Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Gaya
Existence1952 - present
ReservationSC
Current MPVijay Manjhi
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected Year2019
StateBihar
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (6 times)

Gaya Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Assembly segments[edit]

Presently, Gaya Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
226 Sherghati None Gaya Manju Agrawal RJD JD(U)
228 Barachatti SC Gaya Jyoti Devi HAM(S) JD(U)
229 Bodh Gaya SC Gaya Kumar Sarvjeet RJD JD(U)
230 Gaya Town None Gaya Prem Kumar BJP JD(U)
232 Belaganj None Gaya Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD JD(U)
234 Wazirganj None Gaya Birendra Singh BJP JD(U)

Members of Parliament[edit]

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:[1][2]

Year Winner Party
1952 Satyendra Narayan Sinha Indian National Congress
1952^ Vijneshwar Missir Praja Socialist Party
1957 Brajeshwar Prasad Indian National Congress
1962 Brajeshwar Prasad Indian National Congress
1967 Ram Dhani Das Indian National Congress
1971 Ishwar Choudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Ishwar Choudhary Janata Party
1980 Ram Swaroop Ram Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Ram Swaroop Ram Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Ishwar Choudhary Janata Dal
1991 Rajesh Kumar Janata Dal
1996 Bhagwati Devi Janata Dal
1998 Krishna Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Ramji Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Vijay Kumar Manjhi Janata Dal (United)

Election results[edit]

General elections 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Gaya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Manjhi 4,67,007 48.79 +32.51
style="background-color: Template:Hindustani Awam Morcha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Hindustani Awam Morcha|Template:Hindustani Awam Morcha/meta/shortname]] Jitan Ram Manjhi 3,14,581 32.86 +32.86
NOTA None of the above 30,030 3.14 +0.78
JDR Vijay Kumar Chaudhari 23,462 2.45 +2.45
[[Ambedkarite Party of India|Template:Ambedkarite Party of India/meta/shortname]] Shiv Shankar 20,464 2.14 +2.14
Majority 1,52,426 15.93 +1.66
Turnout 9,57,654 56.18 +2.26
JD(U) hold Swing

General elections 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Gaya[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Manjhi 3,26,230 40.30
RJD Ramji Manjhi 2,10,726 26.03
JD(U) Jitan Ram Manjhi 1,31,828 16.28
JMM Ashok Kumar 36,863 4.55
IND Dr. Dev Kumar Choudhary 19,651 2.43 +2.43
Majority 1,15,504 14.27
Turnout 8,09,587 53.92
BJP hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014".
  4. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 59. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links[edit]

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