Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency

Madhepura
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dinesh Chandra Yadav
Party	JD(U)
Elected year	2019

Madhepura is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Sharad Yadav started his political innings in his home state of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s, but he later made Madhepura his base, winning from here 4 times and losing 4 times. He won from here in 1991, 1996, (lost to Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1998), 1999 (defeating Lalu), (lost to Lalu in 2004), won again in 2009. He lost in 2014 and then again 2019, both times falling to Modi wave.

Vidhan Sabha segments

After the delimitation in 2009, presently Madhepura constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
70	Alamnagar	Madhepura	Narendra Narayan Yadav		JDU		JDU
71	Bihariganj		Niranjan Mehta		JDU		JDU
73	Madhepura		Prof. Chandrashekhar		RJD		RJD
74	Sonbarsha (SC)	Saharsa	Ratnesh Sada		JDU		JDU
75	Saharsa		Alok Ranjan Jha		BJP		JDU
77	Mahishi		Gunjeshwar Sah		JDU		JDU

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1967	B. P. Mandal		Samyukta Socialist Party
1968^			Independent
1971	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
1977	B. P. Mandal		Janata Party
1980	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress (U)
1984	Mahabir Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
1989	Ramendra Kumar Yadav		Janata Dal
1991	Sharad Yadav
1996
1998	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Sharad Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004^	Pappu Yadav
2009	Sharad Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Pappu Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2024

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Madhepura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	640,649	52.96
	RJD	Kumar Chandradeep	4,66,115	38.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	32,625	2.70
Majority
Turnout				58.29
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Madhepura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	624,334	54.42
	RJD	Sharad Yadav	3,22,807	28.14
	JAP(L)	Pappu Yadav	97,631	8.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	38,450	3.35
Majority			3,01,527	26.28
Turnout			11,47,652	60.89
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

2014 Lok Sabha Election

2014 Indian general elections: Madhepura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Pappu Yadav	3,68,937	35.65
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	3,12,728	30.22
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Singh	2,52,534	24.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,924	2.11
	BSP	Gulzar Kumar	18,084	1.74
	Independent	Rajo Sah	12,247
Majority			56,209
Turnout			10,34,799	59.96
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2009 Lok Sabha Election

2009 Indian general elections: Madhepura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	3,70,585	48.99	+9.56
	RJD	Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav	1,92,964	25.51	−23.98
	INC	Dr. Tara Nand Sada	67,803	8.96	+8.96
	CPI	Om Prakash Narayan	28,112	3.72	+3.72
	Independent	Kishor Kumar	19,946	2.46	+2.46
	Independent	Mahadeo Yadav	12,657	1.67	+1.67
	Independent	Saakar Suresh Yadav	9,206	1.22	+1.22
	RJP	Dhanoj Kumar Tanti	9,180	1.21	+1.21
	BSP	Binod Kumar Jha	8,467	1.12	−1.92
	Samata Party	N.K. Singh	6,667	0.88	−0.51
Majority			1,77,621	23.48	+13.42
Turnout			7,56,450	50.17	+4.98
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing	+9.56

2004 Lok Sabha Election

2004 Indian general elections: Madhepura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	3,44,301	49.49
	JD(U)	Sharad Yadav	2,74,314	39.43
	BSP	Arvind Sah	21,152	3.04
	Independent	Satto Mandal	11,673	1.68
	Samata Party	N.K. Singh	9,685	1.39
	SP	Anant Lal Sada	8,493	1.22
	Independent	Prasanna Kumar	6,475	0.93
Majority			69,987	10.06
Turnout			6,95,674	45.19
	RJD hold		Swing

2004 bye-election

• Pappu Yadav (RJD) : 365,948 votes
• Rajendra Prasad Yadav (JD-U) : 157,088

1999 Lok Sabha Election

• Sharad Yadav (JD(U)) : 328,761 votes
• Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD) : 298,441

See also

• Khagaria district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha