Munger Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting date, results, candidates, main parties and schedule

Bihar Lok Sabha Election 2024 (Photo-PTI)

Munger, one of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies, encompasses a total population of 1,359,054 individuals. This constituency is comprised of six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Munger, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Lakhisarai, Mokama, and Barh. Munger will vote on May 13. The results will be announced on June 4, 2024.

In the Munger Lok Sabha constituency, the literacy rate stands at 56.19%, reflecting the educational landscape of the region. As per the 2011 Census, Scheduled Caste (SC) voters comprise approximately 15.1% of the electorate, totalling around 290,988 individuals, while Scheduled Tribe (ST) voters make up about 0.8%, totalling approximately 15,417 individuals. Muslim voters account for around 5.1% of the electorate, with approximately 99,022 individuals, according to voter list analysis.

Furthermore, the rural population constitutes approximately 77.9% of the total voters, totalling around 1,501,191 individuals, while urban voters make up about 22.1%, totalling approximately 425,884 individuals, based on the 2011 Census. These demographic insights provide a comprehensive understanding of the electorate's composition in the Munger Lok Sabha constituency.

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Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh, representing the JD(U), currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Munger constituency. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2019, he secured victory by receiving 528,762 votes, while Nilam Devi of the INC received 360,825 votes.

In the Munger Lok Sabha election of 2014, Veena Devi of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) emerged victorious with 352,911 votes. The runner-up candidate was Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh from the JD(U), who secured 243,827 votes.

Here are the main candidates contesting the General Elections 2024