Munger Lok Sabha constituency

Munger Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Mokama and Barh are also part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency which fall under Patna district.^[1] It shares border with Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.

Munger
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Munger Jamalpur Suryagarha Lakhisarai Mokama Barh
Established	1951
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Lalan Singh (Janata Dal, minister, 2024–)
Alliance	NDA
Preceded by	Veena Devi   LJP

Assembly segments

Presently, Munger Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
165	Munger	Munger	Pranav Kumar Yadav		BJP		JDU
166	Jamalpur		Ajay Kumar Singh		INC		JDU
167	Suryagarha	Lakhisarai	Prahlad Yadav		JDU		JDU
168	Lakhisarai		Vijay Kumar Sinha		BJP		JDU
178	Mokama	Patna	Nilam Devi		JDU		JDU
179	Barh		Gyanendra Kumar Singh		BJP		JDU

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4]

Year	Name	Party
1952	Mathura Prasad Mishra		Indian National Congress
	Suresh Chandra Mishra
	Banarsi Pd. Sinha
	Nayan Tara Das
1957	Banarsi Prasad Sinha
	Nayan Tara Das
1962	Banarsi Prasad Sinha
1964^	Madhu Limaye		Samyukta Socialist Party
1967
1971	Deonandan Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
1977	Shrikrishna Singh		Janata Party
1980	Deonandan Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress (U)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Dhanraj Singh		Janata Dal
1991	Brahmanand Mandal		Communist Party of India
1996			Samata Party
1998	Vijay Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Brahmanand Mandal		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Lalan Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Veena Devi		Lok Janshakti Party
2019	Lalan Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2024

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Munger^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	550,146	48.30	2.73
	RJD	Kumari Anita	4,69,270	41.20	6.38
	NOTA	None of the above	21,951	1.93	N/A
Majority			80,870	7.10	9.11
Turnout			11,39,184	55.52	0.62
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Munger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	528,762	51.03
	INC	Nilam Devi	3,60,825	34.82
	Independent	Amarjit Patel	18,646	1.80
	Independent	Dina Saw	15,893	1.53
Majority			1,67,937	16.21
Turnout			10,36,441	54.90
	JD(U) gain from LJP		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Munger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Veena Devi	352,911	36.80
	JD(U)	Lalan Singh	2,43,827	26.67
	RJD	Pragati Mehta	1,82,917	20.01
	SS	Ashok Kumar Singh	50,469	5.52
Majority			1,09,084	11.93
Turnout			9,14,442	53.17
	LJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Munger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Lalan Singh	374,317	57.45
	RJD	Ram Badan Roy	1,84,956	28.38
	INC	Ram Lakhan Singh	27,929	4.29
	BSP	Mannu Mahto	10,827	1.66
Majority			1,89,361	29.09
Turnout			6,51,597	41.65
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing