Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)

Araria Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: अररिया लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is unreserved.

Assembly segments

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

  1. Narpatganj
  2. Raniganj (SC)
  3. Forbesganj
  4. Araria
  5. Jokhihat
  6. Sikti

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency:[1]

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Araria [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 261474 26.80%
RJD Tasleem Uddin 407978 41.81%
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Mandal 221769 22.73%
BSP Abdul Rahman 17724 1.82%
NOTA None of the Above 16608 1.70%
Majority
Turnout 975811 61.48
RJD gain from BJP Swing

References

  1. "Election Commission of India"
  2. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 55. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  3. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

See also

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