Kumhrar Assembly constituency

Kumhrar is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] In the 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
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Lok Sabha constituency	Patna Sahib
Established	2008
Total electors	4,27,430
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arun Kumar Sinha
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kumhrar

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

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Kumhrar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Kumar Sinha	87,792	56.25
	INC	Aquil Haider	50,517	32.37
	SS	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

2010

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^{[disambiguation needed]}: 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
	SS	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

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Kumhrar