Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency
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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
No[a] | Constituency | District | Member | Party | 2019 lead | ||
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180 | Bakhtiarpur | Patna | Aniruddh Kumar Yadav | RJD | BJP | ||
181 | Digha | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | BJP | BJP | |||
182 | Bankipur | Nitin Nabin | BJP | BJP | |||
183 | Kumhrar | Arun Kumar Sinha | BJP | BJP | |||
184 | Patna Sahib | Nand Kishore Yadav | BJP | BJP | |||
185 | Fatuha | Rama Nand Yadav | RJD | BJP |
- ^ Constituency number
Members of Parliament
1957-2008
See Patna Lok Sabha constituency.
2008-Present
In 2008, the Patna Lok Sabha constituency was divided into Patna Sahib Lok Sabha and Pataliputra Lok Sabha.
Year | Name | Party | |
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2009 | Shatrughan Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2014 | |||
2019 | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
Election Results
2019 Lok Sabha
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
- ^ "PAPER TRAIL ON TEST". 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Patna Sahib electorate can see who they voted for - Times of India".
- ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.