Araria Lok Sabha constituency

For other places with same/similar name, see Araria (disambiguation).

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]

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
Incumbent Pradeep Kumar Singh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam   RJD

Assembly segments

Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
46	Narpatganj	Araria	Jai Prakash Yadav		BJP		BJP
47	Raniganj (SC)		Achmit Rishidev		JDU		BJP
48	Forbesganj		Vidya Sagar Keshri		BJP		BJP
49	Araria		Avidur Rahman		INC		RJD
50	Jokihat		Shahnawaz Alam		RJD		RJD
51	Sikti		Vijay Kumar Mandal		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1967	Tulmohan Ram		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Mahendra Narayan Sardar		Janata Party
1980	Dumar Lal Baitha		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Sukdeo Paswan		Janata Dal
1991
1996
1998	Ramjidas Rishidev		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Sukdeo Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004			Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Pradeep Kumar Singh
2014	Taslimuddin		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2018^	Sarfaraz Alam
2019	Pradeep Kumar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

^ by poll

Source:^[2]

Election results

2024

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
	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

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

2018 By election

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

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