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

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Munger 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 April 29.

Munger registered 54.70 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 0.73 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1879894 while the total voter turnout is 1028287. While in 2014, the constituency registered 53.97 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1692762 while the total voter's turnout was 913524.

Kumar Navneet Himanshu of Bahujan Samaj Party, Nilam Devi of Indian National Congress, Rajiv Ranjan Singh of Janata Dal (United), Sanjay Kesari of Shivsena and Santosh Kumar of Bahujan Mukti Party are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Munger 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 Munger Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	KUMAR NAVNEET HIMANSHU	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	NILAM DEVI	Indian National Congress
3	RAJIV RANJAN SINGH	Janata Dal (United)
4	AJIT KUMAR	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	ARBIND KUMAR SHARMA	Rashtriya Hind Sena
6	KRISHNA MURARI KUMAR	Jan Adhikar Party
7	PANCHANAND SINGH	Jago Hindustan Party
8	RAUSHAN KUMAR	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
9	VIKASH KUMAR ARYA	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
10	SANJAY KESARI	Shivsena
11	SANTOSH KUMAR	Bahujan Mukti Party
12	SURYODAY PASWAN	Sankhyanupati Bhagidari Party
13	SONELAL KORA	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
14	AMARJIT PATEL	Independent
15	UCHIT KUMAR	Revolutionary Socialist Party of India(Marxist)
16	DINA SAW	Independent
17	PRANAY KUMAR	Independent
18	MAHESH RAM	Independent
19	RAJESH KUMAR RATNAKAR	Independent

Munger constituency covers six assembly segments – Munger, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Lakhisarai, Mokama and Barh.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Veena Devi of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) – won by getting a margin of over 1 lakh votes. She had defeated Rajiv Ranjan Singh of the Janata Dal (United). Veena Devi had secured 352911 votes while Rajiv Ranjan got 243827 votes.