Karakat Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Karakat Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established2009
Total electors15,69,989
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2019

Caste and communities

The caste data of this constituency shows that there are 2 lakh voters belonging to each of Koeri (Kushwaha), Rajput and Yadav communities. For last few elections, the constituency has been a place of contest between Mahabali Singh and Upendra Kushwaha, both belonging to Koeri caste.[1][2]

Assembly segments

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

No Name District Member Party 2019 lead
211 Nokha Rohtas Anita Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal Janata Dal
212 Dehri Phate Bahadur Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Janata Dal
213 Karakat Arun Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Janata Dal
219 Goh Aurangabad Bhim Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
220 Obra Rishi Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Janata Dal
221 Nabinagar Vijay Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Janata Dal

    Members of Parliament

    Source:[3][4]

    Year Name Party
    2009 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal
    2014 Upendra Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
    2019 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal

    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[5][6]
    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. "Bihar's Karakat, battle of prestige for Upendra Kushwaha and Nitish Kumar". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
    2. "Lok Sabha elections 2019: Caste, Kushwaha's switch deciding factors in Karakat". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
    3. "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
    4. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    5. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    6. "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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