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Vaishali Lok Sabha Constituency: List of candidates for 2019 LS Poll, past results, all updates

Vaishali Lok Sabha Constituency

Updated : May 11, 2019, 02:54 PM IST

Vaishali Lok Sabha Constituency: List of candidates for 2019 LS Poll, past results, all updates

Vaishali is one of the constituencies from Bihar going to polls on 12 May 2019. It consists of the following assembly segments - Minapur, Kanti, Baruraj, Paroo and Sahebganj.

In 2019, the main battle is between Veena Devi of LJP and Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of RJD.

Past Results

In 2014, Rama Kishore Singh of LJP beat Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of the RJD by 99,000 votes.

In 2009, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of BJP beat Vijay Kumar Shukla of JD(U) by 22,000 votes.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2	Veena Devi (W/o Dinesh Prasad Singh)	Lok Jan Shakti Party
3	Shankar Mahto	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Amit Vikram	Jantantrik Vikas Party
5	Dhanvanti Devi	Lok Chetna Dal
6	Naresh Ram	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
7	Balak Nath Sahani	Rashtriya mahan Gantantra Party
8	Rameshwar Sah	Rashtriya Pragati Party
9	Reshami Devi	Bajjikanchal Vikas Party
10	Vidya Bhushan	Sapaks Party
11	Satish Kumar Mishra	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party
12	Sushma Kumari	Garib Janshakti Party
13	Abhay Kumar Sharma	Independent
14	Arvind Kumar Singh	Independent
15	Abha Rai	Independent
16	Ismohamad alias Md. Munna	Independent
17	Pankaj Kumar	Independent
18	Rinkoo Devi	Independent
19	Laljee Kumar Rakesh	Independent
20	Beena Devi (W/o Ajit Kumar Ray)	Independent
21	Sudha Rani	Independent
22	Suresh Kumar Gupta	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.

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