Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency
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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]
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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Simri Bakhtiarpur | Saharsa | Yusuf Salahuddin | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) |
| 140 | Hasanpur | Samastipur | Tej Pratap Yadav | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) |
| 148 | Alauli (SC) | Khagaria | Ramvrikish Sada | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | RJD | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) |
| 149 | Khagaria | Chhatrapati Yadav | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | INC | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) | |
| 150 | Beldaur | Panna Lal Patel | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | JD(U) | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) | |
| 151 | Parbatta | Sanjeev Kumar | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | JD(U) | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | LJP (RV) | |
Members of Parliament
Election results
2024
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha | 3,77,526 | 35.55 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | None of the above | 31,111 | 2.93 | ||
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| Turnout | 10,62,299 | 57.62 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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2019
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Mukesh Sahani | 2,61,623 | 27.06 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Priadarshi Dinkar | 51,847 | 5.36 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | None of the Above | 7,596 | 0.79 | ||
| Majority | 2,48,570 | 25.71 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 9,67,411 | 57.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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General elections 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". | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | 3,13,806 | 35.01 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Krishna Yadav | 2,37,803 | 26.53 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | 2,20,316 | 24.58 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | None of the Above | 23,868 | 2.66 | ||
| Majority | 76,003 | 8.48 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 8,96,310 | 59.49 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
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