Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Valmiki Nagar [ edit ]
Current MP Satish Chandra Dubey
Party BJP
Elected Year 2014
State Bihar
Total Electors 1,456,598
Most Successful Party Janata Dal (United) (1 times)
Assembly
Constituencies
Valmiki Nagar

Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: वाल्मीकि नगर लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments

This constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Valmiki Nagar, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Sikta.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2009 Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United)
2014 Satish Chandra Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Valmiki Nagar [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Satish Chandra Dubey 364013 40.44%
INC Purnmasi Ram 246218 27.35%
JD(U) Baidya Nath Prasad Mahato 81612 9.07%
BSP Shailesh Kumar Diwakar 11668 1.30%
Independent Dilip Verma 58817 6.53%
Independent Amar Sahani 35888 3.99%
Independent Prof Amresh Prasad 27603 3.07%
NOTA None of the Above 15515 1.72%
Majority
Turnout 900127 61.80%
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing

See also

References

  1. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 47. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  2. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

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