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Paschim Champaran was one of the Lok Sabha Constituencies which went to poll in Bihar.
Updated : May 24, 2019, 11:07 AM IST
Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha Election results:
Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won by over 2.93 lakh votes, defeating Rashtriya Lok Samta Party's Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha.
Paschim Champaran was one of the Lok Sabha Constituencies which went to poll in Bihar.
It consists of the following assembly segments - Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Raxaul, Sugauli, and Narkatia.
The main battle is between Mahagatbandhan’s RLSP candidate Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha and Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal of BJP.
In 2014, Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal of BJP had beaten filmmaker Prakash Jha (who had contested on a JD(U) ticket) by over 1 lakh votes.
In 2009, Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal had again emerged victorious against Prakash Jha (who had contested on an LJP ticket) by over 40,000 votes.
Past Results
List of candidates
SL. NO. |
Candidate Name |
Party Name |
1 |
BRIJESH KUMAR KUSHWAHA |
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |
2 |
RAKESH KUMAR |
Bahujan Samaj Party |
3 |
DR. SANJAY JAISWAL |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
4 |
BIPIN NATH TIWARI |
Loktantrik Jan Swaraj Party |
5 |
AJAY KUMAR SINHA |
Independent |
6 |
NAFISH AHMAD |
Independent |
7 |
RATAN KUMAR SARKAR |
Independent |
8 |
VIKASH KUMAR PRASAD |
Independent |
9 |
SANJAY KUMAR PATEL |
Independent |
The Battle for Bihar
In Bihar, the seats going to vote in Phase VI are - Gopalganj, Maharajganj, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Vaishal and Valmiki Nagar.
The contest in Bihar is mostly two-way with NDA pitted against Mahagathbandhan. While Janata Dal (United) is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which comprises of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Bihar Mahagathbandhan comprises Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) and Vikasshil Insan Party (VIP).
The BJP will contest from Paschim Champaran (Bettiah), Purvi Champaran (Motihari), Muzaffarpur, Saran, Maharjaganj, Sheohar, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Begusarai, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Ara, Buxar, Sasaram, Aurangabad and Araria.
The JD(U) will field candidates from Valmikinagar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Jehanbad, Gaya, Karakat, Madhepura, Supaul, Jhanjharpur, Sitamarhi, Purnea, Kishanganj, Banka, Bhagalpur, Munger, Nalanda and Katihar.
The Congress got nine constituencies as per the seat-sharing arrangements, while the RJD has 20 out of which it has forgone Ara in favour of the CPI(ML), which has returned the favour by announcing that the ultra-Left outfit would not field its candidate from Pataliputra, which would be contested by Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti.
Besides, Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP is contesting five seats and Jitan Ram Manjhis HAM is fighting three. The VIP, founded and headed by Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahni, has got three seats out of the 40 in Bihar.
The Lok Sabha election in the state will be held in seven phases with the first one on April 11 and the last on May 19.
The poll process will start on March 18 with the issuance of notification for filing of nomination papers for the first phase.
The counting of votes will take place along with the rest of the country on May 23, the Election Commission had said.
A total of 7.06 crore voters will exercise their franchise in 72,723 polling stations in the state.