Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency

Vaishali
Vaishali
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Minapur; Kanti ; Baruraj; Paroo; Sahebganj; Vaishali
Established	1977
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Veena Devi
Party	LJP(RV)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Rama Kishore Singh

Vaishali is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.^[1]

Assembly segments

Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
90	Minapur	Muzaffarpur	Ajay Kushwaha	JD(U)	LJP(RV)
95	Kanti		Ajit Singh	JD(U)
96	Baruraj		Arun Kumar Singh	BJP
97	Paroo		Shankar Yadav	RJD
98	Sahebganj		Raju Kumar Singh	BJP
125	Vaishali	Vaishali	Siddharth Patel	JD(U)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952-77 : Seat did not exist
1977	Digvijay Narain Singh	Janata Party
1980	Kishori Sinha	Janata Party
1984	Kishori Sinha	Indian National Congress
1989	Usha Sinha	Janata Dal
1991	Shiva Saran Singh	Janata Dal
1994^	Lovely Anand	Bihar People's Party
1996	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	Janata Dal
1998		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009
2014	Rama Kishore Singh	Lok Janshakti Party
2019	Veena Devi	Lok Janshakti Party
2024	Veena Devi	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian General Election: Vaishali^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LJP(RV)	Veena Devi	567,043	48.38
	RJD	Munna Shukla	4,77,409	40.37
	Independent	Vikky kumar	34,256	2.92
	BSP	Shambhu Kumar Singh	21,436	1.83
	NOTA	None of the above	27,460	2.34
Margin of victory			89,634
Turnout			11,72,436	62.63
	LJP(RV) gain from LJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Vaishali^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Veena Devi	568,215	52.87
	RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	3,33,631	31.04
	IND.	Abha Rai	27,497	2.56
	IND.	Ismohamad Alias Md. Munna	21,857	2.01
	IND.	Rinkoo Devi	16,738	1.56
Margin of victory			2,34,584	21.83	+11.00
Turnout			10,74,751	61.91
	LJP hold		Swing	+19.88

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Vaishali^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LJP	Rama Kishore Singh	3,05,450	32.99
	RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	2,06,183	22.17
	JD(U)	Vijay Kumar Sahni	1,44,807	15.71
	Independent	Anu Shukla	1,04,229	11.26
	AAP	Raaj Mangal Prasad	7,768	0.84
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,060	0.65
Majority			99,267	10.82
Turnout			9,25,951	59.12
	Swing to LJP from RJD		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Vaishali^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	2,83,454	45.53
	JD(U)	Vijay Kumar Shukla	2,62,049	41.96
	BSP	Sankar Mahto	17,448	2.79
	INLD	Jitendra Prasad	16,057	2.57
	INC	Hind Kesari Yadav	11,925	1.91
Majority			21,405	3.57
Turnout			6,24,859	48.86
	RJD hold		Swing

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2004

2004 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	361,503	48.28
	Independent	Vijay Kumar Shukla	255,568	34.13
	JD(U)	Dr. Harendra Kumar	73,287	9.79
	BSP	Jitender Kumar Singh	14,474	1.93
	SP	Nitya Nand Singh	3,925	0.52
	AD	Upendra Pd. Singh	2,832	0.38
	JD(S)	Jainendra Kumar	1,238	0.17
	Independent	9 Independent Candidates	35,932	4.80
Majority			105,935	14.15
Turnout
	RJD hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	308,458	43.46
	BPP	Lovely Anand	263,066	37.06
	Independent	Shashi Kumar Rai	112,450	15.84
	Independent	Mohammad Umar Ansari	7,566	1.07
	Independent	Yogendra Ram	6,952	0.98
	Independent	Maheshwar Paswan	4,966	0.70
	NCP	Shambhu Sharan Thakur	2,261	0.32
	AJBP	Prabhat Kiran	2,092	0.29
	Independent	Upendra Choudhary	1,248	0.18
	Independent	Ramekbal Ram	693	0.10
Majority			45,392	6.40
Turnout			721,601	68.79
	RJD hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	322,101	43.97
	SAP	Brishim Patel	280,607	38.31
	JD	Shashi Kumar Rai	111,067	15.16
	BJC	Bharat Pd. Singh	6,600	0.90
	Independent	Lakhichandra Ray	5,982	0.82
	Independent	Badri Ram	1,477	0.20
	SP	Shashi Bhushan Singh	1,448	0.20
	Independent	Vasudeo Ram	1,070	0.15
	Independent	Jagdeo Paswan	982	0.13
	Independent	Sukhdeo Kesari	681	0.09
	Independent	Umashanker Paswan	528	0.07
Majority			41,494	5.66
Turnout			742,358	70.71
	Swing to RJD from JD		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	354,226	50.33
	SAP	Vrishin Patel	291,543	41.42
	INC	Raghunath Pandey	39,170	5.57
	AIIC(T)	Aliraza Ansari	836	0.12
	Independent	52 Independent Candidates	18,088	2.56
Majority			62,683	8.91
Turnout
	JD hold		Swing

1994 by-election

1991

1991 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Sheo Sharan Singh	346,003	54.72	8.12
	INC	Usha Singh	236,160	37.35	4.85
	BJP	Shyam Narain Thakur	16,503	2.61
	JP	Valendra Pd. Singh	13,306	2.10
	Independent	29 Independent Candidates	19,134	3.04
	Others	4 Other Party Candidates	1,156	0.19
Majority			109,843	17.37	12.97
Turnout
	JD hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Usha Singh	441,514	62.84
	INC	Kishori Sinha	228,297	32.50	14.97
	Independent	19 Independent Candidates	29,106	4.15
	Others	2 Other Party Candidates	3,640	0.52
Majority			213,217	30.34	26.80
Turnout
	Swing to JD from INC		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kishori Sinha	267,546	47.47	33.76
	LKD	Tarkeshwari Sinha	247,593	43.93
	Independent	Baleshwar Rusul Puri	14,942	2.65
	Independent	Rita Bahi	11,265	2.00
	JP	Shyam Nandan Mishra	6,496	1.15	83.88
	Independents	9 Independent Candidates	15,775	2.79
Majority			19,953	3.54	67.78
Turnout
	Swing to INC from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Vaishali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Digvijoy Narain Singh	435,757	85.03
	INC	Nawal Kishore Singh	70,260	13.71
	Independent	Nafrullah	2,435	0.48
	Independent	Gopal Paswan	2,290	0.45
	Independent	Ram Janam Rai	1,748	0.34
Majority			365,497	71.32
Turnout			516,082	76.10
	JP win (new seat)

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
↑ "Vaishali Lok Sabha Constituency — Bihar Election News". Bihar Election. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
↑ "Parliamentary Constituency 16 - Vaishali (Bihar)". ECI.
↑ "Vaishali Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
↑ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
↑ "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
↑ "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[2] "Vaishali Lok Sabha Constituency — Bihar Election News". Bihar Election. Retrieved 25 October 2026.

[3] "Parliamentary Constituency 16 - Vaishali (Bihar)". ECI.

[4] "Vaishali Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.

[election2019-5] "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2014-6] "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2009-7] "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election1977-8] "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[election1999-9] "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[election2004-10] "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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