Saharsa Lok Sabha constituency

Saharsa
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1952
Abolished	2008

Saharsa was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, India.

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Lalit Narayan Mishra		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Bhupendra Narayan Mandal		Praja Socialist Party
1964^	Lahtan Choudhary		Indian National Congress
1967	Gunanand Thakur		Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	Chiranjib Jha		Indian National Congress
1977	Vinayak Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Kamal Nath Jha		Indian National Congress
1984	Chandra Kishore Pathak
1989	Sury Narayan Yadav		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Dinesh Chandra Yadav
1998	Anup Lal Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Ranjeet Ranjan		Lok Janshakti Party

^ by poll

• 2008 onwards: see Supaul Lok Sabha constituency

Detailed Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			47.47%
1999			54.45%
1998			35.76%
1996			57.12%
1991			57.81%
1989			66.12%
1984			43.69%
1980			39.73%
1977			67.35%
1971			48.72%
1967			39.86%
1964 (by-poll)			47.89%
1962			49.22%
1957			23.70%
1957			20.98%
1952			64.54%

2004

2004 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Ranjeet Ranjan	350,426	47.47
	JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	319,639	43.30
	IND	Suresh Kumar Azad	15,415	2.09
	SP	Shiv Shankar Thakur	12,770	1.73
	IND	Devendra Mukhia	8,964	1.21
	BSP	Suresh Prasad Mehta	8,950	1.21
	AD	Mohan Kamat	7,301	0.99
	IND	Ramdeo Sharma	7,283	0.99
	JHP	Mohd. Kamal Uddin	4,220	0.57
	SS	Deonarayan Das	3,312	0.45
Majority			30,787	4.17
Turnout
	Swing to LJP from JD(U)		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	392,926	54.45
	RJD	Surya Narayan Yadav	298,433	41.36
	BHJC	Niraj Kumar	12,969	1.80
	AJBP	Dinesh Prasad Sinha	11,479	1.59
	IND	Lalan Choudhary	5,790	0.80
Majority			94,493	13.09
Turnout			732,053	64.10
	Swing to JD(U) from RJD		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Anuplal Yadav	259,961	35.76
	JD	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	205,793	28.31
	SAP	Ch. Md. Farooque Salahuddin	192,749	26.51
	INC	Taranand Sada	52,579	7.23
	BLLP	Ganganath Roy	9,959	1.37
	IND	Jawahar Rajak	6,009	0.83
Majority			54,168	7.45
Turnout			738,969	64.73
	Swing to RJD from JD		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Dinesh Chandera Yadav	399,804	57.12
	INC	Surya Narian Yadav	247,359	35.34
	IND	Noor Ahmed	28,507	4.07
	AIIC(T)	Chiranjiv Jha	2,888	0.41
	IND	14 Independent Candidates	21,439	3.06
Majority			152,445	21.78
Turnout			709,379	62.72
	JD hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Surya Narain Yadav	440,749	57.81
	INC	Taranand Sada	242,641	31.83
	JP	Vaidyanath Mehta	36,113	4.74
	BJP	Mirtunjay Nr. Mishra	24,391	3.20
	IND	17 Independent Candidates	16,623	2.17
	OTH	2 Other Party Candidates	1,879	0.24
Majority			198,108	25.98
Turnout			772,419	72.73
	JD hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Surya Nr. Yadav	502,662	66.12
	INC	Chandra Kishore Pathak	225,581	29.67
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Misra	17,312	2.28
	DDP	Vabhunand Prasad	3,461	0.46
	IND	8 Independent Candidates	11,257	1.47
Majority			277,081	36.45
Turnout			770,308	72.77
	Swing to JD from INC		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandra Kishore Pathak	273,793	43.69
	LKD	Vinayak Prasad Yadav	165,709	26.44
	JP	Anand Mohan Singh	130,724	20.86
	IND	Nageshwar Prasad Yadav	40,349	6.44
	IND	Thako Sada	5,559	0.89
	IND	Nagesar Yadav	4,818	0.77
	IND	Murlidhar Das	2,727	0.44
	IND	Vaidyanath Mehta	2,011	0.32
	IND	Sadashiv Chaudhary	1,012	0.16
Majority			108,084	17.25
Turnout			638,061	69.87
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Kamal Nath Jha	195,337	39.73
	JP(S)	Vinayak Pd. Yadav	194,082	39.47
	JP	Mohammad Hayat Ali	70,690	14.38
	IND	Raj Kumar Sharma	12,842	2.61
	IND	Chandeshwar Sah	6,407	1.30
	IND	Thako Sada	4,141	0.84
	IND	Musahru Choudhary	3,822	0.78
	IND	Panchanan Yadav	2,316	0.47
	IND	Ram Prabodh Rai	2,077	0.42
Majority			1,255	0.26
Turnout			499,103	62.09
	Swing to INC(I) from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Vinayak Prasad Yadav	306,994	67.35
	INC	Chiranjib Jha	118,288	25.95
	IND	Nageshwar Khan	12,847	2.82
	IND	Kali Kant Jha	12,054	2.64
	IND	Baidya Nath Kamat	3,504	0.77
	IND	Madan Chaudhary	2,112	0.46
Majority			188,706	41.40
Turnout			464,082	68.08
	Swing to JP from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chiranjib Jha	156,166	48.72
	SSP	Gunanand Thakur	79,828	24.90
	INC(O)	Mahabir Pd. Yadav	56,060	17.49
	IND	Kapileshwar Pd. Yadav	17,539	5.47
	IND	Ali Hussain	9,067	2.83
	IND	Jiyalal Mandal	1,903	0.59
Majority			76,338	23.82
Turnout			326,632	54.24
	Swing to INC from SSP		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	G. Thakur	124,018	39.86
	INC	L. Choudhury	119,399	38.38
	ABJS	M. P. Singh	37,213	11.96
	PSP	S. Ullah	25,794	8.29
	SWA	K. K. Jha	4,700	1.51
Majority			4,619	1.48
Turnout			323,072	60.33
	Swing to SSP from INC		Swing

1964 by-election

1964 Indian by-election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Chaudhry	101,269	47.89
	SSP	B. N. Mandal	99,434	47.02
	ABJS	C. Jha	10,552	4.99
Majority			1,835	0.87
Turnout
	Swing to INC from Socialist		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Bhupendra Narayan Mandal	97,038	49.22
	INC	Lalit Narayan Mishra	81,905	41.54
	SWA	Ram Anugrah Jha	18,218	9.24
Majority			15,133	7.68
Turnout			206,752	48.44
	Swing to Socialist from INC		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Saharsa (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lalit Narain Mishra	144,773	23.70
	INC	Bholi Sardar	128,207	20.98
	IND	Jaikumar Singh	75,110	12.29
	CPI	Sachidanand Mandal	52,353	8.57
	CPI	Neti Lal	51,957	8.50
	IND	Kirai Mushar	51,811	8.48
	PSP	Etwari Sada	44,367	7.26
	PSP	Shiv Chandra Jha	42,309	6.92
	IND	Bajdyanath Kamat	20,074	3.29
Turnout			610,961	42.75

1952

1952 Indian general election: Darbhanga cum Bhagalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lalit Narayan Misra	94,414	64.54
	Socialist	Tapeshwari Mandal	51,877	35.46
Majority			42,537	29.08
Turnout			146,291	44.13
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Saharsa
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha