Ujiarpur: BJP MP, Nityanand Rai, who was eyeing a hattrick from Ujairpur Lok Sabha Seat, retained the seat by a margin of over 60,289 votes, according to the latest ECI trends. Rai got 5,15,159 votes while INDIA bloc constituent RJD’s senior leader Alok Kumar Mehta was his closest rival, polling 454870 votes.
Ujiarpur is one of the most Yadav-dominated seats in all 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India. Nityanand Rai, himself a Yadav, won from the third consecutive term from here. Mehta would have wanted to avenge his 2014 defeat at Rai’s hands.