Kumhrar is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.[1].This vidhansabha seat and constituency is dominated by Kayastha caste.In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Kumhrar was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3] Kumhrar was initially called Patna Central assembly constituency, but after delimitation it was renamed as Kumhrar assembly constituency.[4]
| Kumhrar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 183 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Patna |
| LS constituency | Patna Sahib |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Arun Kumar Sinha | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview edit
Kumhrar comprises Ward Nos. 14 & 16 to 22 in PMC and OG of Patna Rural CD Block.[5]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| Year | Name[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Before 2008 : See Patna Central
| |||
| 2010 | Arun Kumar Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Sinha | 81,400 | 54.00 | ||
| RJD | Dharamendra Kumar | 54,937 | 36.44 | ||
| JAP(L) | Pappu Yadav | 4,333 | 2.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,558 | 1.03 | ||
| Majority | 26,463 | 17.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,744 | 35.27 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Sinha | 87,792 | 56.25 | ||
| INC | Aquil Haider | 50,517 | 32.37 | ||
| SHS | Sumit Ranjan Sinha | 3,123 | 2.00 | ||
| Independent | Ajay Verma | 2,964 | 1.90 | ||
| CPI(M) | Manoj Kumar | 1,384 | 0.89 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 860 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 37,275 | 23.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,56,067 | 38.21 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Sinha | 83,425 | 72.04 | ||
| LJP | Md. Kamal Parwez | 15,617 | 13.49 | ||
| INC | Kapildeo Prasad Yadav | 9,254 | 7.99 | ||
| CPI(M) | Bindeshwari Prasad | 1,618 | 1.40 | ||
| Independent | Balram Patel | 874 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 67,808 | 58.55 | |||
| Turnout | 1,15,804 | 37.33 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
Old Segment Election Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Sinha | 89,614 | 69.29 | ||
| NCP | Aquil Haider | 29,574 | 22.83 | ||
| CPI | Mohan Prasad | 2,962 | 2.29 | ||
| SHS | Om Prakash Awtar | 1,909 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | Saroj Kant Tripathi | 1,079 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 60,040 | 46.46 | |||
| Turnout | 1,29,329 | 35.82 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kumhrar Assembly Constituency 20 December 2013
- ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
- ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- ^ "Battle enters final stage". Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Kumhrarh Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links edit
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.