Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 1957 and from 1957 to 2019, the constituency has elected six parliamentarians from the Yadav caste as well as five parliamentarians from the Kushwaha caste. Both the Yadav and Kushwaha communities are preponderant in this constituency and dominate the political scenario.
History In this constituency a total of eleven candidates from Yadav and Koeri caste has been elected between 1957 and 2019 general elections. The Koeri candidates who became MPs from this constituency are Kameshwar Prasad Singh, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma, Satish Prasad Singh, Shakuni Choudhury and Renu Kushwaha. In 2024 Indian general elections, the INDIA alliance put Sanjay Kushwaha against Rajesh Verma of National Democratic Alliance. Sanjay Kushwaha who belonged to Koeri caste was sought as candidate to fulfill region's caste dynamics. The CPI(M) candidate Sanjay Kumar was also picked up by alliance as his father Yogendra Singh Kushwaha has been an MLA from Khagaria Assembly constituency located within this Lok Sabha constituency and the voters were supposed to prefer local candidate against outsider. Besides this, according to CPI(M)'s official social media handles, Kushwaha is a nephew of Indian independence activist Prabhu Narayan, who was martyred during 1942 Quit India movement, while trying to unfurl India's national flag, at the age of 21.
Assembly segments
Since last delimitation exercise, from 2009 Lok Sabha elections Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead76Simri BakhtiarpurSaharsaSanjay Kumar SinghLJP(RV)140HasanpurSamastipurRaj Kumar Ray148Alauli (SC) KhagariaRam Chandra Sada149KhagariaBablu Kumar150BeldaurPanna Lal Singh Patel151ParbattaBabulal ShoryaLJP(RV)
Members of Parliament Source:"Election Commission of India" "Lok Sabha Former Members"
YearNameParty1957Jiyalal Mandal 19621967Kameshwar Prasad Singh 1971Shiva Shankar Prasad Yadav1977Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav1980Satish Prasad Singh 1984Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma1989Ram Sharan Yadav 19911996Anil Kumar Yadav1998Shakuni Choudhary1999Renu KushawahaJanata Dal (United)2004Rabindra Kumar Rana2009Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)2014Mehboob Ali Kaiser 20192024Rajesh Verma
Election results 2024
2019
General elections 2014
See also Khagaria district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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