Members of Parliament
- 1952: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1957: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Raghunath Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1967: Satya Narain Singh, Communist Party of India
- 1971: Raja Ram Shastri, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Chandra Shekhar, Janata Party
- 1980: Kamalapati Tripathi, Indian National Congress
- 1984: Shyamlal Yadav, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Anil Kumar Shastri, Janata Dal
- 1991: Shrish Chandra Dikshit, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Indian National Congress
- 2009: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
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