Bihar has 40 constituencies which will be going to poll between 10th April and 12th May.
The performance of Members of Parliament from Bihar is better on a
number of indicators when compared to the national averages. MPs from
Bihar have an average attendance of 87% in Parliament, which is higher
than the national average of 76%. Bihar’s MPs also participated in an
average of 45 debates, which is also higher than the national average of
38. They asked an average of 331 Questions per MP, which is also more
than the national average of 300 Questions per MP. Bihar MPs introduced
0.7 Private Member Bills per MP, as opposed to the national average of
0.8 Private Member Bills per MP.
Members of Parliament have four important responsibilities: to pass
laws, ensure that the government performs its duties satisfactorily,
represent the views and aspirations of the people of their constituency
in Parliament and to approve and oversee the financial proposals of the
government. Debates, Questions and Private Member Bills are important
mechanisms by which MPs fulfill their responsibilities. Attendance
during Parliament Sessions also indicates an MPs commitment to give
effect to his role.
Many of the current MPs from Bihar have filed their nominations for the
upcoming elections. Some highlights of their performance in Parliament
are given below:
Further details about the performance of these MPs can be found below, as well as on the MP Track page for Bihar.
MP name | Constituency | Political party | Debates | Private Member Bills | Questions | Attendance | Notes |
Meira Kumar | Sasaram | Indian National Congress | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | This MP is the Speaker |
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | Vaishali | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 179 | 5 | 508 | 97% | |
Sharad Yadav | Madhepura | Janata Dal (United) | 159 | 0 | 42 | 83% | |
Bhola Singh | Nawada | Bharatiya Janata Party | 104 | 10 | 398 | 92% | |
Kaushalendra Kumar | Nalanda | Janata Dal (United) | 93 | 0 | 457 | 97% | |
Lalu Prasad | Saran | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 88 | 0 | 0 | 77% | Participation details for this MP are available until September 2013 |
Rama Devi | Sheohar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 84 | 0 | 627 | 88% | |
Jagada Nand Singh | Buxar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 83 | 0 | 464 | 95% | |
Hukamdeo Narayan Yadav | Madhubani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 82 | 0 | 304 | 95% | |
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | Bhagalpur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 75 | 0 | 711 | 93% | |
Vishwa Mohan Kumar | Supaul | Janata Dal (United) | 62 | 0 | 411 | 83% | |
Dinesh Chandra Yadav | Khagaria | Janata Dal (United) | 50 | 0 | 438 | 89% | |
Putul Kumari | Banka | Independent | 49 | 0 | 118 | 88% | Participation details for this MP are available from November 2010 |
Mangani Lal Mandal | Jhanjharpur | Janata Dal (United) | 45 | 0 | 278 | 94% | |
Radha Mohan Singh | Purvi Champaran | Bharatiya Janata Party | 43 | 0 | 560 | 84% | |
Sushil Kumar Singh | Aurangabad | Janata Dal (United) | 41 | 0 | 362 | 76% | |
Sanjay Jaiswal | Paschim Champaran | Bharatiya Janata Party | 40 | 0 | 208 | 85% | |
Maheshwar Hazari | Samastipur | Janata Dal (United) | 36 | 0 | 478 | 93% | |
Bhudeo Choudhary | Jamui | Janata Dal (United) | 35 | 0 | 448 | 86% | |
Kirti (Jha) Azad | Darbhanga | Bharatiya Janata Party | 34 | 0 | 296 | 94% | |
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | Katihar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 33 | 0 | 183 | 88% | |
Om Prakash Yadav | Siwan | Independent | 29 | 9 | 319 | 73% | |
Arjun Roy | Sitamarhi | Janata Dal (United) | 28 | 0 | 349 | 92% | |
Baidyanath Prasad Mahto | Valmiki Nagar | Janata Dal (United) | 28 | 0 | 301 | 92% | |
Jagdish Sharma | Jahanabad | Janata Dal (United) | 28 | 0 | 439 | 85% | Participation details for this MP are available until September 2013 |
Meena Singh | Arrah | Janata Dal (United) | 26 | 0 | 406 | 87% | |
Purnmasi Ram | Gopalganj | Janata Dal (United) | 25 | 0 | 656 | 86% | |
Mahabali Singh | Karakat | Janata Dal (United) | 19 | 0 | 168 | 92% | |
Hari Manjhi | Gaya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 0 | 128 | 94% | |
Asrarul Haque Mohammad | Kishanganj | Indian National Congress | 18 | 0 | 56 | 94% | |
Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh | Purnia | Bharatiya Janata Party | 16 | 0 | 562 | 76% | |
Uma Shanker Singh | Maharajganj | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 14 | 0 | 111 | 87% | Participation details for this MP are available until January 2013 |
Ranjan Prasad Yadav | Pataliputra | Janata Dal (United) | 13 | 2 | 484 | 85% | |
Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh | Munger | Janata Dal (United) | 12 | 0 | 579 | 93% | |
Prabhunath Singh | Maharajganj | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 12 | 0 | 34 | 81% | Participation details for this MP are available from August 2013 |
Monazir Hassan | Begusarai | Janata Dal (United) | 10 | 0 | 23 | 87% | |
Ashwamedh Devi | Ujiarpur | Janata Dal (United) | 9 | 0 | 145 | 89% | |
Jainarain Prasad Nishad | Muzaffarpur | Janata Dal (United) | 8 | 0 | 115 | 80% | |
Shatrughan Sinha | Patna Sahib | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 | 0 | 66 | 75% | |
Pradeep Kumar Singh | Araria | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6 | 0 | 166 | 71% | |
Digvijay Singh | Banka | Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77% | Participation details for this MP are available until June 2010 |
Ram Sundar Das | Hajipur | Janata Dal (United) | 0 | 0 | 407 | 89% |