Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)

Araria Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: अररिया लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is unreserved.

Assembly segments

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

  1. Narpatganj
  2. Raniganj (SC)
  3. Forbesganj
  4. Araria
  5. Jokhihat
  6. Sikti

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency:[1]

Election Results

By Election, 2018: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 5,09,334 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 59.64 -1.84
RJD hold Swing +7.34
Indian general elections, 2014: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RJD Mohammed Taslimuddin 4,07,978 41.81
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 2,61,474 26.80 -11.91
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Mandal 2,21,769 22.73
BSP Abdul Rahman 17,724 1.82 +0.37
IND. Pankaj Kishor Mandal 10,704 1.10
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

See also

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