Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)

Araria
Araria
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Pradeep Kumar Singh
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1967
Reservation	None
State	Bihar
Former MP	Sarfaraz Alam
Assembly Constituencies	Narpatganj; Raniganj; Forbesganj; Araria; Jokihat; Sikti;

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

Assembly segments

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

#	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA		Party Leading (in 2019)
46	Narpatganj	None	Araria	Jai Prakash Yadav	BJP	BJP
47	Raniganj	SC	Araria	Achmit Rishidev	JD(U)	BJP
48	Forbesganj	None	Araria	Vidya Sagar Keshri	BJP	BJP
49	Araria	None	Araria	Avidur Rahman	INC	RJD
50	Jokihat	None	Araria	Shahnawaz Alam	AIMIM	RJD
51	Sikti	None	Araria	Vijay Kumar Mandal	BJP	BJP

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2019 Indian general elections: Araria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Singh	6,18,434	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	5,09,334	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	Tasleem Uddin	4,07,978	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