Kumhrar Assembly constituency

Kumhrar Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.[1].This vidhansabha seat 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 Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 183 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictPatna
LS constituency30 Patna Sahib
ReservationNo
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Arun Kumar Sinha
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Elected year2020
183 Kumhrar
Assembly constituency
Kumhrar
183 Kumhrar is located in Bihar
183 Kumhrar
183 Kumhrar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°38′28″N 85°5′26″E

Overview
Kumhrar Assembly constituency in Patna district

Kumhrar comprises Ward Nos. 14 & 16 to 22 in PMC and OG of Patna Rural CD Block.[5]

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Name[6] Party
Before 2008 : See Patna Central
2010 Arun Kumar Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
2015
2020

Election results
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Kumhrar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arun Kumar Sinha 81,400 54.00
RJD Dharamendra Kumar 54,937 36.44
JAP(L) Rajesh Ranjan Pappu 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
Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Kumhrar
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
Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Kumhrar
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
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2005: Patna Central
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

References
  1. Kumhrar Assembly Constituency 20 December 2013
  2. "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  3. "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  4. "Battle enters final stage". Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "Kumhrarh Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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