Rashtriya Janata Dal

The seat, known as Chapra before the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, was won by Prasad four times --1977, 1989, 2004 and 2009.

Maharajganj is one of the constituencies from Bihar going to polls on 12 May 2019.

In 2019, the main battle is between JD(U)'s Kavita Singh and RJD's Hina Shahab.

There were other 17 candidates in the fray.

In the state where several opposition parties came together to challenge ruling NDA, this seat was at the centre of the rebellion with two leaders - Congress'..

The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 6.

BJP's Rama Devi (the sitting MP) retains seat once again with a substantial margin.

In 2009, Ranjan Prasad Yadav of JD(U) managed to beat RJD honcho Lalu Prasad Yadav by 24,000 votes.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha elections saying that he respects people's mandate.

BJP's Vishnu Dayal Ram, RJD's Ghuran Ram and CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Sushma Mehta were the key candidates in the fray in 2019 in Palamu.

BJP's Sunil Singh, Congress' Manoj Kumar Yadav and RJD's Subhash Yadav were the key candidates in the fray in 2019.

The "lantern (RJD poll symbol) will be lit" at many places in the state on May 23, Tej Pratap said, though he felt that the result would be "surprising". "My..