Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2024

Muzaffarpur

Parliamentary constituency 15 (GEN) · Bihar

State boardBihar 2024

[01]Result · 2024

#15 · GEN

Poll date19 Apr 2024

Contestants26Candidate lines

Electors18,66,106

Votes polled11,12,460

Turnout59.6%

NOTA7,5880.4% of votes

WinnerRaj Bhushan ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party6,19,74955.7% of votes

MARGIN2,34,927 votes · 21.1 pp6,19,749 − 3,84,822

Runner-upAjay Nishad Indian National Congress3,84,82234.6% of votes

BJP 61.7% of top-two votesINC 38.3%

All candidates 26

01 Raj Bhushan ChoudharyBJP6,19,749 55.7%
02 Ajay NishadINC3,84,822 34.6%
03 Alok Kumar SinhIND17,225 1.5%
04 Awadhesh Prasad SinghIND15,618 1.4%
05 Jitendra KumarIND8,700 0.8%
06 Nilima KumariIND7,310 0.7%
07 Vijayesh KumarBSP6,547 0.6%
08 Ajay SahniIND5,158 0.5%
09 Sunita KumariBVP4,792 0.4%
10 Mohammad Anzarul HasanAIMIM4,131 0.4%
11 Md HaidarIND3,897 0.4%
12 Mukesh KumarIND3,225 0.3%
13 Sudhir Kumar OjhaBHARTI2,893 0.3%
14 Sabina KhatoonINL2,453 0.2%
15 Sandip KumarJAP1,971 0.2%
16 Arvind Kumar ChaudharySUCI(C)1,857 0.2%
17 Ajitansh GaurAP1,843 0.2%
18 Sanjay KumarIND1,812 0.2%
19 Baskit Kumar SharmaIND1,779 0.2%
20 Sonelal PaswanIND1,731 0.2%
21 Manoranjan KumarIND1,598 0.1%
22 Nand Kishore SharmaAKP1,522 0.1%
23 Abhay KumarSAP1,174 0.1%
24 Prabhakar RanjanESBD1,116 0.1%
25 Raju SinghIND984 0.1%
26 Saroj Kumar ChaudharyIND965 0.1%

Turnout 59.6%

Male 9.33 lakh50.0% Female 9.33 lakh50.0%

Share of 18,66,106 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,000
NOTAcounted within the total7,588 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 40 seats, 202457.2%
ReconciliationΣ 26 candidates = 11,04,872Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
21.1 pp
Raj Bhushan ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party
2019
38.7 pp
Ajay NishadBharatiya Janata Party
2014
23.4 pp
Ajay NishadBharatiya Janata Party
2009
7.7 pp
Captain Jai Narayan Prasad NishadJanata Dal (United)
2004
18.8 pp
Md. Ali Ashraf FatmiRashtriya Janata Dal
1999
7.3 pp
Kirti AzadBharatiya Janata Party
1998
5.0 pp
Md.Ali Asharaf FatmiRashtriya Janata Dal
1996
16.8 pp
Md. Ali Ashraf FatmiJanata Dal
1991
22.7 pp
Md. Ali Asraf FatmiJanata Dal
1989
12.1 pp
Shakeeul RahmanJanata Dal
1984
16.5 pp
Vijay Kumar MishraLok Dal
1980
12.4 pp
Hari Nath MishraIndian National Congress
1977
50.8 pp
Surendra Jha SumanBharatiya Lok Dal
1971
22.3 pp
Yamuna Prasad MandalIndian National Congress
1967
10.2 pp
Y. P. MandalIndian National Congress
1962
1.0 pp
Yogendra JhaPragati Sheel Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 50.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 90.3% of votes; the other 24 candidates 9.0% between them.
(6,19,749 + 3,84,822) ÷ 11,12,460 = 90.3% · 1,00,301 ÷ 11,12,460 = 9.0%
Turnout of 59.6% was 2.4 pp above the state's median seat (57.2%).
59.6 − 57.2 = +2.4
The margin narrowed from 38.7 pp in 2019 to 21.1 pp.
21.1 − 38.7 = −17.6 pp
Ajay Nishad, the 2019 winner, finished second in 2024.
2019 winner name = 2024 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 26 candidate lines11,04,872
NOTAcounted within the total7,588
Published totalVotes polled11,12,460
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2024 · Bihar · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates26 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 40 seats on the Bihar Lok Sabha 2024 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database