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
IncumbentMahabali Singh
Parliamentary PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2009
ReservationNone
StateBihar
Total Electors15,69,989

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 RJD JDU
212 Dehri Phate Bahadur Singh RJD JDU
213 Karakat Arun Singh CPIML JDU
219 Goh Aurangabad Bhim Yadav RJD RLSP
220 Obra Rishi Kumar Yadav RJD JDU
221 Nabinagar Vijay Kumar Singh RJD JDU

    Members of Parliament

    Source:[1][2]

    Year Name 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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