7. Jhanjharpur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in North Bihar region of Bihar in East India. This rural general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 13.46% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 0.11%. The estimated literacy level of Jhanjharpur is 58.84%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 3 on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Virender Kumar Choudhary of BJP won in this seat by defeating the RJD candidate by a margin of 55,408 votes which was 5.89% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 35.64% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 19 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Mangani Lal Mandal of JDU emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the RJD candidate by a margin of 72,709 votes which was 11.96% of the total votes polled. JDU had a vote share of 43.63% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 11 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 56.42% and in 2009, the constituency registered 42.84% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from Jhanjharpur was: Virender Kumar Choudhary (BJP) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 8,95,570 men, 7,72,835 women and 0 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of Jhanjharpur is: 26.2084 86.226
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: झंझारपुर, बिहार (Hindi); ঝঞ্ঝরপুর, বিহার (Bengali); झंझारपूर, बिहार (Marathi); ઝહાંઝારપુર, બિહાર (Gujarati); ஜஞ்சார்பூர், பீகார் (Tamil); ఝాంఝర్ పూర్, బిహార్ (Telugu); ಜಾಂಜರ್ಪುರ್, ಬಿಹಾರ (Kannada); ഝാൻഝാപുർ, ബിഹാർ (Malayalam).
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