# Gaya Lok Sabha constituency

Gaya Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of Bihar. In the 2024 Indian general election, Jitan Ram Manjhi secured this constituency by defeating Kumar Sarvjeet of Rashtriya Janata Dal.

## Assembly segments

Currently, the Gaya Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead |
| 226 | Sherghati | Gaya | Manju Agrawal | RJD | HAM |
| 228 | Barachatti (SC) | Gaya | Jyoti Devi | HAM | HAM |
| 229 | Bodh Gaya (SC) | Gaya | Kumar Sarvjeet | RJD | HAM |
| 230 | Gaya Town | Gaya | Prem Kumar | BJP | HAM |
| 232 | Belaganj | Gaya | Manorama Devi | JD(U) | RJD |
| 234 | Wazirganj | Gaya | Birendra Singh | BJP | HAM |

## Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the MPs elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:
| Year | Name | Party |
| 1957 | Brajeshwar Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Brajeshwar Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Ram Dhani Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Ishwar Chaudhary | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1977 | Ishwar Chaudhary | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Ramswaroop Ram | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Ramswaroop Ram | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Ishwar Chaudhary | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Rajesh Kumar | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Bhagwati Devi | Janata Dal |
| 1998 | Krishna Kumar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Ramji Manjhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Rajesh Kumar Manjhi | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2009 | Hari Manjhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Hari Manjhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Vijay Manjhi | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2024 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Hindustani Awam Morcha |

## Election results
### 2024 Lok Sabha

2024 Indian general elections: Gaya :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HAM(S) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 494,960 | 51.36 | +18.50 |
| | RJD | Kumar Sarvjeet | 3,93,148 | 40.80 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 17,288 | 1.79 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,01,812 | 10.56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,63,676 | 52.76 | −3.42 |
| | HAM(S) gain from JD(U) | HAM(S) gain from JD(U) | Swing | | |

### 2019 Lok Sabha

2019 Indian general elections: Gaya :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(U) | Vijay Manjhi | 467,007 | 48.79 | +32.51 |
| | HAM(S) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 3,14,581 | 32.86 | +32.86 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 30,030 | 3.14 | +0.78 |
| | JDR | Vijay Kumar Chaudhari | 23,462 | 2.45 | +2.45 |
| | API | Shiv Shankar | 20,464 | 2.14 | +2.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,52,426 | 15.93 | +1.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,57,654 | 56.18 | +2.26 |
| | JD(U) gain from BJP | JD(U) gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2014 Lok Sabha

2014 Indian general elections: Gaya :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Hari Manjhi | 326,230 | 40.30 | |
| | RJD | Ramji Manjhi | 2,10,726 | 26.03 | |
| | JD(U) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 1,31,828 | 16.28 | |
| | JMM | Ashok Kumar | 36,863 | 4.55 | |
| | IND | Dr. Dev Kumar Choudhary | 19,651 | 2.43 | +2.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,15,504 | 14.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,09,587 | 53.92 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |