Araria Lok Sabha constituency

Araria
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesNarpatganj
Raniganj
Forbesganj
Araria
Jokihat
Sikti
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2024
Preceded bySarfaraz Alam
  RJD

Araria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. In 2024, the incumbent Pradeep Kumar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party again won the election from this constituency.[1]

According to the 2011 census Araria district has a population of 2,811,569,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica[3] or the US state of Utah.[4] This gives it a ranking of 139th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of992 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,570/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 30%.[2] Araria has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 55.1%.[2] 6.00% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.61% and 1.38% of the population respectively.[2]

Religions in Araria district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 56.68%
Islam
 
 42.95%
Other or not stated
 
 0.37%

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901374,909—    
1911402,864+0.72%
1921430,193+0.66%
1931465,311+0.79%
1941506,546+0.85%
1951537,600+0.60%
1961779,578+3.79%
1971994,586+2.47%
19811,272,151+2.49%
19911,611,638+2.39%
20012,158,608+2.97%
20112,811,569+2.68%
source:[6]
Each election in the Araria Lok Sabha constituency has been won by a different political party (1967–2024)
  1. INC (4 term) (25.0%)
  2. BJP (5 term) (31.2%)
  3. JD (3 term) (18.8%)
  4. JP (1 term) (6.25%)
  5. RJD (3 term) (18.8%)

Hinduism is the majority religion. Muslims are majority in Araria and Jokihat blocks, and are in near-majority in Palasi block.[5]

Block Hindu % Muslim % Other %
Narpatganj 70.45 29.23 0.32
Forbesganj 62.56 36.99 0.45
Bhargama 75.26 24.52 0.22
Raniganj 69.09 30.3 0.61
Araria 39.01 60.61 0.38
kursakanta 74.79 24.92 0.29
Sikti 65.09 34.73 0.18
Palasi 51.09 48.46 0.45
Jokihat 21.39 78.38 0.23
Languages in Araria district (2011)[7]
  1. Urdu (28.7%)
  2. Hindi (25.1%)
  3. Maithili (20.6%)
  4. 'Other' Hindi (16.4%)
  5. Bengali (2.17%)
  6. Kulhaiya (2.10%)
  7. Surjapuri (1.91%)
  8. Santali (1.05%)
  9. Others (2.01%)

Assembly segments

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 lead
46 Narpatganj Araria Devanti Yadav BJP BJP
47 Raniganj (SC) Avinash Manglam RJD
48 Forbesganj Manoj Bishwas INC
49 Araria Avidur Rahman RJD
50 Jokihat Murshid Alam AIMIM
51 Sikti Vijay Kumar Mandal BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1967 Tulmohan Ram Indian National Congress
1971
1977 Mahendra Narayan Sardar Janata Party
1980 Dumar Lal Baitha Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Sukdeo Paswan Janata Dal
1991
1996
1998 Ramji Das Rishidev Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Sukdeo Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Pradeep Kumar Singh
2014 Mohammed Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal
2018^ Sarfaraz Alam
2019 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

^ by poll

Source:[8]

Election results

General Elections 2029

2029 Indian general election: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Zakir Hussain Khan
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh
Independent
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 600,146 47.91 Decrease4.96
RJD Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam 5,80,052 46.31 Increase5.17
Independent Shatrughan Prasad Suman 13,746 1.10% New entry
BSP Md Ghousul Azam 12,690 1.08% New entry
NOTA None of the Above 13,504 1.08 Decrease0.68
Margin of victory 20,094 1.6 Decrease 10.16
Turnout 12,52,751 62.02
BJP hold Swing Decrease 4.96

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 618,434 52.87 +9.68
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 4,81,193 41.14 −8.01
NOTA None of the Above 20,618 1.76 +0.06
Majority 1,37,241 11.73 +5.77
Turnout 11,69,741 64.79 +5.13
BJP gain from RJD Swing +3.72

2018 By election

By Election, 2018: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 509,334 49.15 +7.34
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 4,47,546 43.19 +16.39
JAP(L) Prince Victor 20,922 2.02 N/A
RJSP Upendra Sahani 18,772 1.81 N/A
IND. Sudama Singh 11,347 1.10 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 17,607 1.70 −−
Majority 61,788 5.96 −9.05
Turnout 10,36,194 59.62 −1.82
RJD hold Swing +7.34

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Taslimuddin 407,978 41.81 +41.81
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 2,61,474 26.80 −11.91
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Mandal 2,21,769 22.73 +22.73
BSP Abdul Rahman 17,724 1.82 +0.37
IND. Pankaj Kishor Mandal 10,704 1.10 +1.10
SJP(R) Sar Wat Jahre Ansari 6,376 0.65 +0.65
AAP Chandra Bhushan 5,685 0.58 +0.58
Independent Alamdar Hussain 5,645 0.58 +0.58
CPI(ML)L Sanjay Kumar Rishidev 5,292 0.54 +0.22
Janta Dal Rashtravadi Md. Aslam Beg 5,149 0.53 +0.53
Bharat Vikas Morcha Rajesh Kumar 4,646 0.48 +0.48
Lok Dal Ramanand Rishideo 3,411 0.35 +0.35
Bahujan Mukti Party Bidayanand Paswan 3,350 0.34 +0.34
NOTA None of the Above 16,608 1.70
Majority 1,46,504 15.01 +11.93
Turnout 9,75,811 61.48 +5.77
RJD gain from BJP Swing +3.10

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 202,702 21.58 New entry
LJP Zakr Hussain Khan 260240 19.85% New entry
INC Dr Shakil Ahmad khan 49619 3.79%
Independent DiNesh Rathour 27308 2.08%
IND. Prince Victor 22264 1.7%
BSP Raja Raman Bhaskar 10578 0.81%
Independent Laxmi Sada 9487 0.72%
Independent Shukdeo Paswan 9015 0.69%
Independent Mohammad Saifur Rab 6936 0.53%
independent Pramod Singh Yadav 5,889 0.45%
Independent Abdul Wahab 4475 0.34%
Independent Satya narayan (Writer) 4199 0.32
RKJP

Rashtriya karantikari Janata Party

 Ayajudin 4179 0.32
Independent Vijay Sah 4088 0.31%
Independent Sadhana Devi 3628 0.28%
Independent Nityanad Bishwas 3534 0.27%
Independent Abdul Gafoor 3157 0.24%
RJJM

Rashtriya Jan Jagaran Morcha

 Nasim Ahmad Gazi 3089 0.24%
Independent Sada Nand Choudhary 2751 0.21%
Independent Kanahiya Kumar Das 2740 0.21%
Independent Nand Lal Paswan 2678 0.20%
CPI (ML)(L) Kamali Devi 2319 0.18%
Independent OM Prakash 1955 0.15%
Independent Sanjay Kumar Kha 1924 0.15%
Independent Md Sajjad 1632 0.12%
Margin of victory 22502 1.73%
Turnout 730456 55.71%
BJP gain from LJP Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sukdeo Paswan 216,677
SP Rarji Das Rishideo 188,933
LJP Ram Sewak Hazari 173,502
BSP Narayan Kumar Ram 17,316
Independent Satya Narayan Writer 11,946
Margin of victory 27,744
Turnout 652439
BJP hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Result 2024". Election Commission of India.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "District Census Handbook: Araria" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  3. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est
  4. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Utah 2,763,885
  5. 1 2 "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. ↑ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. ↑ Cite error: The named reference languages was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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