Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Jahanabad is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state. The constituency covers portions of the Arwal and Jehanabad districts which are hit by Naxalite insurgency. 

Bihar witnessed 53.55 per cent voting in as many seats in the seventh phase.

Nitya Nand Singh of Bahujan Samaj Party, Surendra Prasad Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal and Arun Kumar of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. 

The Jehanabad parliamentary constituency comprises of three Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Jehanabad , Ghosi, Makhdumpur and Arwal.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Jahanabad Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	CHANDESHWAR PRASAD	Janata Dal (United)
2	NITYA NAND SINGH	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	ARBIND KUMAR	Rajnaitik Vikalp Party
5	ARUN KUMAR	Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular)
6	AVINASH KUMAR	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
7	UMA SHANKAR VERMA	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
8	KUNTI DEVI	Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) (Liberation)
9	MEERA KUMARI YADAV	Shoshit Samaj Dal
10	RAJENDRA PASWAN	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha
11	RAMJEE KEWAT	Rashtriya mahan Gantantra Party
12	SUNIL KUMAR	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
13	CHANDRA PRAKASH	Independent

In the 2014 election, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party's Arun Kumar won the seat defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal's Surendra Prasad Yadav by a margin of 42340 votes.

In 2014 election, Bihar witnessed an overall turnout of 56.28 per cent of which 57.66 per cent were female voters and 55.08 per cent were male voters. The Jehanabad seat saw an overall voter turnout of 57.02 per cent which included 54.76 per cent female and 59.04 per cent male voters.