Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

The Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Between 1952 and 2019, the constituency elected candidates belonging to only Rajput caste to Lok Sabha. From 1989 to 2019, the constituency remained the space for political battle between the families of Satyendra Narayan Singh and Ram Naresh Singh. In 2024, Abhay Kushwaha defeated Sushil Kumar Singh, son of Ram Naresh Singh to become first non-Rajput parliamentarian from the constituency.^[1]

Aurangabad
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Kutumba Aurangabad Rafiganj Gurua Imamganj Tikari
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Abhay Kushwaha
Party	RJD
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
222	Kutumba (SC)	Aurangabad	Rajesh Kumar		INC		RJD
223	Aurangabad		Anand Shankar Singh		INC		RJD
224	Rafiganj		Mohammad Nehaluddin		RJD		RJD
225	Gurua	Gaya	Vinay Yadav		RJD		RJD
227	Imamganj (SC)		Deepa Manjhi		HAM		RJD
231	Tikari		Anil Kumar		HAM		RJD

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency, the first Member of Parliament from the constituency was eminent freedom fighter Shri Satyendra Narain Singh.^[2][3]

Year	Name	Party
1952	Satyendra Narayan Sinha		Indian National Congress
1957
1961^	Ramesh Prasad Singh
1962	Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi		Swatantra Party
1967	Mudrika Sinha		Indian National Congress
1971	Satyendra Narayan Sinha		Indian National Congress (O)
1977			Janata Party
1980
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Ram Naresh Singh		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Virendra Kumar Singh
1998	Sushil Kumar Singh		Samata Party
1999	Shyama Singh		Indian National Congress
2004	Nikhil Kumar
2009	Sushil Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2014			Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Abhay Kushwaha		Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Aurangabad^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Abhay Kushwaha	465,567	49.22	11.1
	BJP	Sushil Kumar Singh	3,86,456	40.86	4.97
	BSP	Sunesh Kumar	20,309	2.15	1.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	22,627	2.39
Majority			79,111
Turnout			9,46,044	50.43	3.24
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0437.htm

(#): Joint candidate (HAM(S) in MGB in 2019)

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushil Kumar Singh	431,541	45.83	+6.67
	HAM(S)	Upendra Prasad	3,58,934	38.12
	BSP	Naresh Yadav	34,033	3.61
	NOTA	None of the Above	22,632	2.4	+0.18
Majority			72,607	7.61
Turnout			9,35,469	53.67
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushil Kumar Singh	307,941	39.16
	INC	Nikhil Kumar	2,41,594	30.72
	JD(U)	Bagi Kumar Verma	1,36,137	17.31
	BSP	Santosh Kumar	27,833	3.54
	NOTA	None of the Above	17,454	2.22
Majority			66,347	7.71
Turnout			7,86,274	51.19
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sushil Kumar Singh	260,153	43.48
	RJD	Shakil Ahmad Khan	1,88,095	31.44
	INC	Nikhil Kumar	54,581	9.12
	BSP	Archna Chandra	45,173	7.55
Majority			72,058	12.04
Turnout			5,98,309	43.47
	JD(U) gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Aurangabad district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha