Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency

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Khagaria
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies Simri Bakhtiarpur
Hasanpur
Alauli
Khagaria
Beldaur
Parbatta
Established1957
Total electors1,673,314 (in 2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  LJP(RV)
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Mehboob Ali Kaiser,   LJP

Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. [1] This constituency came into existence in 1957 and from 1957 to 2019, the constituency has elected six parliamentarians from the Yadav caste as well as five parliamentarians from the Kushwaha caste. Both the Yadav and Kushwaha communities are preponderant in this constituency and dominate the political scenario. [2]

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History

In this constituency a total of eleven candidates from Yadav and Koeri caste has been elected between 1957 and 2019 general elections. The Koeri candidates who became MPs from this constituency are Kameshwar Prasad Singh, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma, Satish Prasad Singh, Shakuni Choudhury and Renu Kushwaha. [2] In 2024 Indian general elections, the INDIA alliance put Sanjay Kushwaha against Rajesh Verma of National Democratic Alliance. Sanjay Kushwaha who belonged to Koeri caste was sought as candidate to fulfill region's caste dynamics. The CPI(M) candidate Sanjay Kushwaha was also picked up by alliance as his father Yogendra Singh Kushwaha has been an MLA from Khagaria Assembly constituency located within this Lok Sabha constituency and the voters were supposed to prefer local candidate against outsider. [3] [4] Besides this, according to CPI(M)'s official social media handles, Kushwaha is a nephew of Indian independence activist Prabhu Narayan, who was martyred during 1942 Quit India movement, while trying to unfurl India's national flag, at the age of 21. [5] [6]

Assembly segments

Since last delimitation exercise, from 2009 Lok Sabha elections Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [7]

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
76 Simri Bakhtiarpur Saharsa Yusuf Salahuddin RJD LJP (RV)
140 Hasanpur Samastipur Tej Pratap Yadav IND LJP (RV)
148 Alauli (SC) Khagaria Ramvrikish Sada RJD LJP (RV)
149 Khagaria Chhatrapati Yadav INC LJP (RV)
150 Beldaur Panna Lal Patel JD(U) LJP (RV)
151 Parbatta Sanjeev Kumar JD(U) LJP (RV)

    Members of Parliament

    Source: [8] [9]

    YearNameParty
    1957 Jiyalal Mandal Indian National Congress
    1962
    1967 Kameshwar Prasad Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
    1971 Shiva Shankar Prasad Yadav
    1977 Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav Janata Party
    1980 Satish Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
    1984 Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma
    1989 Ram Sharan Yadav Janata Dal
    1991
    1996 Anil Kumar Yadav
    1998 Shakuni Choudhary Samata Party
    1999 Renu Kushawaha Janata Dal (United)
    2004 Rabindra Kumar Rana Rashtriya Janata Dal
    2009 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Mehboob Ali Kaiser Lok Janshakti Party
    2019
    2024 Rajesh Verma Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

    Election results

    2024

    2024 Indian general elections: Khagaria [10]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    LJP(RV) Rajesh Verma 538,657 50.73
    CPI(M) Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha3,77,52635.55
    NOTA None of the above 31,1112.93
    Majority 1,61,131
    Turnout 10,62,29957.62
    LJP(RV) gain from LJP Swing

    2019

    2019 Indian general elections: Khagaria
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    LJP Mehboob Ali Kaiser 510,193 52.77
    VIP Mukesh Sahani 2,61,62327.06
    Independent Priadarshi Dinkar51,8475.36
    NOTA None of the Above 7,5960.79
    Majority 2,48,57025.71
    Turnout 9,67,41157.7
    LJP hold Swing

    General elections 2014

    2014 Indian general elections: Khagaria [11] [12]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    LJP Mehboob Ali Kaiser 3,13,80635.01
    RJD Krishna Yadav 2,37,80326.53
    JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav 2,20,31624.58
    NOTA None of the Above 23,8682.66
    Majority 76,0038.48
    Turnout 8,96,31059.49
    LJP gain from JD(U) Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "Khagaria Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates". zeenews-india-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
    2. 1 2 "खगड़िया लोकसभा क्षेत्र में यादव और कुशवाहा का वर्चस्व:अब तक 6 यादव तो 5 कुशवाहा बने सांसद; कैसर के सामने हैट्रिक लगाने की चुनौती". Dainik Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
    3. "In Bihar's 'Red land', CPM back in LS poll race after 30 years, NDA's lone Muslim MP now with it". Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
    4. "It's local vs outsider in Khagaria". Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
    5. "Story of Prabhu Narayan who gave martyrdom at the age of 21". Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
    6. "Meet CPI(M) candidate".
    7. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
    8. "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
    9. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
    10. "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Khagaria". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
    11. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 69. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    12. "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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