VAISHALI
Constituency no. 16 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1977.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called VAISHALI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 15 results.
Winner, 1999
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
RJD
Elections held
13
1977–2024
Most successful party
RJD
won 4 of 13
Margin, 1999
45,392
6.40% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BPSPLovely Anand
- Votes
- 2,63,066
- Vote share
- 37.06%
- Behind by
- 45,392
Electors
10,49,006
Total votes polled
7,09,752
Valid votes
7,09,752
NOTA votes
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Turnout
67.7%
Full result, 1999
10 candidates · 7,09,752 valid votes
Raghuvansh Prasad SinghRJDwon
3,08,458
43.5%
Lovely AnandBPSP
2,63,066
37.1%
Shashi Kumar RaiIND
1,12,450
15.8%
Mohammad Umar AnsariIND
7,566
1.1%
Yogendra RamIND
6,952
1.0%
Maheshwar PaswanIND
4,966
0.7%
Shambhu Sharan ThakurNCP
2,261
0.3%
Prabhat KiranAJBP
2,092
0.3%
Upendra ChoudharyIND
1,248
0.2%
Ramekbal RamIND
693
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | VEENA DEVI | LJP(RV) | 5,67,043 | 48.38% | VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA | 89,634 |
| 2019 | Veena Devi (W/o Dinesh Prasad Singh) | LJP | 5,68,215 | 52.87% | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | 2,34,584 |
| 2014 | RAMA KISHORE SINGH | LJP | 3,05,450 | 32.99% | RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH | 99,267 |
| 2009 | RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH | RJD | 2,84,479 | 45.53% | VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA | 22,308 |
| 2004 | RAGHUBANSH PRASAD SINGH | RJD | 3,61,503 | 48.28% | VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA | 1,05,935 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
