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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Gaya
| type = LS
| constituency_no = 38
| state = [[Bihar]]
| established = 1957
| electors = 17,54,390
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image = Jitan Ram Manjhi June 2024 cropped.jpg
| assembly_cons = [[Sherghati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sherghati]] [[Barachatti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barachatti]] [[Bodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bodh Gaya]] [[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]] [[Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belaganj]] [[Wazirganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Wazirganj]]
| mp = [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]] {{Small|[[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]}}
| party = {{Party index link|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election in Bihar|2024]]
| preceded_by = [[Vijay Kumar Manjhi]], [[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg|20px]] {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
}}

'''Gaya Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]]) [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|constituencies]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Bihar]]. In the [[2024 Indian general election in Bihar|2024 Indian general election]], [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]] secured this constituency by defeating [[Kumar Sarvjeet]] of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0438.htm|title=Result 2024 Gaya|website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

==Assembly segments==
Currently, the Gaya Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:

{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 lead
|-
|226
|[[Sherghati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sherghati]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|Uday Kumar Singh
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)}}" |
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)|LJP(RV)]]
|{{party name with color|Hindustani Awam Morcha|rowspan=4}}
|-
|228
|[[Barachatti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barachatti]] (SC)
|[[Jyoti Devi]]
|{{party name with color|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
|-
|229
|[[Bodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bodh Gaya]] (SC)
|[[Kumar Sarvjeet]]
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|230
|[[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]]
|[[Prem Kumar (politician)|Prem Kumar]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|232
|[[Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belaganj]]
|[[Manorama Devi]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|234
|[[Wazirganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Wazirganj]]
|[[Birendra Singh]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|{{party name with color|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
|-
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
The following is the list of the [[Member of Parliament (India)|MPs]] elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm |date=January 31, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx "Lok Sabha Former Members"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616190202/http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx |date=June 16, 2008 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Brajeshwar Prasad]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1967|1967]]
|[[Ram Dhani Das]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1971|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |Ishwar Chaudhary
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1977|1977]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1980|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramswaroop Ram]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1984|1984]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1989|1989]]
|Ishwar Chaudhary
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1991|1991]]
|Rajesh Kumar
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Bhagwati Devi]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1998|1998]]
|[[Krishna Kumar Choudhary]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1999|1999]]
|[[Ramji Manjhi]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2004|2004]]
|[[Rajesh Kumar Manjhi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2009|2009]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hari Manjhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2014|2014]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2019|2019]]
|[[Vijay Kumar Manjhi|Vijay Manjhi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2024|2024]]
|[[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}
|}

==Election results==
===2024 Lok Sabha===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate=[[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]|party=Hindustani Awam Morcha|vote=|votes=4,94,960|percentage=51.36|change=+18.50}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Kumar Sarvjeet]]|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|votes=3,93,148|percentage=40.80|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 17,288
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,01,812|percentage=10.56|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,64,870|percentage=52.98|change=-3.20}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Hindustani Awam Morcha
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 Lok Sabha===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Vijay Kumar Manjhi|Vijay Manjhi]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 4,67,007
|percentage = 48.79
|change = +32.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
|party = Hindustani Awam Morcha
|votes = 3,14,581
|percentage = 32.86
|change = +32.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 30,030
|percentage = 3.14
|change = +0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = JDR
|candidate = Vijay Kumar Chaudhari
|votes = 23,462
|percentage = 2.45
|change = +2.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shiv Shankar
|party = Ambedkarite Party of India
|votes = 20,464
|percentage = 2.14
|change = +2.14
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =1,52,426
|percentage = 15.93
|change = +1.66
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =9,57,654
|percentage = 56.18
|change = +2.26
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 Lok Sabha===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0438.htm?ac=38 |title=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf | title=General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2015-09-23 |page=59}}</ref><ref name=web-arch-turnout>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |publisher=ECI New Delhi |access-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Hari Manjhi]]
|votes = 3,26,230
|percentage = 40.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ramji Manjhi
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = 2,10,726
|percentage = 26.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 1,31,828
|percentage = 16.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ashok Kumar
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 36,863
|percentage = 4.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|candidate = Dr. Dev Kumar Choudhary
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|votes = 19,651
|percentage = 2.43
|change = +2.43
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =1,15,504
|percentage = 14.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,09,587
|percentage = 53.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Gaya district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/gaya/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Gaya lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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[[Category:Politics of Gaya district]]

Gaya Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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