Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

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Aurangabad
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies Kutumba
Aurangabad
Rafiganj
Gurua
Imamganj
Tikari
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Abhay Kushwaha.jpg
Incumbent
Party  RJD
Elected year2024

The Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Between 1952 and 2019, the constituency elected candidates belonging to only Rajput caste to Lok Sabha. From 1989 to 2019, the constituency remained the space for political battle between the families of Satyendra Narayan Singh and Ram Naresh Singh. In 2024, Abhay Kushwaha defeated Sushil Kumar Singh, son of Ram Naresh Singh to become first non-Rajput parliamentarian from the constituency. [1]

Contents

Assembly segments

Presently, Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
222 Kutumba (SC) Aurangabad Rajesh Kumar INC RJD
223 Aurangabad Anand Shankar Singh INC RJD
224 Rafiganj Mohammad Nehaluddin RJD RJD
225 Gurua Gaya Vinay Yadav RJD RJD
227 Imamganj (SC) Deepa Manjhi HAM RJD
231 Tikari Anil Kumar HAM RJD

    Members of Parliament

    The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency, the first Member of Parliament from the constituency was eminent freedom fighter Shri Satyendra Narain Singh. [2] [3]

    YearNameParty
    1952 Satyendra Narayan Sinha Indian National Congress
    1957
    1961^Ramesh Prasad Singh
    1962 Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Swatantra Party
    1967 Mudrika Sinha Indian National Congress
    1971 Satyendra Narayan Sinha Indian National Congress (O)
    1977 Janata Party
    1980
    1984 Indian National Congress
    1989 Ram Naresh Singh Janata Dal
    1991
    1996 Virendra Kumar Singh
    1998 Sushil Kumar Singh Samata Party
    1999 Shyama Singh Indian National Congress
    2004 Nikhil Kumar
    2009 Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
    2019
    2024 Abhay Kushwaha Rashtriya Janata Dal

    ^ by poll

    Election results

    2024

    2024 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar [4]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    RJD Abhay Kushwaha 465,567 49.22 Increase2.svg11.1
    BJP Sushil Kumar Singh 386,45640.86Decrease2.svg4.97
    BSP Sunesh Kumar20,3092.15Decrease2.svg1.46
    NOTA None of the Above 22,6272.39
    Majority79,111
    Turnout 9,45,88050.35Decrease2.svg3.32
    RJD gain from BJP Swing

    Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0437.htm

    (#): Joint candidate (HAM(S) in MGB in 2019)

    2019

    2019 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Sushil Kumar Singh 431,541 45.83 +6.67
    HAM(S) Upendra Prasad 3,58,93438.12
    BSP Naresh Yadav34,0333.61
    NOTA None of the Above 22,6322.4+0.18
    Majority72,6077.61
    Turnout 9,35,46953.67
    BJP hold Swing

    General elections 2014

    2014 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar [5] [6]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Sushil Kumar Singh 307,941 39.16
    INC Nikhil Kumar 2,41,59430.72
    JD(U) Bagi Kumar Verma 1,36,13717.31
    BSP Santosh Kumar27,8333.54
    NOTA None of the Above 17,4542.22
    Majority66,3477.71
    Turnout 7,86,27451.19
    BJP gain from JD(U) Swing

    General Elections 2009

    2009 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD(U) Sushil Kumar Singh 260,153 43.48
    RJD Shakil Ahmad Khan1,88,09531.44
    INC Nikhil Kumar 54,5819.12
    BSP Archna Chandra45,1737.55
    Majority72,05812.04
    Turnout 5,98,30943.47
    JD(U) gain from INC Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "First non Rajput candidate wins Bihar's Chittorgarh". Hindustan. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
    2. "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
    3. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    4. "Result 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
    5. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    6. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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