Arrah Lok Sabha constituency

Arrah
Arrah
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Sandesh ; Barhara ; Arrah ; Agiaon ; Tarari; Jagdishpur ; Shahpur
Established	1957 (Shahabad) ; 1977 (Arrah)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Sudama Prasad; Ex MLA, Tarari
Party	CPI(ML)L
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A.
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Raj Kumar Singh; BJP

Arrah (formerly Shahabad) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar, India. It is a part of the Bhojpur district and comprises seven Assembly constituencies: Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur.

About

In 1977, the erstwhile Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency was renamed as Arrah Lok Sabha.

Social equation

The constituency was represented by only two parliamentarians till 1980. Bali Ram Bhagat, who hailed from Yadav caste and Chandradeo Prasad Verma, who was a member of Kushwaha (Koeri) caste were the parliamentarians, who had the distinction of getting elected from this seat for multiple times. After these two parliamentarians, the constituency elected different candidates everytime in next elections till 2009. This constituency is known for struggle between some caste groups for getting their men elected in Indian General Elections to Lok Sabha from the first General Elections itself.^[1]

Until 2004, only Yadav and Koeri candidates were elected in different elections, except in 1989, when Rameshwar Prasad, a member of Extremely Backward Caste was elected on the symbol of Indian People's Front. In 1996, 1998 and 1999 elections, Chandradeo Prasad Verma, Haridwar Prasad Singh and Ram Prasad Kushwaha, all three belonging to Koeri caste were elected from this constituency. From 2009 onwards, the candidates belonging to Rajput caste are getting elected.^[1]^[2]

Assembly segments

1976-2008

From 1976 to 2008, the Arrah Lok Sabha constituency had 6 Bihar Legislative Assembly seats. Maner and Paliganj from Patna district and Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah and Sahar from Bhojpur district.^[3]

2008-Present

Arrah Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Bihar Legislative Assembly seats, all from Bhojpur district.

No	Name	District	Member
192	Sandesh	Bhojpur	Kiran Devi Yadav	RJD	CPI(ML)L
193	Barhara		Raghvendra Pratap Singh	BJP	CPI(ML)L
194	Arrah		Amrendra Pratap Singh	BJP	BJP
195	Agiaon (SC)		Shiv Prakash Ranjan	CPI(ML)L	CPI(ML)L
196	Tarari		Vishal Prashant	BJP	CPI(ML)L
197	Jagdishpur		Ram Vishnun Singh	RJD	CPI(ML)L
198	Shahpur		Rahul Tiwari	RJD	CPI(ML)L

Members of Parliament

1952-1957

See Patna-cum-Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency for 1st Lok Sabha.

1957-1977

See Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency. It was in existence from 2nd to 5th Lok Sabha

1977-Present

As present day Arrah Lok Sabha constituency. It is in existence since the 6th Lok Sabha. The erstwhile Shahabad district was bifurcated into Bhojpur district (Arrah) and Rohtas district (Sasaram) in year 1972.

Year	Name
1977	Chandradeo Prasad Verma	Janata Party
1980	Chandradeo Prasad Verma	Janata Party (Secular)
1984	Bali Ram Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1989	Rameshwar Prasad	Indian People's Front
1991	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Janata Dal
1996	Chandradeo Prasad Verma	Janata Dal
1998	Haridwar Prasad Kushwaha	Samata Party
1999	Ram Prasad Kushwaha	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2004	Kanti Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Meena Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2014	R. K. Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	R. K. Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Sudama Prasad	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Arrah^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)L	Sudama Prasad	529,382	48.28	+9.49
	BJP	R. K. Singh	469,574	42.82	−9.6
	NOTA	None of the above	16,963	1.55	−0.47
Majority			59,808
Turnout			10,96,561
	CPI(ML)L gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Arrah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	R. K. Singh	566,480	52.42	+8.64
	CPI(ML)L	Raju Yadav	419,195	38.79	+27.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,825	2.02	+0.37
	BSP	Manoj Yadav	10,772	1.53
Majority			1,47,285	13.63	−1.58
Turnout			10,82,464	51.81	+2.85
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Arrah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	R. K. Singh	3,91,074	43.78
	RJD	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha	2,55,204	28.57
	CPI(ML)L	Raju Yadav	98,805	11.06
	JD(U)	Meena Singh	75,962	8.50
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Bharat Bhushan Pandey	10,950	1.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,703	1.65
Majority			1,35,870	15.21
Turnout			8,93,213	48.96
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Arrah Lok Sabha constituency, will BJP become victorious?". Hindustan. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "BJP wave seen in Agra, RK Singh elected for second time". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ Election Commission of India. "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Arrah". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

External links

Arrah lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[h1-1] "Arrah Lok Sabha constituency, will BJP become victorious?". Hindustan. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[2] "BJP wave seen in Agra, RK Singh elected for second time". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[3] "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Arrah-4] Election Commission of India. "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Arrah". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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