Vaishali, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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).

1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 71.3 pts 1980: Janata Party margin 0.9 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 3.5 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 30.3 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 17.4 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 8.9 pts 1998: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 5.7 pts 1999: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 6.4 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 14.1 pts 2009: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 3.6 pts 2014: Lok Janshakti Party margin 10.7 pts 2019: Lok Janshakti Party margin 22.0 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

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).

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