Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 parliamentary constituencies in Bihar and will go to polls in the fourth phase of the general elections on April 29.
Ujiarpur parliamentary constituency is part of Samastipur district of Bihar but also covers part of neighbouring Vaishali district. The parliamentary constituency comprises six Assembly constituencies - Patepur (Vaishali district); Ujiarpur, Morwa, Sarairanjan, Mohiuddinnagar and Bibhutipur (Samastipur district).
The constituency came into existence in 2008 following delimitation exercise and the first election was held in 2009 which was won by JD(U)'s Ashwamedh Devi. The sitting MP of Ujiarpur Lok Sabha seat is Nityanad Rai, Bihar unit president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who won in 2014 against Alok Kumar Mehta of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) with a margin of 60,000 votes.
RLSP chief and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha, who joined RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar after quitting BJP-led central government, is contesting from Ujiarpur this time besides his tradition seat of Karakat.
With two top local leaders battling it out on this seat, Ujiarpur has become one of the most closely watched contests in Bihar.
The Bihar Mahagathbandhan comprises Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) and Vikasshil Insan Party (VIP). On the other hand is the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which comprises Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
The Congress got nine constituencies as per the seat-sharing arrangements, while the RJD has 20 out of which it has forgone Ara in favour of the CPI(ML), which has returned the favour by announcing that the ultra-Left outfit would not field its candidate from Pataliputra, which would be contested by Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti.
Besides, Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP is contesting five seats and Jitan Ram Manjhis HAM is fighting three. The VIP, founded and headed by Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahni, has got three seats out of the 40 in Bihar.
The polling on this seat will be held in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 29. Five constituencies of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats - Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai and Munger - will go to polls in the fourth phase.
The results of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be declared on May 23.
