Karakat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Karakat
Existence2009 - present
Reservationnone
Current MPMahabali Singh
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected Year2019
StateBihar
Total Electors1569989
Most Successful PartyJD(U)

Karakat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments[]

Presently, Karakat Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
211 Nokha None Rohtas Anita Devi RJD JD(U)
212 Dehri None Rohtas Phate Bahadur Singh RJD JD(U)
213 Karakat None Rohtas Arun Singh CPI(ML)L JD(U)
219 Goh None Aurangabad Bhim Kumar Singh RJD RLSP
220 Obra None Aurangabad Rishi Kumar RJD JD(U)
221 Nabinagar None Aurangabad Vijay Kumar Singh RJD JD(U)

Members of Parliament[1][2][]


Year Winner Party
2009 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United)
2014 Upendra Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
2019 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United)

Election results[]

2019 Indian general elections: Karakat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Mahabali Singh 3,98,408 47.21
RLSP Upendra Kushwaha 3,13,866 37.19
NOTA None of the Above 22,104 2.62
BSP Raj Narayan Tiwari 21,715 2.56
Majority 84,542 9.73
Turnout 8,69,546 49.09
JD(U) gain from RLSP Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Karakat[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RLSP Upendra Kushwaha 3,38,892 42.90
RJD Kanti Singh 2,33,651 29.58
JD(U) Mahabali Singh 76,709 9.79
BSP Sanjay Kewat 45,503 5.76
Majority 1,05,241 13.32
Turnout 7,90,361 50.01
RLSP gain from JD(U) Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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