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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
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|label1 = Existence
|data1 = 1952 - present

|label2 = Reservation
|data2 = SC

|label3 = Current MP
|data3 = [[Vijay Manjhi]]

|label4 = Party
|data4 = [[Janata Dal (United)]]

|label5 = Elected Year
|data5 = [[Indian general election, 2014 (Bihar)|2019]]

|label6 = State
|data6 = [[Bihar]]

|label7 = Total Electors
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|label8 = Most Successful Party
|data8 = [[Indian National Congress]] (6 times)

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'''Gaya Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Bihar]] state in eastern [[India]].

==Assembly segments==
Presently, Gaya Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:

{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
! width="150px" |MLA
!width="150px" colspan=2|Party
!width="150px" colspan=2|Party Leading<br/>(in 2019)
|-
|226
|[[Sherghati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sherghati]]
|None
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|Manju Agrawal
|bgcolor=#008000| ||[[RJD]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|228
|[[Barachatti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barachatti]]
|SC
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|Jyoti Devi
|bgcolor="{{party color|Hindustani Awam Morcha}}"| ||[[Hindustani Awam Morcha|HAM(S)]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|229
|[[Bodh Gaya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bodh Gaya]]
|SC
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|[[Kumar Sarvjeet]]
|bgcolor=#008000| ||[[RJD]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|230
|[[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]]
|None
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|[[Prem Kumar (politician)|Prem Kumar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933| ||[[BJP]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|232
|[[Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belaganj]]
|None
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|[[Surendra Prasad Yadav]]
|bgcolor=#008000| ||[[RJD]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|234
|[[Wazirganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Wazirganj]]
|None
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]]
|Birendra Singh
|bgcolor=#FF9933| ||[[BJP]]
|bgcolor=#003366| ||[[JD(U)]]
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm |date=January 31, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx "Lok Sabha Former Members"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616190202/http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx |date=June 16, 2008 }}</ref>
<br />
{| class="sortable" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1952^
|Vijneshwar Missir
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Brajeshwar Prasad]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Brajeshwar Prasad]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[Ram Dhani Das]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|Ishwar Choudhary
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|Ishwar Choudhary
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[Ram Swaroop Ram]]
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[Ram Swaroop Ram]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|Ishwar Choudhary
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|Rajesh Kumar
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Bhagwati Devi]]
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|Krishna Kumar Chaudhary
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[Ramji Manjhi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Rajesh Kumar Manjhi]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Hari Manjhi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Hari Manjhi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Vijay Kumar Manjhi]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|}

==Election results==
===General elections 2019===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Vijay Kumar Manjhi]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |votes      = 4,67,007
  |percentage = 48.79
  |change     = +32.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
  |party      = Hindustani Awam Morcha
  |votes      = 3,14,581
  |percentage = 32.86
  |change     = +32.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |party      = None of the above
  |votes      = 30,030
  |percentage = 3.14
  |change     = +0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate |
  |party  = JDR
  |candidate    = Vijay Kumar Chaudhari
  |votes      = 23,462
  |percentage = 2.45
  |change     = +2.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Shiv Shankar
  |party      = Ambedkarite Party of India
  |votes      = 20,464
  |percentage = 2.14
  |change     = +2.14
}}
{{Election box majority|
   |votes      =1,52,426
   |percentage = 15.93
   |change     = +1.66
 }}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      =9,57,654
   |percentage = 56.18
   |change     = +2.26
 }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
   |winner     = Janata Dal (United)
   |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party
   |swing      = 
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2014===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0438.htm?ac=38 |title=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf | title=General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2015-09-23 |page=59}}</ref><ref name=web-arch-turnout>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |publisher=ECI New Delhi |access-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[Hari Manjhi]]
  |votes      = 3,26,230	
  |percentage = 40.30
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Ramji Manjhi
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal	
  |votes      = 2,10,726
  |percentage = 26.03
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |votes      = 1,31,828
  |percentage = 16.28
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Ashok Kumar
  |party      = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	
  |votes      = 36,863
  |percentage = 4.55
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate |
  |candidate  = Dr. Dev Kumar Choudhary
  |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]
  |votes      = 19,651
  |percentage = 2.43
  |change     = +2.43
}}
{{Election box majority|
   |votes      =1,15,504
   |percentage = 14.27
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 8,09,587
   |percentage = 53.92
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
   |winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |swing      = 
 }}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Gaya district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/gaya/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Gaya lok sabha  constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Gaya district]]