Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Araria (Bihar) was won by Pradeep Kumar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 137,241 votes over Sarfaraz Alam. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Araria, Bihar, from 1967 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1967–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1967
T. M. Ram
Indian National Congress
119,954
51.2%
J. Ram (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
70,649 (30.2 pts)
1971
Tul Mohan Ram
Indian National Congress
134,162
66.6%
Dumar Lal Baitha (Congress (O))
83,185 (41.3 pts)
1977
Mahendra Narayan Sardar
Bharatiya Lok Dal
221,829
65.4%
Dumar Lal Baitha (Indian National Congress)
108,534 (32.0 pts)
1980
Dumar Lal Baitha
Congress (I)
189,309
49.3%
Nawal Kishore Bharti (Janata Party (Secular))
62,824 (16.4 pts)
1984
Doomar Lal Baitha
Indian National Congress
294,582
63.9%
Mahendra Nasardar (LKD)
198,886 (43.1 pts)
1989
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
245,693
44.1%
Dumar Lal Bhitha (Indian National Congress)
72,655 (13.0 pts)
1991
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
292,887
53.6%
Sukha Paswan (Bharatiya Janata Party)
170,994 (31.3 pts)
1996
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
250,263
42.8%
Ramji Rishideo (Bharatiya Janata Party)
48,278 (8.3 pts)
1998
Ramje Das Rishideo
Bharatiya Janata Party
309,233
45.6%
Geeta Devi (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
33,937 (5.0 pts)
1999
Sukdeo Paswan
Rashtriya Janata Dal
308,579
48.3%
Parmanand Rishidev (Bharatiya Janata Party)
2,169 (0.3 pts)
2004
Sukdeo Paswan
Bharatiya Janata Party
216,677
33.2%
Ramji Das Rishideo (Samajwadi Party)
27,744 (4.2 pts)
2009
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
282,742
38.7%
Zakir Hussain Khan (LJP)
22,502 (3.1 pts)
2014
Tasleem Uddin
Rashtriya Janata Dal
407,978
41.8%
Pradeep Kumar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
146,504 (15.0 pts)
2019
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
618,434
53.8%
Sarfaraz Alam (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
137,241 (11.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
T. M. Ram
Indian National Congress
119,954
51.2%
J. Ram
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
49,305
21.1%
A. L. Paswan
Samyukta Socialist Party
33,565
14.3%
B. Das
Praja Socialist Party
31,249
13.4%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tul Mohan Ram
Indian National Congress
134,162
66.6%
Dumar Lal Baitha
Congress (O)
50,977
25.3%
Bal Bodh Paswan
Praja Socialist Party
7,486
3.7%
Yashoda Devi
Independent
5,811
2.9%
Laldeo Paswan
Socialist Party
1,610
0.8%
Adhikilal Paswan
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,508
0.7%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mahendra Narayan Sardar
Bharatiya Lok Dal
221,829
65.4%
Dumar Lal Baitha
Indian National Congress
113,295
33.4%
Janak Lal Rishi
Independent
4,269
1.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dumar Lal Baitha
Congress (I)
189,309
49.3%
Nawal Kishore Bharti
Janata Party (Secular)
126,485
32.9%
Mahendra Narayan Sardar
Janata Party
58,390
15.2%
Harilal Ram
Independent
3,449
0.9%
Lakshmi N. Ram
Independent
3,085
0.8%
Anuplal Paswan
Independent
2,521
0.7%
Adhik Lal Sada
Independent
