Jhanjharpur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 58.84%. There are 16,68,405 voters of which 8,95,570 are male and 7,72,835 are female and 0 voters of the third gender.
Virender Kumar Choudhary of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating RJD. BJP polled 3,35,481 of the total of 9,41,249 votes polled. JDU won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Jhanjharpur goes to the polls in the 3st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 56.42%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 7 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 16,68,405 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,95,570 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,72,835 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | JDU |
| Turnout % | 56.42% | 42.84% |
| Margin of Victory | 55,408 | 72,709 |
| Margin of Victory % | 5.89% | 11.96% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | JDU |
| Turnout % | 56.42% | 42.84% |
| Margin of Victory | 55,408 | 72,709 |
| Margin of Victory % | 5.89% | 11.96% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | 602391 | 56.80% | Ramprit MandalWinner |
| RJD | 279440 | 26.35% | Gulab Yadav |
| IND | 29506 | 2.78% | Bipin Kumar Singhwait |
| SJDD | 25630 | 2.42% | Devendra Prasad Yadav |
| IND | 21988 | 2.07% | Om Prakash Poddar |
| IND | 21632 | 2.04% | Ganpati Jha |
| IND | 10062 | 0.95% | Sanjay Bhartia |
| NOTA | 9203 | 0.87% | Nota |
| BSP | 9066 | 0.85% | Raj Kumar Singh |
| PPI(D) | 8900 | 0.84% | Ganga Prasad Yadav |
| SBSP | 8429 | 0.79% | Prabhat Prasad |
| IND | 6908 | 0.65% | Bablu Gupta |
| RPI(A) | 5717 | 0.54% | Lakshman Prasad Yadav |
| AIFB | 4964 | 0.47% | Surendra Prasad Suman |
| AAM | 4792 | 0.45% | Ramesh Kamat |
| SHS | 4446 | 0.42% | Ramanand Thakur |
| BMTP | 3940 | 0.37% | Chhedi Ram |
| AMP | 3548 | 0.33% | Ratneshwar Jha |
