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Bihar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. Since coming into existence in 2008, the Janata Dal (United) has won the Valmiki Nagar seat twice while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured one victory.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, JD(U) candidate Baidyanath Prasad Mahto won the Valmiki Nagar parliamentary seat by defeating his closest rival, Congress’ Shashwat Kedar, by a margin of 3,54,616 votes.
Mahto secured 6,02,660 votes amid a 61.90 percent voter turnout, while Kedar managed only 2,48,044 votes.
Later, in the 2020 by-polls JD(U) emerged victorious once again as current incumbent MP Sunil Kumar retained the Valmiki Nagar seat for the party by defeating Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra by a margin of over 22,000 votes.
Elections for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency will be held on May 25, 2024– Phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls– while votes will be counted on June 4 and results declared on the same day.
Sunil Kumar (Incumbent) – Janata Dal (United)
(Note: The candidate(s) list will be updated as and when they are announced.)
Date of polling: May 25, 2024
Date of counting/results: June 4, 2024
The BJP-led NDA is once again in power in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s latest volte face resulted in the toppling of the Mahagathbandhan coalition government earlier this year. The JD(U) supremo, who was one of the architects of the INDIA bloc, severed ties with the opposition grouping and returned to the NDA fold, and formed a new government in the state with himself at the helm as CM.
The opposition INDIA bloc will be eyeing to capture as many seats in Bihar this time as possible, include the Valmiki Nagar constituency while the JD(U) will feel comfortable with their chances of retaining the same.
Elections for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar will be held in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from April 19 to June 1, 2024. Votes will be counted on June 4 and results declared on the same day, the Election Commission has announced.
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