# Nawada Lok Sabha constituency

Nawada is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

## Assembly segments

Presently, Nawada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead |
| 170 | Barbigha | Sheikhpura | Sudarshan Kumar | JDU | BJP |
| 235 | Rajauli (SC) | Nawada | Prakash Veer | RJD | BJP |
| 236 | Hisua | Nawada | Nitu Kumari | INC | BJP |
| 237 | Nawada | Nawada | Vibha Devi | RJD | BJP |
| 238 | Gobindpur | Nawada | Md Kamran | RJD | RJD |
| 239 | Warisaliganj | Nawada | Aruna Devi | BJP | BJP |

## Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:
| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Brajeshwar Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Ram Dhani Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Satyabhama Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Ram Dhani Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Ram Dhani Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Surya Prakash Puri | Independent |
| 1971 | Sukhdeo Prasad Verma | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Nathuni Ram | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Kunwar Ram | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Kunwar Ram | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Prem Pradeep | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Prem Chand Ram | Communist Party of India |
| 1996 | Kameshwar Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | Malti Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 1999 | Sanjay Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Virchandra Paswan | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2009 | Bhola Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Giriraj Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Chandan Singh | Lok Jan Shakti Party |
| 2024 | Vivek Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Nawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Vivek Thakur | 410,608 | 47.2 | |
| | RJD | Shravan Kushwaha | 3,42,938 | 39.42 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 12,592 | | |
| | BSP | Ranjit Kumar | 16,316 | | |
| | Independent | Binod Yadav | 39,519 | 4.54 | |
| | Independent | Gunjan Kumar | 29,682 | 3.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67,670 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,69,870 | 43.17 | −6.56% |
| | BJP gain from LJP | BJP gain from LJP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Nawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LJP | Chandan Singh | 495,684 | 52.59 | N/A |
| | RJD | Vibha Devi | 3,47,612 | 36.88 | +8.6% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 35,147 | 3.73 | +2.88% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,48,072 | 15.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,44,691 | 49.73 | −2.45% |
| | LJP gain from BJP | LJP gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Nawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Giriraj Singh | 3,90,248 | 44.12 | +21.66 |
| | RJD | Raj Ballabh Prasad | 2,50,091 | 28.28 | N/A |
| | JD(U) | Kaushal Yadav | 1,68,217 | 19.02 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 7,489 | 0.85 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,40,187 | 15.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,84,474 | 52.18 | +10.56 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +21.66 | |