janshakti Party
305,450
33.0%
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
99,267 (10.7 pts)
2019
Veena Devi (W/O Dinesh Prasad Singh)
Lok Janshakti Party
568,215
53.3%
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
234,584 (22.0 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Digvijoy Narain Singh
Bharatiya Lok Dal
435,757
85.0%
Nawal Kishore Singh
Indian National Congress
70,260
13.7%
Nafrullah
Independent
2,435
0.5%
Gopal Paswan
Independent
2,290
0.4%
Ram Janam Rai
Independent
1,748
0.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kishroi Sinha
Janata Party
121,655
33.4%
Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi
Congress (I)
118,324
32.5%
Nawal Kishore Singh
Congress (U)
46,722
12.8%
Siyawar Sharan Shrivastava
CPI (Marxist)
44,554
12.2%
Nalini Ranjan Singh
Independent
19,683
5.4%
Ramdeo Sahni
Independent
4,291
1.2%
Viswanath Goswami
Independent
3,044
0.8%
Israr Mian Urf Israr Ahmad
Independent
2,298
0.6%
Jainarain Mahto
Independent
1,999
0.5%
Nand Kishore Prasad Singh Surb Pratham
Independent
998
0.3%
Asrafi Prasad Chaurasia
Independent
903
0.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kishori Sinha
Indian National Congress
267,546
47.5%
Tarkeshwari Sinha
LKD
247,593
43.9%
Baleshwar Rusul Puri
Independent
14,942
2.7%
Rita Bahi
Independent
11,265
2.0%
Shyam Nandan Mishra
Janata Party
6,496
1.2%
Ramchandra Sharma
Independent
6,489
1.2%
Amanullah Ansari
Independent
2,412
0.4%
Shanker Singh
Independent
2,064
0.4%
Chandra Sekher Singh
Independent
1,765
0.3%
Shyam Naryan Sanyasi
Independent
788
0.1%
Dhaneshwar Rai
Independent
746
0.1%
Kamla Devi
Independent
526
0.1%
N. K. P. S. Sarvpratham
Independent
510
0.1%
Damodar Prasad Thakur
Independent
475
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Usha Singh
Janata Dal
441,514
62.8%
Kishori Sinha
Indian National Congress
228,297
32.5%
Lakindra Roy
Independent
14,378
2.0%
Gita Prassad Singh
Independent
7,618
1.1%
Jaleswar Pd. Sahani
SSD
2,439
0.3%
Ganpat Singh
Independent
1,378
0.2%
Mahim Kumar Singh
DDP
1,201
0.2%
Raj Kishore Singh
Independent
1,004
0.1%
Jitendra Prassad
Independent
782
0.1%
Jai Nath Singh
Independent
530
0.1%
Krishna Kumar Singh
Independent
527
0.1%
Taepeshwar Prassad
Independent
446
0.1%
Rahim Khan
Independent
424
0.1%
Shashikant Prassad
Independent
337
0.0%
Muje Lal Rai
Independent
323
0.0%
Israr Ahmad Azad
Independent
274
0.0%
Rabindra Nath Singh
Independent
183
0.0%
Mahanand Singh
Independent
173
0.0%
Janardan Pd. Singh
Independent
169
0.0%
Ram Lochan Singh
Independent
151
0.0%
N.K.P.S. Sarvpratham
Independent
143
0.0%
Ashok Kumar Singh
Independent
141
0.0%
Nand Kishore Sahi
Independent
125
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sheo Sharan Singh
Janata Dal
346,003
54.7%
Usha Singh (W)
Indian National Congress
236,160
37.4%
Shyam Narain Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
16,503
2.6%
Valendra Pd. Singh
Janata Party
13,306
2.1%
Lakhendra Rai
Independent
9,368
1.5%
Sheo Shanker Singh
Independent
2,537
0.4%
Pulish Mahto
Independent
1,634
0.3%
Krishna Ku. Sah
LKD
758
0.1%
Asharfi Sahani
Independent
647
0.1%
Jayanti Singh Rathour (W)
Independent
618
0.1%
Radhika Devi (W)
Independent
442
0.1%
Govardhan Lal
Independent
423
0.1%
Bishuni Bhagat
Independent
340
0.1%
Basudeo Bhagat
Independent
331
0.1%
Abbas Khan
Independent
324
0.1%
Kaushal Kishore Vikal
BKUS
293
0.0%
Krishna Kumar Singh (Phulwaria)
Independent
275
0.0%
Ram Sagar Singh
Independent
248
0.0%
Navin Kumar
Independent
239
0.0%
Ranjan Kumar Sharma
Independent
229
0.0%
Mithlesh Kumar
Independent
175
0.0%
Krishna Kumar Singh (Gidha)
Independent
169
0.0%
Chandrika Kuar
Independent
161
0.0%
Ganpat Singh
Independent
145
0.0%
Maulvi Alam
Independent
137
0.0%
Rup Narayan Bhagat
