Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency

Begusarai Lok Sabha
Begusarai Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
	Begusarai Lok Sabha in Bihar
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Cheria-Bariarpur, Bachhwara, Teghra, Matihani, Sahebpur Kamal, Begusarai and Bakhri
Established	1952
Total electors	19,58,382 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Giriraj Singh
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency is stronghold of Bhumihar caste. Since independence every candidate won in this constituency comes from Bhumihar community except in 2009.

Most Successful parties from Begusarai Lok Sabha

INC (9 times) (52.94%)

BJP (2 Times) (11.76%)

JDU (2 times) (11.76%)

Others (4 times) (23.52%)

Assembly segments[edit]

From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Begusarai	Raj Banshi Mahto	RJD	BJP
142	Bachhwara		Surendra Mehata	BJP	BJP
143	Teghra		Ram Ratan Singh	CPI	BJP
144	Matihani		Rajkumar Singh	JDU^[a]	BJP
145	Sahebpur Kamal		Satanand Sambuddha	RJD	BJP
146	Begusarai		Kundan Kumar	BJP	BJP
147	Bakhri (SC)		Suryakant Paswan	CPI	BJP

^ won as LJP candidate but defected to JDU

List of Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Name
1952	Mathura Prasad Mishra	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Yogendra Sharma	Communist Party of India
1971	Shyam Nandan Mishra	Indian National Congress
1977	Shyam Nandan Mishra	Janata Party
1980	Krishna Sahi	Indian National Congress
1984	Krishna Sahi	Indian National Congress
1989	Lalit Vijay Singh	Janata Dal
1991	Krishna Sahi	Indian National Congress
1996	Ramendra Kumar	Independent
1998	Rajo Singh	Indian National Congress
1999	Rajo Singh	Indian National Congress
2004	Lalan Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2009	Monazir Hassan	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Bhola Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Giriraj Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Source:^[2]^[3]

Election results[edit]

2024[edit]

2024 Indian general election: Begusarai
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Giriraj Singh
	CPI	Awadhesh Kumar Rai (Yadav)
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Begusarai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Giriraj Singh	692,193	56.48	+16.75
	CPI	Kanhaiya Kumar	2,69,976	22.03	+ 4.15
	RJD	Tanweer Hassan	1,98,233	16.17	-18.15
	IND.	Saurabh	18,638	1.52	New
	IND.	Shambhu Kumar Singh	10,019	0.82	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	20,445	1.67	-0.80
Majority			422,217	34.45	+29.04
Turnout			12,26,503	62.63	+2.03
	BJP hold		Swing

Sources:^[4]^[5]

General Election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Begusarai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Bhola Singh	4,28,227	39.73	New
	RJD	Tanweer Hassan	3,69,892	34.32	New
	CPI	Rajendra Prasad Singh	1,92,639	17.87	-5.08
	IND.	Vaij Nath Paswan	12,143	1.13	New
	IND.	Sushil Kumar	11,144	1.03	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	26,622	2.47	New
Majority			58,335	5.41	-0.28
Turnout			10,77,855	60.60	+11.85
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	+11.09

General Election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Begusarai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Dr. Monazir Hassan	2,05,680	28.64
	CPI	Shatrughna Prasad Singh	1,64,843	22.95
	LJP	Anil Chaudhary	1,21,786	16.96
	INC	Amita Bhushan	74,565	10.38
	IND.	Narendra Kumar Singh	61,220	8.52
	IND.	Ram Dayal Bharti	21,389	2.98
Majority			40,837	5.69
Turnout			7,18,265	48.75
	JD(U) hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "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. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019.
^ Firstpost (2019). "Begusarai Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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[2] won as LJP candidate but defected to JDU

[commission-1] "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. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

[Election_Commission_of_India-3] "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[Lok_Sabha_Former_Members-4] "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019.

[Begusarai_Elections_2019-6] Firstpost (2019). "Begusarai Elections 2019". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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