Araria Lok Sabha constituency

Araria
Araria
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Narpatganj; Raniganj; Forbesganj; Araria; Jokihat; Sikti
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	File:Pradeep Singh MP.jpg
	Incumbent Pradeep Kumar Singh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Sarfaraz 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]

Each election in the Araria Lok Sabha constituency has been won by a different political party (1967–2024)

INC (4 term) (25%)

BJP (5 term) (31.25%)

JD (3 term) (18.75%)

JP (1 term) (6.25%)

RJD (3 term) (18.75%)

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

#	Name	District	Member
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

^ by poll

Source:^[2]

2024 Indian general elections: Araria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Singh	600,146	47.91	4.96
	RJD	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam	5,80,052	46.31	5.17
	Independent	Shatrughan Prasad Suman	13,746	1.10%	Template:New
	BSP	Md Ghousul Azam	12,690	1.08%	Template:New
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,504	1.08	0.68
Margin of victory			20,094	1.6	10.16
Turnout			12,52,751	62.02
	BJP hold		Swing	4.96

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

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 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 Indian general elections: Araria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Singh	202,702	21.58	Template:New
	LJP	Zakr Hussain Khan	260240	19.85%	Template:New
	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