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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Sheohar
| state = [[Bihar]]
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| established = 1977
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Lovely Anand (cropped).jpg
| mp = [[Lovely Anand]]
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| preceded_by = [[Rama Devi (Bihar politician)|Rama Devi (BJP)]]
}}
'''Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref> This constituency has been represented by veterans like [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]] an eminent freedom fighter and is known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India and [[Ram Dulari Sinha]], former Union Minister and Governor. Their son Dr. Madhurendra Kumar Singh has also contested from Congress in 1989 General Election.
==Assembly segments==
Presently, Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:
{|class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
!colspan="2"| Party
!colspan="2"| 2024 lead
|-
|18
|[[Madhuban, Bihar Assembly constituency|Madhuban]]
|rowspan="3"| [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]]
|[[Rana Randhir]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|20
|[[Chiraia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chiraia]]
|[[Lal Babu Prasad Gupta]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|21
|[[Dhaka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhaka]]
|[[Pawan Jaiswal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[RJD]]
|-
|22
|[[Sheohar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sheohar]]
|[[Sheohar district|Sheohar]]
|[[Chetan Anand (politician)|Chetan Anand Singh]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|23
|[[Riga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Riga]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]]
|[[Moti Lal Prasad]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|30
|[[Belsand (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belsand]]
|[[Sanjay Kumar Gupta|Sanjay Gupta]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|}
==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|Thakur Girjanandan Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hari Kishore Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian People's Front}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Anand Mohan Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Samata Party}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[Md Anwarul Haque]]
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Sitaram Singh]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Rama Devi (Bihar politician)|Rama Devi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Lovely Anand]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=yes|rowspan=3}}
|-
|}
==Election results==
===2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: Sheohar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Janata Dal (United)
|candidate=[[Lovely Anand]]
|votes= 4,76,612
|percentage=45.15
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=[[Ritu Jaiswal]]|votes=4,47,469|percentage=42.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Akhileshwar Shrivaishnav|votes=29,014|percentage=2.76|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=30,168|percentage=2.86|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes      = 29,143
|percentage = 2.76
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 10,55,602
|percentage= 57.40
|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner    = Janata Dal (United)
|loser     = BJP
|swing     =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: Sheohar<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/ |title=General Election 2019 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate  = [[Rama Devi (Muzaffarpur)|Rama Devi]]
|party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes      = 6,08,678
|percentage = 60.59
|change     = +16.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate  = Syed Faisal Ali
|votes      = 2,68,318
|percentage = 26.71
|change     = -1.32
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Kedar Nath Prasad
|votes = 18,426
|percentage = 1.83
|change = +1.83
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Raj Kumar Parsad
|votes = 13,704
|percentage = 1.36
|change = +1.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate  = Shah Alam
|votes      = 13,269
|percentage = 1.32
|change     = +1.32
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate  = Mukesh Kumar Jha
|votes      = 12,470
|percentage = 1.24
|change     = -1.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = None of the above
|candidate  = [[None of the Above]]
|votes      = 7,017
|percentage = 0.70
|change     = -0.68
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes      = 3,40,360
|percentage = 33.88
|change     = +17.72
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 10,04,927
|percentage = 59.60
|change     = +2.87
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing      = +16.40
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Sheohar<ref name=election2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/ |title=General Election 2014 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Rama Devi (Muzaffarpur)|Rama Devi]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=3,72,506|percentage=44.19|change=+3.39}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Mohammad Anwarul Haque|votes=2,36,267|percentage=28.03|change=+12.38}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Shahid Ali Khan|votes=79,108|percentage=9.39|change=+9.39}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=[[Lovely Anand]]|votes=46,008|percentage=5.46|change=+5.46}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Angesh Kumar|votes=26,446|percentage=3.14|change=-15.70}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Laxman Paswan|votes=18,681|percentage=2.22|change=+2.22}}
{{Election box candidate ||party=[[Independent politician|IND]]|candidate=Shivanandan Prasad|votes=12,161|percentage=1.44|change=+1.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=11,670|percentage=1.38|change=+1.38}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes      = 1,36,239
|percentage = 16.16
|change     = -5.80
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,42,926|percentage=56.73|change=+11.64}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing      = +3.39
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: Sheohar<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/98-general-election-2009/ |title=General Election 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate  = [[Rama Devi (Muzaffarpur)|Rama Devi]]
|party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes      = 2,33,499
|percentage = 40.80
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate  = Mohammad Anwarul Haque
|votes      = 1,07,815
|percentage = 18.84
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate  = [[Sitaram Singh]]
|votes      = 89,584
|percentage = 15.65
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Indian National Congress
|candidate  = [[Lovely Anand]]
|votes      = 81,479
|percentage = 14.24
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Communist Party of India
|candidate  = Mohammad Tanveer Zafar
|votes      = 16,864
|percentage = 2.95
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party      = [[Independent politician|IND.]]
|candidate  = Sunil Singh
|votes      = 10,037
|percentage = 1.75
|change     =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes      = 1,25,684
|percentage = 21.96
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 5,73,012
|percentage = 45.15
|change     =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser     = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing     =
}}
{{Election box end}}<ref name="election1977">{{cite web |title=General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/ |access-date=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><ref name="election1991">{{cite web |title=General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4121-general-election-1991-vol-i-ii/ |access-date=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><ref name="election1998">{{cite web |title=General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/ |access-date=3 May 2023 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><ref name="election1999">{{cite web |title=General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III) |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/ |access-date=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><ref name="election2004">{{cite web |title=General Election 2004 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/ |access-date=22 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/sheohar/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Sheohar lok sabha  constituency election 2019 result details]
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