Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Patna Sahib
30 Patna Sahib Constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence2009 - present
Reservationnone
Current MPRavi Shankar Prasad
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
StateBihar
Total Electors21,42,842
Most Successful PartyBharatiya Janata Party (3 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesBakhtiarpur, Digha, Bankipur, Kumhrar, Patna Sahib, Fatuha

Patna Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. 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. The Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 elections.[1] [2]

Vidhan Sabha Segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
180 Bakhtiarpur None Patna Aniruddh Kumar Yadav RJD BJP
181 Digha None Patna Sanjeev Chaurasiya BJP BJP
182 Bankipur None Patna Nitin Nabin BJP BJP
183 Kumhrar None Patna Arun Kumar Sinha BJP BJP
184 Patna Sahib None Patna Nand Kishore Yadav BJP BJP
185 Fatuha None Patna Rama Nand Yadav RJD BJP

Members of Lok Sabha

  • From 1952 to 2004, there was only one Lok Sabha seat in Patna.
  • In 2008 delimitation, the seat was divided into two seats; Patna Sahib and Pataliputra.
Election Winner Party
1952-2008 See : Patna
2009 Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad

Election Results

2019 Lok Sabha

2019 Indian general elections: Patna Sahib
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad 6,07,506 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[3][4]
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. ↑ "PAPER TRAIL ON TEST". 15 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Patna Sahib electorate can see who they voted for - Times of India".
  3. ↑ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "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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