Gaya Lok Sabha constituency

Gaya Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of Bihar. In the 2024 Indian general election, Jitan Ram Manjhi secured this constituency by defeating Kumar Sarvjeet of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[1]

Gaya
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesSherghati
Barachatti
Bodh Gaya
Gaya Town
Belaganj
Wazirganj
Established1957
Total electors17,54,390
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  HAM(S)
AllianceNDA
Elected year2024
Preceded byVijay Kumar Manjhi,   JD(U)

Assembly segments

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Currently, the Gaya Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 lead
226 Sherghati Gaya Manju Agrawal RJD HAM
228 Barachatti (SC) Jyoti Devi HAM HAM
229 Bodh Gaya (SC) Kumar Sarvjeet RJD HAM
230 Gaya Town Prem Kumar BJP HAM
232 Belaganj Manorama Devi JD(U) RJD
234 Wazirganj Birendra Singh BJP HAM

Members of Parliament

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The following is the list of the MPs elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:[2][3]

Year Name Party
1957 Brajeshwar Prasad Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Ram Dhani Das
1971 Ishwar Chaudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Janata Party
1980 Ramswaroop Ram Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Ishwar Chaudhary Janata Dal
1991 Rajesh Kumar
1996 Bhagwati Devi
1998 Krishna Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Ramji Manjhi
2004 Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019 Vijay Manjhi Janata Dal (United)
2024 Jitan Ram Manjhi Hindustani Awam Morcha

Election results

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2024 Lok Sabha

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2024 Indian general elections: Gaya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
HAM(S) Jitan Ram Manjhi 494,960 51.36 +18.50
RJD Kumar Sarvjeet 3,93,148 40.80
NOTA None of the above 17,288 1.79
Majority 1,01,812 10.56
Turnout 9,63,676 52.76 −3.42
HAM(S) gain from JD(U) Swing

2019 Lok Sabha

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2019 Indian general elections: Gaya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Vijay Manjhi 467,007 48.79 +32.51
HAM(S) Jitan Ram Manjhi 3,14,581 32.86 +32.86
NOTA None of the above 30,030 3.14 +0.78
JDR Vijay Kumar Chaudhari 23,462 2.45 +2.45
API Shiv Shankar 20,464 2.14 +2.14
Majority 1,52,426 15.93 +1.66
Turnout 9,57,654 56.18 +2.26
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing

2014 Lok Sabha

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2014 Indian general elections: Gaya[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Manjhi 326,230 40.30
RJD Ramji Manjhi 2,10,726 26.03
JD(U) Jitan Ram Manjhi 1,31,828 16.28
JMM Ashok Kumar 36,863 4.55
IND Dr. Dev Kumar Choudhary 19,651 2.43 +2.43
Majority 1,15,504 14.27
Turnout 8,09,587 53.92
BJP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Result 2024 Gaya". Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014".
  5. ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 59. 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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