Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

Gaya
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentVijay Manjhi
Parliamentary PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1957
ReservationSC
StateBihar

Assembly segments

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

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

Election Name Party
1957 Brajeshwar Prasad Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Ram Dhani Das
1971 Ishwar Chaudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Janata Party
1980 Ramswaroop Ram Indian National Congress (I)
1984
1989 Ishwar Chaudhary Janata Dal
1991 Rajesh Kumar
1996 Bhagwati Devi
1998 Krishna Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Ramji Manjhi
2004 Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019 Vijay Manjhi Janata Dal (United)

Election results

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gaya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Vijay Kumar Manjhi 4,67,007 48.79 +32.51
HAM-Se 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
API 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

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

References

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