Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Karakat constituency, Bihar

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency profile: Karakat , Bihar

Karakat in Bihar’s Rohtas district is held by Upendra Kushwaha of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency profile: Karakat , Bihar(Hindustan Times)

Upendra Kushwaha won the general seat after defeating the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD’s) Kanti Singh. Mahabali Singh of the Janata Dal (United) won from the seat in 2009, a year after it was formed as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.

State: Bihar

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Karakat

Date of voting: May 19

2019 candidates: Mahabali Singh (JD-U) , Upendra Kushwaha, RLSP

Sitting MP, Party: Upendra Kushwaha, RLSP

Winning margin in 2014: 105,241

Runner up name, party: Kanti Singh, RJD

Number of voters in 2014: 789,927

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 50.31%

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,607

Number of women voters: 724,282