672
0.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Doomar Lal Baitha
Indian National Congress
294,582
63.9%
Mahendra Nasardar
LKD
95,696
20.7%
Ram Prasad Ram
Communist Party of India
38,995
8.5%
Bundel Paswan
Janata Party
13,840
3.0%
Narayan Kumar Ram
Independent
6,105
1.3%
Babulal Paswan
Independent
4,630
1.0%
Lakshmi Na. Ram
Independent
2,803
0.6%
Sukhdev Paswan
Independent
2,009
0.4%
Sukdev Mallick
Independent
1,557
0.3%
Ashok Kumar Ram
Independent
1,030
0.2%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
245,693
44.1%
Dumar Lal Bhitha
Indian National Congress
173,038
31.0%
D.M.Ram
Independent
89,668
16.1%
Lalan Ram
Independent
10,335
1.9%
Ramansada
Independent
10,303
1.8%
Ishawar Dayal Dass
Independent
7,627
1.4%
Ramanand Rishi
Independent
6,746
1.2%
Lakshmi Ram
Independent
4,625
0.8%
Mishri Sada
Independent
4,091
0.7%
Rambaran Pa
DDP
2,765
0.5%
Balkrishna Rajak
Independent
1,442
0.3%
Satya Na Writer
Independent
968
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
292,887
53.6%
Sukha Paswan
Bharatiya Janata Party
121,893
22.3%
Dumar Lal Baitha
Indian National Congress
109,684
20.1%
Dilip Paswan
Independent
5,629
1.0%
Bundel Paswan
Janata Party
4,620
0.8%
Bindeshwari Sardar
Independent
3,694
0.7%
Ishwar Dayal Das
Independent
1,674
0.3%
Babu Lal Paswan
Independent
1,539
0.3%
Kamleshwari Paswan
Independent
1,019
0.2%
Babujee Rishi
Independent
928
0.2%
Ramanand Rishi
Independent
882
0.2%
Laxmi Ram
Independent
752
0.1%
Satya Narayan Riter
Independent
591
0.1%
Ram Sharan Ram
Independent
267
0.0%
Ram Bilas Razak
Independent
246
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
250,263
42.8%
Ramji Rishideo
Bharatiya Janata Party
201,985
34.6%
Hari Prasad Baishyantri
Indian National Congress
91,873
15.7%
Babujee Rishideo
Independent
10,508
1.8%
Babulal Paswan
Independent
8,549
1.5%
Vijay Rajak
Independent
6,648
1.1%
Buddhadeo Rishideo
Independent
2,161
0.4%
Shambhu Sharan Ram
Independent
1,439
0.2%
Ad. Bal Krishna Raj Choudhary
Independent
1,431
0.2%
Chandradeo Rishideo
Independent
1,352
0.2%
Yubraj Paswan
Independent
1,271
0.2%
Chandra Mohan Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,226
0.2%
Bideshi Das
Independent
1,146
0.2%
Sita Ram Ram
Independent
836
0.1%
Lakshmi Ram
RMEP
745
0.1%
Bhuwneshwar Sada
Independent
615
0.1%
Bidyanand Rishideo
Independent
581
0.1%
Narayan Das
Independent
541
0.1%
Asharfi Sada
Independent
352
0.1%
Ram Kumar Baitha
Independent
322
0.1%
Satya Narayan Writer
Shiv Sena
293
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramje Das Rishideo
Bharatiya Janata Party
309,233
45.6%
Geeta Devi
Rashtriya Janata Dal
275,296
40.6%
Sukdeo Paswan
Janata Dal
71,790
10.6%
Ramdeo Rishideo
Independent
10,752
1.6%
Vishwanath Paswan
Janata Party
7,839
1.2%
Chunni Lal Rajvanshi
Independent
3,829
0.6%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sukdeo Paswan
Rashtriya Janata Dal
308,579
48.3%
Parmanand Rishidev
Bharatiya Janata Party
306,410
48.0%
Ramjee Prasad
AJBP
9,382
1.5%
Bahuran Rishideo
Independent
4,385
0.7%
Bilat Paswan Vihangan
BHJC
3,964
0.6%
Buddhadeo Rishideo
Independent
3,539
0.6%
Lalu Paswan
Independent
1,535
0.2%
Rameshwar Ram
Independent
852
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sukdeo Paswan
Bharatiya Janata Party
216,677
33.2%
Ramji Das Rishideo
Samajwadi Party
188,933
29.0%
Ram Sewak Hazari
LJP
173,502
26.6%
Narayan Kumar Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
17,316
2.7%
Satya Narayan Writer
Independent
11,946
1.8%
Nand Lal Paswan
Independent
8,033
1.2%
Arun Kumar Rajak
IJP
7,905
1.2%
Daya Chand Kataria
Independent
6,260
1.0%
Pushpa Nand Rishideo
Independent
6,094
0.9%
Rajdhar Paswan
Shiv Sena
4,807
0.7%
Lalu Paswan
Independent
4,661
0.7%
Om Prakash Paswan
AD
3,367
0.5%
Jagdeo Ram
SAP
2,938
0.5%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
282,742
38.7%
Zakir Hussain Khan
LJP
260,240
35.6%
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan
Indian National Congress
49,649
6.8%
Dinesh Rathour
Independent
27,308
3.7%
Prince Victor
Independent
22,264
3.0%
Raja Raman Bhaskar
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,578
1.4%
Laxmi Sada
Independent
9,487
1.3%
Sukdeo Paswan
Independent
9,015
1.2%
Mohammed Saifur Rab
Independent
6,936
0.9%
Pramod Singh Yadav
Independent
5,889
0.8%
Abdul Wahab
Independent
4,475
0.6%
Satya Narayan Writer
Independent
4,199
0.6%
Ayajudin
RKJP
4,179
0.6%
Vijay Sah
Independent
4,088
0.6%
Sadhana Devi
Independent
3,628
0.5%
Nitya Nand Bishwas
Independent
3,534
0.5%
Abdul Gafoor
Independent
3,157
0.4%
Nasim Ahmad Ghazi
RJJM
3,089
0.4%
Sada Nand Choudhary
Independent
2,751
0.4%
Kanhaiya Kumar Das
Independent
2,740
0.4%
Nand Lal Paswan
Independent
2,678
0.4%
Kamali Devi
CPI (ML) Liberation
2,319
0.3%
Om Prakash
Independent
1,955
0.3%
Sanjay Kumar Jha
Independent
1,924
0.3%
Md. Sajjad
Independent
1,632
0.2%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tasleem Uddin
Rashtriya Janata Dal
407,978
41.8%
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
261,474
26.8%
Vijay Kumar Mandal
Janata Dal (United)
221,769
22.7%
Abdul Rahman
Bahujan Samaj Party
17,724
1.8%
None Of The Above
Independent
16,608
1.7%
Pankaj Kishor Mandal
Independent
10,704
1.1%
Sar Wat Jahre Ansari
SJP(R)
6,376
0.7%
Chandra Bhushan
Aam Aadmi Party
5,685
0.6%
Alamdar Hussain
Independent
5,645
0.6%
Sanjay Kumar Rishidev
CPI (ML) Liberation
5,292
0.5%
Md. Aslam Beg
JDR
5,149
0.5%
Rajesh Kumar
BVM
4,646
0.5%
Ramanand Rishideo
LD
3,411
0.3%
Bidayanand Paswan
BMP
3,350
0.3%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
618,434
53.8%
Sarfaraz Alam
Rashtriya Janata Dal
481,193
41.9%
Ram Nrayan Bharti
Bahujan Samaj Party
10,294
0.9%
Abdul Wahid Khan
Independent
8,168
0.7%
Tarachand Paswan
BMP
7,266
0.6%
Shahin Pravin
Independent
7,139
0.6%
Rama Nand Rishideo
Independent
5,959
0.5%
Md. Mobinul Haque
Independent
3,037
0.3%
Mukesh Singh
Independent
2,145
0.2%
Sudama Singh
BLND
2,059
0.2%
Md. Minhaz Alam
Independent
1,949
0.2%
Md. Matin
Independent
1,369
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Araria has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Araria in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Pradeep Kumar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Araria, Bihar, in 2019 with 618,434 votes (53.8%), a margin of 137,241 votes over Sarfaraz Alam.
Which parties have won Araria since 1967?
Since 1967, Araria has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Araria?
The closest result on record for Araria was 1999, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 2,169 votes (0.3 percentage points).