Patna Central Assembly constituency
Bihar Assembly constituency
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Patna Central was an Assembly constituency in Bihar which existed till 2008. It came under Patna Lok Sabha constituency. From 2008 the seat was succeeded by Kumhrar Assembly constituency. Arun Kumar Sinha was the last MLA from this constituency.
| Patna Central | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Patna |
| Established | 1977 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Mohammad Shahabuddin | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shailendra Nath Shrivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Aquil Haider | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Sushil Kumar Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | Arun Kumar Sinha | ||
| 2005 | |||
2010 onwards: See Kumhrar Assembly constituency | |||
Election results
October 2005
| 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 | ||||