Karakat Lok Sabha constituency
Template:Short description Template:Pp Template:Use Indian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Indian constituency Karakat is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. Karakat is considered as a Kushwaha dominated constituency.[1]
Caste and communities
The caste data of this constituency shows that there are 2Script error: No such module "String".lakh (200,000) voters belonging to each of Koeri (Kushwaha), Rajput and Yadav communities. For last few elections, the constituency has been a place of contest between Mahabali Singh and Upendra Kushwaha, both belonging to Koeri caste.[2][3] In 2024 Indian general election, Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation won the election in a triangular contest involving Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha and Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh.[4]
Due to victory of candidates belonging to only Kushwaha caste from this constituency, ever since its formation, it is referred to as 'Kushwaha land' in Bihar's political circle.[5]
Assembly segments
Presently, Karakat Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
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| 211 | Nokha | Rohtas | Anita Devi | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPI(ML)L |
| 212 | Dehri | Fateh Bahadur Kushwaha | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | CPI(ML)L | |
| 213 | Karakat | Arun Kushwaha | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPIML | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPI(ML)L | |
| 219 | Goh | Aurangabad | Bhim Yadav | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPI(ML)L |
| 220 | Obra | Rishi Yadav | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPI(ML)L | |
| 221 | Nabinagar | Vijay Kumar Singh | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | CPI(ML)L | |
Members of Parliament
| Year | Name | Party | |
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| 2009 | Mahabali Kushwaha | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2014 | Upendra Kushwaha | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2019 | Mahabali Kushwaha | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2024 | Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha | Template:Replace | 36.89 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Pawan Singh | 2,74,723 | 26.63 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Upendra Kushwaha | 2,53,876 | 24.61 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | None of the above | 21,595 | |||
| Majority | 1,05,858 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Turnout | 10,33,379 | 54.73 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mahabali Singh | Template:Replace | 47.21 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Upendra Kushwaha | 313,866 | 37.19 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | None of the Above | 22,104 | 2.62 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Raj Narayan Tiwari | 21,715 | 2.56 | ||
| Majority | 84,542 | 9.73 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 869,546 | 49.09 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Upendra Kushwaha | 338,892 | 42.90 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kanti Singh | 233,651 | 29.58 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mahabali Singh | 76,709 | 9.79 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Sanjay Kewat | 45,503 | 5.76 | ||
| Majority | 105,241 | 13.32 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 790,361 | 50.01 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
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