Nawada Lok Sabha constituency

Nawada is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Nawada
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Barbigha Rajauli Hisua Nawada Gobindpur Warisaliganj
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vivek Thakur S/O : Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Chandan Singh Won as :   LJP Current :   RLJP

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
170	Barbigha	Sheikhpura	Sudarshan Kumar		JDU		BJP
235	Rajauli (SC)	Nawada	Prakash Veer		RJD		BJP
236	Hisua		Nitu Kumari		INC		BJP
237	Nawada		Vibha Devi		RJD		BJP
238	Gobindpur		Md Kamran		RJD		RJD
239	Warisaliganj		Aruna Devi		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:^[1]

Year	Name	Party
1952	Brajeshwar Prasad		Indian National Congress
	Ram Dhani Das
1957	Satyabhama Devi
	Ram Dhani Das
1962	Ram Dhani Das
1967	Surya Prakash Puri		Independent
1971	Sukhdeo Prasad Verma		Indian National Congress
1977	Nathuni Ram		Janata Party
1980	Kunwar Ram		Indian National Congress
1984
1989	Prem Pradeep		Communist Party of India
1991	Prem Chand Ram
1996	Kameshwar Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Malti Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Sanjay Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Virchandra Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Bhola Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Giriraj Singh
2019	Chandan Singh		Lok Jan Shakti Party
2024	Vivek Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Nawada^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vivek Thakur	410,608	47.2
	RJD	Shravan Kushwaha	3,42,938	39.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,592
	BSP	Ranjit Kumar	16,316
	Independent	Binod Yadav	39,519	4.54
	Independent	Gunjan Kumar	29,682	3.41
Majority			67,670
Turnout			8,71,838	43.37	−6.46
	BJP gain from LJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Nawada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Chandan Singh	495,684	52.59	N/A
	RJD	Vibha Devi	3,47,612	36.88	+8.6%
	NOTA	None of the Above	35,147	3.73	+2.88%
Majority			1,48,072	15.71
Turnout			9,44,691	49.73	−2.45%
	LJP gain from BJP		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Nawada^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Giriraj Singh	3,90,248	44.12	+21.66
	RJD	Raj Ballabh Prasad	2,50,091	28.28	N/A
	JD(U)	Kaushal Yadav	1,68,217	19.02	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,489	0.85
Majority			1,40,187	15.45
Turnout			8,84,474	52.18	+10.56
	BJP hold		Swing	+21.66