Araria Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Araria Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

Araria Lok Sabha Election Results 2014

Located within the geographic boundaries of the Araria district is the Parliamentary constituency of Araria. It is one of the 40 Lok Sabha seats which belong to the eastern Indian state of Bihar. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Araria Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 9) were 1,311,225 of which 621,510 are females and 689,715 are males.

This constituency was a Congress stronghold initially, before swinging towards the Janata Dal, and is finally in the hands of the BJP for the last few elections. Six Assembly segments comprise this parliamentary constituency, out of which Raniganj is reserved for SC candidates. Sukdeo Paswan is a popular leader of this constituency, having been elected MP from here five times. With a population of 2,806,200, as per the Census of 2011, the Araria district, which is part of the Purnia Division, is one of the most politically vital regions in the state. With agriculture as the dominant occupation, this district has been recognised as underdeveloped, and thus receives aid under the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Araria Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Araria parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Araria constituency is Shri Tasleem Uddin of RJD.

List of Assembly Constituencies in Araria Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Araria parliamentary constituency.