Independent
136
0.0%
Jitendra
Independent
103
0.0%
Baban Singh
Independent
80
0.0%
Saiyed Mahamad Soib
Independent
80
0.0%
Vinod Dubey
Independent
62
0.0%
Om Prakash Singh
Independent
57
0.0%
Sahban Khan
Independent
55
0.0%
Mahim Naran Singh
DDP
54
0.0%
N.K.P.S. Sarwpratham
All India Forward Bloc
51
0.0%
Ram Narayan Mishra
Independent
45
0.0%
Ajay Kumar Choudhary
Independent
41
0.0%
Ram Kishore Singh
Independent
33
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghybansh Prasad Singh
Janata Dal
354,226
50.3%
Vrishin Patel
SAP
291,543
41.4%
Raghunath Pandey
Indian National Congress
39,170
5.6%
Valeshwar Rusupuri
Independent
3,764
0.5%
Ram N. Yadav
Independent
1,361
0.2%
Parmanand Tiwari
Independent
1,338
0.2%
Umeshwar Pd. Singh
Independent
1,335
0.2%
Ramparavesh Tiwary
Independent
913
0.1%
Aliraza Ansari
AIIC(T)
836
0.1%
Bharat Pd. Singh
Independent
823
0.1%
Satyendra Nath Verma
Independent
664
0.1%
Shankar Kishor Chaudhary
Independent
573
0.1%
Rajiv Ku. Shahi
Independent
455
0.1%
Balendra Rai
Independent
421
0.1%
Ajit Kr. Singh
Independent
334
0.0%
Ram Janm Sahani
Independent
328
0.0%
Asharfi Rai
Independent
307
0.0%
Deo Narain Sah
Independent
280
0.0%
Vidyarthi Sah
Independent
268
0.0%
Rajesh Kumar Singh
Independent
223
0.0%
Shashi Bhushan Pd. Singh
Independent
215
0.0%
Nageshwar Singh Patel
Independent
211
0.0%
Balindar Singh
Independent
203
0.0%
Sami Hadar
Independent
198
0.0%
Ramanand Anarya
Independent
197
0.0%
Raju Pd. Gupta
Independent
197
0.0%
Sunil Kumar Singh
Independent
190
0.0%
Ranvir Singh
Independent
189
0.0%
Raj Kumar Singh
Independent
178
0.0%
Umesh Prasad
Independent
172
0.0%
Ram Pukar Bhagat
Independent
166
0.0%
Mahesh Mishra
Independent
166
0.0%
Lakhindra Sahni
Independent
164
0.0%
Narendra Thakur
Independent
155
0.0%
Pradeep Rai
Independent
143
0.0%
Durga Singh
Independent
139
0.0%
Ramji Singh
Independent
136
0.0%
Shiv Shankar Singh Pathik
Independent
119
0.0%
Kishori Pd. Sah
Independent
116
0.0%
Vinod Kumar
Independent
112
0.0%
Parshu Ram Rai
Independent
109
0.0%
Shambhu Sahni
Independent
107
0.0%
Mahesh Kumar
Independent
103
0.0%
Hari Shankar Das
Independent
96
0.0%
Ravindra Singh
Independent
93
0.0%
Sunil K.R. Singh
Independent
92
0.0%
Dinesh Pd. Singh
Independent
91
0.0%
Ravi Bhushan Singh
Independent
91
0.0%
Amarnath Patel
Independent
90
0.0%
Chandeshwar Pd. Singh
Independent
82
0.0%
Rama Shankar Singh
Independent
77
0.0%
Anil K.R. Singh
Independent
75
0.0%
Ramesh Prasad Singh
Independent
67
0.0%
Chandeshwar Thakur
Independent
62
0.0%
Krishna Kumar Singh
Independent
59
0.0%
Amarnath Singh
Independent
41
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
322,101
44.0%
Brishim Patel
SAP
280,607
38.3%
Shashi Kumar Rai
Janata Dal
111,067
15.2%
Bharat Pd.Singh
BJC
6,600
0.9%
Lakhichandra Ray
Independent
5,982
0.8%
Badri Ram
Independent
1,477
0.2%
Shashi Bhushan Singh
Samajwadi Party
1,448
0.2%
Vasudeo Ram
Independent
1,070
0.1%
Jagdeo Paswan
Independent
982
0.1%
Sukhdeo Kesari
Independent
681
0.1%
Umashanker Paswan
Independent
528
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
308,458
43.5%
Lovely Anand
BPSP
263,066
37.1%
Shashi Kumar Rai
Independent
112,450
15.8%
Mohammad Umar Ansari
Independent
7,566
1.1%
Yogendra Ram
Independent
6,952
1.0%
Maheshwar Paswan
Independent
4,966
0.7%
Shambhu Sharan Thakur
Nationalist Congress Party
2,261
0.3%
Prabhat Kiran
AJBP
2,092
0.3%
Upendra Choudhary
Independent
1,248
0.2%
Ramekbal Ram
Independent
693
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghubansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
361,503
48.3%
Vijay Kumar Shukla
Independent
255,568
34.1%
Dr. Harendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
73,287
9.8%
Jitender Kumar Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
