Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency

Patna Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India.[1] The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. This constituency and Lok Sabha seat is dominated by Kayastha caste. Until 2008, there was only one Lok Sabha seat for Patna, capital of Bihar. In the reorganisation effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib. It also shares border with Munger Lok Sabha constituency. The Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 elections.[2] [3]

Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesBakhtiarpur
Digha
Bankipur
Kumhrar
Patna Sahib
Fatuha
Established2009
Total electors21,42,842
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Vidhan Sabha segments
# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
180 Bakhtiarpur Patna Aniruddh Yadav RJD BJP
181 Digha Sanjeev Chaurasiya BJP BJP
182 Bankipur Nitin Nabin BJP BJP
183 Kumhrar Arun Sinha BJP BJP
184 Patna Sahib Nand Kishore Yadav BJP BJP
185 Fatuha Rama Nand Yadav RJD BJP

    Members of Parliament
    Year Name Party
    1957-2009 : See Patna Lok Sabha constituency
    2009 Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
    2014
    2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad

    Election results

    2019
    2019 Indian general elections: Patna Sahib
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad 607,506 61.85 +6.78
    INC Shatrughan Sinha 3,22,849 32.87 +7.92
    Majority 2,84,657 28.98 +1.14
    Turnout 9,82,939 45.80 +0.47
    BJP hold Swing +6.78

    2014
    2014 Indian general elections: Patna Sahib[4][5]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    BJP Shatrughan Sinha 4,85,905 55.07 -2.23
    INC Kunal Singh 2,20,100 24.95 +13.85
    JD(U) Dr. Gopal Prasad Sinha 91,024 10.32 N/A
    AAP Parveen Amanullah 16,381 1.86 N/A
    SP Umesh Kumar 10,836 1.23 N/A
    NOTA None of the Above 7,727 0.88 N/A
    Majority 2,65,805 30.12 -0.07
    Turnout 8,82,262 45.33 +11.69
    BJP hold Swing -2.23

    2009
    2009 Indian general elections: Patna Sahib
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    BJP Shatrughan Sinha 3,16,549 57.30
    RJD Vijay Kumar 1,49,779 27.11
    INC Shekhar Suman 61,308 11.10
    CPI(ML)L Ram Narayan Rai 5,483 0.99
    IND. Hemant Kumar Singh 4,588 0.83
    IND. Sanjay Verma 2,463 0.45
    Majority 1,66,770 30.19
    Turnout 5,52,416 33.64
    BJP win (new seat)

    See also

    References
    1. "PATNA-SAHIB LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY".
    2. "PAPER TRAIL ON TEST". 15 April 2014.
    3. "Patna Sahib electorate can see who they voted for - Times of India".
    4. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
    5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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