Araria Lok Sabha constituency

Araria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. In 2024, the incumbent Pradeep Kumar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party again won the election from this constituency.[1]

Araria
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesNarpatganj
Raniganj
Forbesganj
Araria
Jokihat
Sikti
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2024
Preceded bySarfaraz Alam
  RJD

Assembly segments

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Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 lead
46 Narpatganj Araria Jai Prakash Yadav BJP BJP
47 Raniganj (SC) Achmit Rishidev JDU BJP
48 Forbesganj Vidya Sagar Keshri BJP BJP
49 Araria Avidur Rahman INC RJD
50 Jokihat Shahnawaz Alam RJD RJD
51 Sikti Vijay Kumar Mandal BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

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Year Name Party
1967 Tulmohan Ram Indian National Congress
1971
1977 Mahendra Narayan Sardar Janata Party
1980 Dumar Lal Baitha Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Sukdeo Paswan Janata Dal
1991
1996
1998 Ramjidas Rishidev Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Sukdeo Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Pradeep Kumar Singh
2014 Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal
2018^ Sarfaraz Alam
2019 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

^ by poll

Source:[2]

Election results

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2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 600,146 47.91   4.96
RJD Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam 5,80,052 46.31   5.17
NOTA None of the Above 13,504 1.08  0.68
Margin of victory 20,094 1.6   10.16
Turnout 12,52,560
BJP hold Swing   4.96

2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 618,434 52.87 +9.68
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 4,81,193 41.14 −8.01
NOTA None of the Above 20,618 1.76 +0.06
Majority 1,37,241 11.73 +5.77
Turnout 11,69,741 64.79 +5.13
BJP gain from RJD Swing +3.72

2018 By election

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By Election, 2018: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 509,334 49.15 +7.34
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 4,47,546 43.19 +16.39
JAP(L) Prince Victor 20,922 2.02 N/A
RJSP Upendra Sahani 18,772 1.81 N/A
IND. Sudama Singh 11,347 1.10 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 17,607 1.70 −−
Majority 61,788 5.96 −9.05
Turnout 10,36,194 59.62 −1.82
RJD hold Swing +7.34

2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Taslimuddin 407,978 41.81 +41.81
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 2,61,474 26.80 −11.91
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Mandal 2,21,769 22.73 +22.73
BSP Abdul Rahman 17,724 1.82 +0.37
IND. Pankaj Kishor Mandal 10,704 1.10 +1.10
SJP(R) Sar Wat Jahre Ansari 6,376 0.65 +0.65
AAP Chandra Bhushan 5,685 0.58 +0.58
Independent Alamdar Hussain 5,645 0.58 +0.58
CPI(ML)L Sanjay Kumar Rishidev 5,292 0.54 +0.22
Janta Dal Rashtravadi Md. Aslam Beg 5,149 0.53 +0.53
Bharat Vikas Morcha Rajesh Kumar 4,646 0.48 +0.48
Lok Dal Ramanand Rishideo 3,411 0.35 +0.35
Bahujan Mukti Party Bidayanand Paswan 3,350 0.34 +0.34
NOTA None of the Above 16,608 1.70
Majority 1,46,504 15.01 +11.93
Turnout 9,75,811 61.48 +5.77
RJD gain from BJP Swing +3.10

References

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  1. ^ "Result 2024". Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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