Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency

Ujiarpur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Patepur Ujiarpur Morwa Sarairanjan Mohiuddinagar Bibhutipur
Established	2009
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Nityanand Rai (Bharatiya Janata Party, minister, 2024–)
Alliance	NDA
Preceded by	Ashwamedh Devi   JD(U)

Ujiarpur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India. ^[1] All the six assembly constituency which constitute Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency are dominated by Kushwahas and Yadavs equally. ^{[2] [3]}

Caste and communities

The Ujiarpur constituency has nearly 2 lakh Koeri and 1.8 lakh Yadav voters. Constituency was once won by Alok Kumar Mehta in 2004, but he lost to Ashwamedh Devi, the widow of veteran Koeri leader Pradip Mahto in 2009. Nityanand Rai of Bhartiya Janata Party is representing the seat since 2014. ^[4]

Vidhan Sabha segments

From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are: ^[5]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
130	Patepur (SC)	Vaishali	Lakhendra Raushan		BJP		BJP
134	Ujiarpur	Samastipur	Alok Mehta		RJD		BJP
135	Morwa		Ranvijay Sahu		RJD		BJP
136	Sarairanjan		Vijay Chaudhary		JDU		BJP
137	Mohiuddinagar		Rajesh Kumar Singh		BJP		BJP
138	Bibhutipur		Ajay Kumar Kushwaha		CPM		RJD

Members of Parliament

Year	Name [6]	Party
Until 2008 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Ashwamedh Devi		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Nityanand Rai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Ujiarpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nityanand Rai	515,965	49.51
	RJD	Alok Kumar Mehta	4,55,863	43.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	23,269	2.23
Majority			60,102	5.76
Turnout			10,42,749	59.64
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ujiarpur ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nityanand Rai	543,906	56.11
	RLSP	Upendra Kushwaha	2,66,628	27.51
	CPI(M)	Ajay Kumar	27,577	2.85
	Independent	Mamta Kumari	23,590	2.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,434	1.49
Majority			2,77,278	28.60
Turnout			9,69,862	60.15
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ujiarpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nityanand Rai	3,17,352	36.95
	RJD	Alok Kumar Mehta	2,56,883	29.91
	JD(U)	Ashwamedh Devi	1,19,669	13.93
	CPI(M)	Ramdeo Verma	53,044	6.18
	BSP	Dharmendra Sahani	15,198	1.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,171	0.72
Majority			60,469	7.04
Turnout			8,58,925	60.22
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ujiarpur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ashwamedh Devi	1,80,082	31.92
	RJD	Alok Kumar Mehta	1,54,770	27.43
	CPI(M)	Ram Deo Verma	58,900	10.44
	INC	Sheel Kumar Roy	43,038	7.63
	SS	Jitendra Kumar Roy	42,279	7.49
Majority			25,312	4.49
Turnout			5,64,199	45.89
	JD(U) win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Ujiarpur youth roots for development, though caste still an important factor". newindianexpress. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
3. "Kushwahas found a leader in Upendra". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
4. "ujiarpur-grapples-with-new-caste-equations-delimitation-changes-constituency-s-constitution-not-its-share-of-problems". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
5. "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 10 January 2011.
6. "Ujiarpur (Bihar) Lok Sabha Election Results, Winning MP and Party Name 2019, 2014, 2009". www.elections.in. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
7. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Ujiarpur". news18. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
8. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
9. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
10. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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