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.
Arrah Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
| R. K. Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 560106 | 0 | 6374 | 566480 | 52.42 | Winner |
| Raju Yadav | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 418266 | 0 | 929 | 419195 | 38.79 | 1st Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 21763 | 0 | 62 | 21825 | 2.02 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Shiv Das Singh | Independent | 13768 | 0 | 5 | 13773 | 1.27 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Raj Giri Bhagat | Shoshit Samaj Dal | 12592 | 0 | 6 | 12598 | 1.17 | 4th Runner-up |
| Manoj Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | 10498 | 0 | 280 | 10778 | 1 | 5th Runner-up |
| Dr. Kumar Sheelbhadra | Independent | 9139 | 0 | 23 | 9162 | 0.85 | 6th Runner-up |
| Lakshaman Kumar Ojha | Independent | 7894 | 0 | 8 | 7902 | 0.73 | 7th Runner-up |
| Anil Kumar Singh | Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia) | 7018 | 0 | 23 | 7041 | 0.65 | 8th Runner-up |
| Ram Raj Singh | Independent | 4551 | 0 | 4 | 4555 | 0.42 | 9th Runner-up |
| Krishna Paswan | Bhartiya Kranti Vir Party | 3745 | 0 | 33 | 3778 | 0.35 | 10th Runner-up |
| Bharat Bhushan Pandey | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 3579 | 0 | 18 | 3597 | 0.33 | 11th Runner-up |
The district of Bhojpur houses the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency, which is one of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state of Bihar.Bhojpur is one of the 38 administrative districts in this eastern Indian state, and has the town of Arrah (Ara) as its administrative headquarters. The total number of electorates in the Arrah Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 32) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,555,122 of which 855,070 are males and 700,052 are females.
Seven Assembly segments make up this Parliamentary constituency. Out of these, Agiaon is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Bali Ram Bhagat of the Indian National Congress has remained the most popular leader in the Arrah constituency. He was elected to the Arrah seat as Member of Parliament for six Lok Sabha elections since 1952. The Bhojpur district has a total population of 2,720,155 (2011 estimates). Though agriculture is the primary occupation of the people of the Bhojpur district, a number of medium- and small-scale industries, along with cottage industries, are present. Nonetheless, this district has been identified as one of the 250 backward districts in the state, receiving funds under the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme of the Indian Government.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Arrah Parliamentary Constituency
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Arrah 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 Arrah constituency is Raj Kumar Singh of BJP.
| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|
| 2014 | 32 | Arrah | Gen | Raj Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 391074 | Sribhagwan Singh Kushwaha | M | RJD | 255204 |
| 2009 | 32 | Arrah | GEN | Singh,Smt. Meena | F | JD(U) | 212726 | Rama Kishore Singh | M | LJP | 138006 |
| 2004 | 33 | Arrah | GEN | Kanti Singh | F | RJD | 299422 | Ram Naresh Ram | M | CPI(ML)(L) | 149679 |
| 1999 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Ram Prasad Singh | M | RJD | 264140 | H P Singh | M | JD(U) | 171858 |
| 1998 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | H.P.Singh | M | SAP | 286286 | Chandra Deo Prasad Verma | M | RJD | 228122 |
| 1996 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Chandra Deo Prasad Verma | M | JD | 192046 | Ram Prasad Singh | M | SAP | 151005 |
| 1991 | 34 | Arrah | GEN | Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav | M | JD | 275320 | Surajdeo Singh | M | JP | 219972 |
| 1989 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | IPF | 178211 | Tulsi Singh | M | JD | 161771 |
| 1984 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Bali Ram Bhagat | M | INC | 227206 | Noor Ahmad | M | LKD | 72284 |
| 1980 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Chandradeo Prasad Verma | M | JNP(S) | 158533 | Imamul Hai Khan | M | JNP | 149584 |
| 1977 | 36 | Arrah | GEN | Chandradeo Prasad Verma | M | BLD | 323913 | Baliram Bhagat | M | INC | 113036 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Arrah Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Arrah parliamentary constituency.
| Names of Assembly Constituencies |
|---|
| Sandesh | Barhara | Arrah |
| Agiaon (SC) | Tarari | Jagdishpur |
| Shahpur | - | - |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021