Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency

Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency is a stronghold of the Bhumihar caste.

Begusarai Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
Begusarai Lok Sabha in Bihar
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Cheria-Bariarpur, Bachhwara, Teghra, Matihani, Sahebpur Kamal, Begusarai and Bakhri
Established	1952
Total electors	19,58,382 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Giriraj Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party, minister, 2014–)
Alliance	NDA
Preceded by	Bhola Singh   BJP

Assembly segments

From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Begusarai	Raj Banshi Mahto		RJD		BJP
142	Bachhwara		Surendra Mehata		BJP		CPI
143	Teghra		Ram Ratan Singh		CPI		BJP
144	Matihani		Rajkumar Singh		JDU[a]		BJP
145	Sahebpur Kamal		Satanand Sambuddha		RJD		BJP
146	Begusarai		Kundan Kumar		BJP		BJP
147	Bakhri (SC)		Suryakant Paswan		CPI		BJP

1. won as LJP candidate but defected to JDU

List of Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Mathura Prasad Mishra		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Yogendra Sharma		Communist Party of India
1971	Shyam Nandan Mishra		Indian National Congress
1977			Janata Party
1980	Krishna Sahi		Indian National Congress
1984
1989	Lalit Vijay Singh		Janata Dal
1991	Krishna Sahi		Indian National Congress
1996	Ramendra Kumar		Independent
1998	Rajo Singh		Indian National Congress
1999
2004	Lalan Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2009	Monazir Hassan
2014	Bhola Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Giriraj Singh
2024

Source:^[2][3]

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election:^[4] Begusarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Giriraj Singh	649,331	50.15	6.33
	CPI	Awadhesh Kumar Rai	5,67,851	43.86	21.83
	NOTA	None of the above	22,382	1.73	0.06
Majority			81,480	6.29	28.16
Turnout			12,96,227	58.91	3.72
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Begusarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Giriraj Singh	692,193	56.48	+16.75
	CPI	Kanhaiya Kumar	2,69,976	22.03	+ 4.15
	RJD	Tanweer Hassan	1,98,233	16.17	−18.15
	IND.	Saurabh	18,638	1.52	New
	IND.	Shambhu Kumar Singh	10,019	0.82	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	20,445	1.67	−0.80
Majority			422,217	34.45	+29.04
Turnout			12,26,503	62.63	+2.03
	BJP hold		Swing

Sources:^[5][6]

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Begusarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Bhola Singh	428,227	39.73	New
	RJD	Tanweer Hassan	3,69,892	34.32	New
	CPI	Rajendra Prasad Singh	1,92,639	17.87	−5.08
	IND.	Vaij Nath Paswan	12,143	1.13	New
	IND.	Sushil Kumar	11,144	1.03	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	26,622	2.47	New
Majority			58,335	5.41	−0.28
Turnout			10,77,855	60.60	+11.85
	BJP gain from JDU		Swing	+11.09

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Begusarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Dr. Monazir Hassan	205,680	28.64
	CPI	Shatrughna Prasad Singh	1,64,843	22.95
	LJP	Anil Chaudhary	1,21,786	16.96
	INC	Amita Bhushan	74,565	10.38
	IND.	Narendra Kumar Singh	61,220	8.52
	IND.	Ram Dayal Bharti	21,389	2.98
Majority			40,837	5.69
Turnout			7,18,265	48.75
	JD(U) hold		Swing

See also

• Begusarai District
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha