Maharajganj Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Maharajganj Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Bihar and cast its vote in the 2019 election on May 12.

In Bihar, around 59.38 percent turnout was recorded for the eight Lok Sabha seats.

Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav of Bahujan Samaj Party, Janardan Singh 'Sigriwal" of Bharatiya Janata Party and Randhir Kumar Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Bihar was held in all the seven phases and counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Maharajganj Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Janardan Singh 'Sigriwal"	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Randhir Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	Aravind Kumar Sharma	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
5	Ali Azhar Ansari	Maanavvaadi Janta Party
6	Dr. Gopal Prasad	Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party
7	Subash Singh	Jago Hindustan Party
8	Menka Raman	Independent
9	Rajendra kumar	Independent
10	Dr. Shree Bhagwan Singh	Independent
11	M.K. Singh Rathour	Independent

Maharajganj constituency covers six assembly segments –  Goriakothi, Maharajganj, Ekma, Manjhi, Baniapur and Taraiya.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Janardan Singh Sigriwal of the of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – won by getting a margin of over 38 thousand votes. He had defeated Prabhunath Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Sigriwal had secured 320753 votes while Singh got 282338 votes.