Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency

Parliamentary constituency in Bihar, India

Aurangabad

Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| Bihar
Assembly constituencies| Kutumba
Aurangabad
Rafiganj
Gurua
Imamganj
Tikari
Established| 1952
Reservation| None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Abhay Kushwaha

Party|   RJD
Elected year| 2024

The Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Between 1952 and 2019, the constituency elected candidates belonging to only Rajput caste to Lok Sabha. From 1989 to 2019, the constituency remained the space for political battle between the families of Satyendra Narayan Singh and Ram Naresh Singh. In 2024, Abhay Kushwaha defeated Sushil Kumar Singh, son of Ram Naresh Singh to become first non-Rajput parliamentarian from the constituency.[1]

## Assembly segments

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Presently, Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#  | Name  | District  | Member  | Party  | 2024 lead

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222  | Kutumba (SC)  | Aurangabad | Rajesh Kumar |  | INC |  | RJD
223  | Aurangabad | Anand Shankar Singh |  | INC |  | RJD
224  | Rafiganj | Mohammad Nehaluddin |  | RJD |  | RJD
225  | Gurua | Gaya | Vinay Yadav |  | RJD |  | RJD
227  | Imamganj (SC)  | Deepa Manjhi |  | HAM |  | RJD
231  | Tikari | Anil Kumar |  | HAM |  | RJD

## Members of Parliament

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The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency, the first Member of Parliament from the constituency was eminent freedom fighter Shri Satyendra Narain Singh.[2][3]

Year  | Name  | Party

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1952 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha |  | Indian National Congress
1957
1961^  | Ramesh Prasad Singh
1962 | Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi  |  | Swatantra Party
1967 | Mudrika Sinha |  | Indian National Congress
1971 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha |  | Indian National Congress (O)
1977 |  | Janata Party
1980
1984 |  | Indian National Congress
1989 | Ram Naresh Singh |  | Janata Dal
1991
1996 | Virendra Kumar Singh
1998 | Sushil Kumar Singh |  | Samata Party
1999 | Shyama Singh |  | Indian National Congress
2004 | Nikhil Kumar
2009 | Sushil Kumar Singh |  | Janata Dal (United)
2014 |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 | Abhay Kushwaha |  | Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ by poll

## Election results

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### 2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Aurangabad[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| RJD | Abhay Kushwaha | 465,567  | 49.22  | 11.1
| BJP | Sushil Kumar Singh | 3,86,456  | 40.86  | 4.97
| BSP | Sunesh Kumar  | 20,309  | 2.15  | 1.46
| NOTA | None of the Above | 22,627  | 2.39  |
Majority | 79,111  |  |
Turnout | 9,46,044  | 50.43  | 3.24
| RJD gain from BJP | Swing |  |

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0437.htm

(#): Joint candidate (HAM(S) in MGB in 2019)

### 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Sushil Kumar Singh | 431,541  | 45.83  | +6.67
| HAM(S) | Upendra Prasad | 3,58,934  | 38.12  |
| BSP | Naresh Yadav  | 34,033  | 3.61  |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 22,632  | 2.4  | +0.18
Majority | 72,607  | 7.61  |
Turnout | 9,35,469  | 53.67  |
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

### General elections 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar[5][6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Sushil Kumar Singh | 307,941  | 39.16  |
| INC | Nikhil Kumar | 2,41,594  | 30.72  |
| JD(U) | Bagi Kumar Verma | 1,36,137  | 17.31  |
| BSP | Santosh Kumar  | 27,833  | 3.54  |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 17,454  | 2.22  |
Majority | 66,347  | 7.71  |
Turnout | 7,86,274  | 51.19  |
| BJP gain from JD(U) | Swing |  |

### General Elections 2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Aurangabad, Bihar Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| JD(U) | Sushil Kumar Singh | 260,153  | 43.48  |
| RJD | Shakil Ahmad Khan  | 1,88,095  | 31.44  |
| INC | Nikhil Kumar | 54,581  | 9.12  |
| BSP | Archna Chandra  | 45,173  | 7.55  |
Majority | 72,058  | 12.04  |
Turnout | 5,98,309  | 43.47  |
| JD(U) gain from INC | Swing |  |

## See also

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* Aurangabad district
* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

## References

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1. ^ "First non Rajput candidate wins Bihar's Chittorgarh". Hindustan. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
2. ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Result 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
5. ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2016. 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.

## External links

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