Begusarai Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
Begusarai Lok Sabha in Bihar
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesCheria-Bariarpur, Bachhwara, Teghra, Matihani, Sahebpur Kamal, Begusarai and Bakhri
Established1952
Total electors19,58,382 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

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

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

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
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 BJP
145 Sahebpur Kamal Satanand Sambuddha RJD BJP
146 Begusarai Kundan Kumar BJP BJP
147 Bakhri (SC) Suryakant Paswan CPI BJP

Note:M.L.A of Constituency No.144 Matihani won as a candidate of LJP but later joined JD(U).

    List of Members of Parliament

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

    Source:[2][3]

    Election results

    2019

    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

    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 Janata Dal (United) Swing +11.09

    General Election 2009

    2009 Indian general elections: Begusarai
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Janata Dal (United) 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
    Janata Dal (United) hold Swing

    See also

    References

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

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