Karakat Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Bihar and cast its vote in the 2019 election on the last phase of elections being held on May 19.
Bihar witnessed 53.55 per cent voting in as many seats in the seventh phase.
Upendra Kushwaha of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, Raj Narayan Tiwari of Bahujan Samaj Party and Ghanshyam Tiwari of Samajwadi Party are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Karakat Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
Voting for Lok Sabha election in Bihar are being held in all the seven phases and counting will be held on May 23.
Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Karakat Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.
Bihar Lok Sabha Constituencies: All you need to know
| Serial No. | Name Of Candidate | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPENDRA KUSHWAHA | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |
| 2 | MAHABALI SINGH | Janata Dal (United) |
| 3 | RAJ NARAYAN TIWARI | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 4 | ARIF ISAIN HUSAIN | Janta Dal Rashtravadi |
| 5 | USHA SHARAN | Shoshit Samaj Dal |
| 6 | KAMLESH RAM (PRASAD) | Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party |
| 7 | GORAKH RAM | Voters Party International |
| 8 | GHANSHYAM TIWARI | Samajwadi Party |
| 9 | JYOTI RASHMI | Rashtra Sewa Dal |
| 10 | NAND KISHOR YADAV | Swaraj Party (Loktantrik) |
| 11 | PRITHVI NATH PRASAD | Asli Deshi Party |
| 12 | PRAKASH CHANDRA GOYAL | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) |
| 13 | PRADEEP CHOUHAN | Bihar Lok Nirman Dal |
| 14 | MANOJ SINGH KUSHVAHA | Jai Prakash Janata Dal |
| 15 | MAMTA PANDEY | Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular) |
| 16 | MOHAMMAD ATAHAR HUSAIN | Ambedkar National Congress |
| 17 | RAJA RAM SINGH | Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) (Liberation) |
| 18 | RAMJEE SINGH KANTA | Akhil Hind Forward Bloc (Krantikari) |
| 19 | SHASHIKANT SINGH | Bharatiya Momin Front |
| 20 | ABHIRAM PRIYADARSHI | Independent |
| 21 | KUMAR SAURABH | Independent |
| 22 | DHARMENDRA SINGH | Independent |
| 23 | NEELAM KUMARI | Independent |
| 24 | PUNAM DEVI | Independent |
| 25 | RAM AYODHYA SINGH | Independent |
| 26 | RAMESHWAR SINGH | Independent |
| 27 | BASUDEO HAZARIKA | Independent |
Also read: Karakat Lok Sabha Constituency
This constituency covers six assembly segments– Bikramganj, Dehri, Karakat, Goh, Obra and Nabinagar.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Upendra Kushwaha of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party – won by getting a margin of over 1 lakh votes. He had defeated Kanti Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Kushwaha had secured 338892 votes while Singh got 233651 votes.
