Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: वैशाली लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. The first Member of Parliament was Digvijay Narain Singh while the first woman to represent the constituency in Lok Sabha was Kishori Sinha.
Assembly segments
Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
Members of Parliament
- 1952: Digvijay Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1957: Digvijay Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Digvijay Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1967: Digvijay Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1971: Digvijay Narain Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Digvijay Narain Singh, Bharatiya Lok Dal
- 1980: Kishori Sinha, Janata Party
- 1984: Kishori Sinha, Indian National Congress (Indira)
- 1989: Usha Sinha, Janata Dal
- 1991: Shiva Saran Singh, Janata Dal
- 1994: Lovely Anand, Samata Party (Bye-elections)
- 1996: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Janata Dal
- 1998: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- 1999: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- 2004: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- 2009: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- 2014: Rama Kishore Singh, Lok Jan Shakti Party
General elections 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Raaj Mangal Prasad | 7768 | 0.84 | ||
| RJD | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, sitting MP | 206183 | 22.17 | ||
| LJP | Rama Kishore Singh | 305450 | 32.99 | ||
| Independent | Anu Shukla | 104229 | 11.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 6060 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 925937 | 59.12 | |||
| Swing to LJP from RJD | Swing | ||||
See also
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