14,474
1.9%
Shivcharan Ram
Independent
7,930
1.1%
Shivchandar Singh
Independent
7,762
1.0%
Ashok Kumar Singh
Independent
4,082
0.5%
Sambhu Prasad Singh
Independent
3,972
0.5%
Nitya Nand Singh
Samajwadi Party
3,925
0.5%
Ram Udar Prasad Thakur
Independent
3,239
0.4%
Upendra Pd. Singh
AD
2,832
0.4%
Panna Lal Sahani
Independent
2,816
0.4%
Umesh Sahani
Independent
2,341
0.3%
Upendra Chaudhary
Independent
2,217
0.3%
Braj Kishore Singh
Independent
1,573
0.2%
Jainendra Kumar
Janata Dal (Secular)
1,238
0.2%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
284,479
45.5%
Vijay Kumar Shukla
Janata Dal (United)
262,171
42.0%
Shankar Mahto
Bahujan Samaj Party
17,462
2.8%
Jitendra Prasad
Independent
16,072
2.6%
Hind Kesri Yadav
Indian National Congress
11,934
1.9%
Indardeo Rai
Independent
9,368
1.5%
Binod Pandit
LPSP
7,332
1.2%
Punamri Devi
UWF
4,872
0.8%
Balak Nath Sahani
IJP
2,964
0.5%
Badri Paswan
RKSP
2,947
0.5%
Lalji Kumar Rakesh
RSWD
2,674
0.4%
Pramod Kumar Sharma
BJKVP
2,584
0.4%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rama Kishore Singh
Lok Janshakti Party
305,450
33.0%
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
206,183
22.3%
Vijay Kumar Sahni
Janata Dal (United)
145,182
15.7%
Anu Shukla
Independent
104,229
11.3%
Shankar Mahto
Bahujan Samaj Party
23,677
2.6%
Dr. Mohammad Nabi Hassan
Independent
22,455
2.4%
Balendra Singh
Independent
15,178
1.6%
Jitendra Prasad
Independent
12,369
1.3%
Ranjeet Kumar Jha
Independent
11,540
1.2%
Md.Hasib
RSD
11,075
1.2%
Mohammad Umar Ansari
Independent
8,254
0.9%
Raaj Mangal Prasad
Aam Aadmi Party
7,768
0.8%
Ram Pukar Rai
Independent
7,182
0.8%
Vinod Pandit
LSP
6,430
0.7%
None Of The Above
Independent
6,060
0.7%
Mukesh Ram
RKSP
5,497
0.6%
Rameshwar Sah
Independent
5,483
0.6%
Indradeo Roy
SUCI(C)
5,218
0.6%
Parmeshwar Ram
BMP
4,000
0.4%
Md. Naushad
VIP
3,866
0.4%
Jaynarayan Sah
BVP
3,191
0.3%
Sandhya Devi
Independent
2,983
0.3%
Lalji Kumar Rakesh
Independent
2,667
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Veena Devi (W/O Dinesh Prasad Singh)
Lok Janshakti Party
568,215
53.3%
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Rashtriya Janata Dal
333,631
31.3%
Abha Rai
Independent
27,497
2.6%
Ismohamad Alias Md. Munna
Independent
21,857
2.1%
Rinkoo Devi
Independent
16,738
1.6%
Shankar Mahto
Bahujan Samaj Party
14,351
1.3%
Pankaj Kumar
Independent
11,981
1.1%
Arvind Kumar Singh
Independent
9,218
0.9%
Abhay Kumar Sharma
Independent
8,853
0.8%
Suresh Kumar Gupta
Independent
6,663
0.6%
Satish Kumar Mishra
RJP
6,518
0.6%
Sushma Kumari
GJP
5,751
0.5%
Laljee Kumar Rakesh
Independent
5,535
0.5%
Amit Vikram
JVP
4,531
0.4%
Vidya Bhushan
Samajwadi Party
3,978
0.4%
Reshami Devi
BVP
3,767
0.4%
Naresh Ram
SUCI(C)
3,327
0.3%
Beena Devi (W/O Ajit Kumar Ray)
Independent
3,254
0.3%
Rameshwar Sah
RPP
2,718
0.3%
Sudha Rani
Independent
2,691
0.3%
Dhanvanti Devi
LCD
2,384
0.2%
Balak Nath Sahani
RGP
2,055
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
Vaishali 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, Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Lok Janshakti Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Vaishali in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Veena Devi (W/O Dinesh Prasad Singh) (Lok Janshakti Party) won Vaishali, Bihar, in 2019 with 568,215 votes (53.3%), a margin of 234,584 votes over Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.
Which parties have won Vaishali since 1977?
Since 1977, Vaishali has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Party, Lok Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Vaishali?
The closest result on record for Vaishali was 1980, when Janata Party beat Congress (I) by just 3,331 votes (0.9 percentage points).