In Bihar, 17 LS seats won by same caste nominee since 2009

SINCE 2009, at least 17 of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats have voted for a candidate of the same caste. Eight of these have gone to upper castes and six to OBCS.

The seats won by Rajput candidates are Maharajganj, Vaishali, Aurangabad and Arrah. In Maharajganj, the RJD’S Umashankar Singh won in 2009, and the BJP’S Janardhan Singh Sigriwal in 2014 and 2019. The Va is hali seat was won by therjd’ s Raghu vans hp ra sad singh in 2009, and BJP ally LJP’S Rama Kishore Singh and Veena Devi in 2014 and 2019, respectively. The Arrah seat was won by the JD(U)’S Mina Singh in 2009, and since 2014, has been represented by BJP’S bureaucrat turned-politician R KS ingh.

The Aurangabad seat, known as Bihar’s Chittorgarh, was once associated with the family of prominent Rajput and former Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha, who won the seat five times. since 2009, it has been represented by Sushi lS ingh.

Bhumihars have won the past three times in Nawada and Munger seats. The BJP’S Bhola Singh won Nawada in 2009, followed by the BJP’S Giriraj Singh in 2014 a nd allyljp’ s chan dans ingh in 2019. In Munger, the JD(U)’S Lalan Singh won in 2009 and the LJP’S Veena Devi in 2014. In 2019, L alan singh wrested these at back.

In Darbhanga, the BJP’S Br ah min candidates have won the last three times – Kirti Azad in 2009 and 2014, followed by Gopalji Thakur in 2019. In Patna S ah eb, upper ca ste kay as th as hold sway, from Shatrughan Sinha (th en abjp candidate) in 2009 and 2014, to former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in 2019.

A senior JD(U) leader said, “It is telling that eight seats are dominated by upper castes despite their state population of 11% .”

In seats won by one ca ste since 2009, OBC Yadavs – the largest caste group as per the recent caste survey at 14% – have accounted for just Madhepura, Madhubani and Pataliputra. While the JD(U)’S Sharad Yadav won Madhepura in 2009, the RJD’S Pappu Yadav won it in 2014, before crossing over to the JD(U). In 2019, the JD(U)’S Dinesh Chandra Yadav won the seat. Madhepura has a history of electing Yadavs, including former CM SB PM and al and Lalu Prasad.

Them ad hub anise at was won by the BJP’S Hukumdev Narayan Yadav in 2009 and 2014, and his son Ashok in 2019. While Pataliputra was represented by the JD(U)’S Ranjan Yadav after he defeated Lalu in 2009, it has since been represented by the BJP’S Ram Kripal Yadav, who beat Lalu’s daughter Misa in 2014 and 2019.

Nalanda,which has a sizeable OBC Kurmi population, was won by JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar in 2004. Since then, the party’s Kaushlendra Kumar has held the seat. The OBC Koeris or Kushwahas have dominated Karakat since 2009. While the JD(U)’S Mahabali Singh won in 2009 and 2019, Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha won in 2014. The OBC Jaiswals have won West Champaran since 2009, with thebjp’ ss an jayjaisw al winning it in consecutive polls.

In Muzaffarpur, the EBC Mall ah s or ni sh ads are dominant. In 2009, the JD(U)’S Captain Jainarayan Nishad won , followed by his son and BJP candidate Ajay in 2014 and 2019. Among SCS, Paswans have won the reserved Samastipur seat since 2009. While the JD(U)’S Maheshwar Hazari won in 2009, the LJP’S Ramchandra Paswan (brother of former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan)wonin2014and2019.in Gaya, a Manjhi has won the seat since 2009. The BJP’S Hari Manjhi won in 2009 and 2014, and the JD(U)’S Vijay Manjhi in 2019. This time, th end a candidate is former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Ase ni orbjp leader said openly talking about caste “does not look good ”, but he admitted the“social profile” of certain seats affects the party’s candidate selection.