Araria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. In 2024, the incumbent Pradeep Kumar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party again won the election from this constituency.
According to the 2011 census Araria district has a population of 2,811,569, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Utah. This gives it a ranking of 139th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 30%. Araria has a sex ratio of 921 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 55.1%. 6.00% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.61% and 1.38% of the population respectively.
Demographics
Hinduism is the majority religion. Muslims are majority in Araria and Jokihat blocks, and are in near-majority in Palasi block. BlockHindu %Muslim %Other %Narpatganj70.45 29.230.32Forbesganj62.56 36.990.45Bhargama75.26 24.520.22Raniganj69.09 30.30.61Araria39.0160.610.38 kursakanta74.79 24.920.29 Sikti65.09 34.730.18Palasi51.0948.460.45Jokihat21.3978.380.23
Assembly segments Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments: #NameDistrictMember Party 2024 lead46Narpatganj ArariaDevanti Yadav47Raniganj (SC)Avinash Manglam48ForbesganjManoj Bishwas49ArariaAvidur Rahman50JokihatMurshid Alam51SiktiVijay Kumar Mandal
Members of Parliament YearNameParty1967Tulmohan Ram 19711977Mahendra Narayan Sardar1980Dumar Lal BaithaIndian National Congress (I)1984 1989Sukdeo Paswan 199119961998Ramji Das Rishidev1999Sukdeo Paswan2004 2009Pradeep Kumar Singh2014Mohammed Taslimuddin 2018^Sarfaraz Alam2019Pradeep Kumar Singh2024 ^ by poll
Source:"Election Commission of India"
Election results
General Elections 2024
2024
General Elections 2019 2019
2018 By election
General Elections 2014 2014
General Elections 2009 2009
General Elections 2004 2004
References
See also Araria district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha