Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency

Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.^[1] Currently Gopal Jee Thakur of Bhartiya Janta Party is the Member of Parliament from Darbhanga Loksabha. In 2024 Indian general election, Gopal Jee Thakur won from this constituency.^[2]

Darbhanga
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Gaura Bauram Benipur Alinagar Darbhanga Rural Darbhanga Bahadurpur
Established	1952
Total electors	14,95,445 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Gopal Jee Thakur
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Kirti Azad

Assembly segments

From 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
79	Gaura Bauram	Darbhanga	Swarna Singh		BJP		BJP
80	Benipur		Binay Kumar Choudhary		JDU		BJP
81	Alinagar		Mishri Lal Yadav		BJP		BJP
82	Darbhanga Rural		Lalit Kumar Yadav		RJD		BJP
83	Darbhanga		Sanjay Saraogi		BJP		BJP
85	Bahadurpur		Madan Sahni		JDU		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Abdul Jalil		Praja Socialist Party
	Narayan Das		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Satya Narayan Sinha
1971	Binodanand Jha
1972^	Lalit Narayan Mishra
1977	Surendra Jha 'Suman'		Janata Party
1980	Hari Nath Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Vijay Kumar Mishra		Lokdal
1989	Shakeelur Rehman		Janata Dal
1991	Ali Ashraf Fatmi
1996
1998			Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Kirti Azad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Ali Ashraf Fatmi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Kirti Azad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Gopal Jee Thakur
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Darbhanga^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gopal jee thakur	566,630	55.33
	RJD	Lalit Kumar Yadav	4,88,474	37.93
Majority			1,78,156	17.40
Turnout			10,24,986	57.49
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Darbhanga^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gopal Jee Thakur[7]	586,668	60.79	+22.81
	RJD	Abdul Bari Siddiqui	318,689	33.02
	IND	Saguni Ray	13,774	1.43
	BSP	Md. Mukhtar	11,255	1.17
	None of the Above	None of the Above	20,468	2.12
Majority			2,67,979	27.77
Turnout			9,65,510	58.35	+2.90
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Darbhanga^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirti Azad	3,14,949	37.98
	RJD	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi	2,79,906	33.75
	JD(U)	Sanjay Kumar Jha	1,04,494	12.61
	SS	Kedar Ku Keshav	25,277	3.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,103	2.54
Majority			35,043	4.23
Turnout			8,29,289	55.45	+13.80
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Darbhanga^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kirti Azad	2,39,268	43.85
	RJD	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi	1,92,815	35.33
	INC	Ajay Kumar Jalan	40,724	7.46
	IND	Prof. Hare Ram Acharya	12,977	2.38
	CPI(ML)L	Sathy Narayn Mukhiya	12,154	2.23
	IND	Lalbahadur Yadav	10,622	1.95
Majority			46,453	8.52
Turnout			5,45,713	41.75
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Darbhanga^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi	4,27,672	56.07
	BJP	Kirti Azad	2,84,209	37.27
Majority			1,43,463	18.81
Turnout			7,62,657
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing