PATNA CENTRAL
Assembly seat no. 189 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, Nov 2005
ARUN KUMAR SINHA
BJP
Elections held
8
1977–2005
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 8
Margin, Nov 2005
60,040
46.42% of valid votes
Result, Nov 2005
Runner-up
NCPAQUIL HAIDER
- Votes
- 29,574
- Vote share
- 22.87%
- Behind by
- 60,040
Electors
3,61,043
Total votes polled
1,29,329
Valid votes
1,29,329
NOTA votes
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Turnout
35.8%
Full result, Nov 2005
14 candidates · 1,29,329 valid votes
ARUN KUMAR SINHABJPwon
89,614
69.3%
AQUIL HAIDERNCP
29,574
22.9%
MOHAN PRASADCPI
2,962
2.3%
OM PRAKASH AWTARSHS
1,909
1.5%
SAROJ KANT TRIPATHIIND
1,079
0.8%
TOTA CHOUDHARYCPI(ML)(L)
1,025
0.8%
RAMCHANDRA PRASAD SINGHBSP
815
0.6%
SIDHNATH RAISP
470
0.4%
AMIT KUMAR ALBELAIND
392
0.3%
SANJAY KUMARIND
389
0.3%
LAL BAHADUR SINGH PATELJKNPP
315
0.2%
KAPILESHWAR LALIND
309
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2005 | ARUN KUMAR SINHA | BJP | 89,614 | 69.29% | AQUIL HAIDER | 60,040 |
| Feb 2005 | ARUN KUMAR SINHA | BJP | 77,536 | 55.92% | RAM JATAN SINHA | 51,317 |
| 2000 | SUSHIL KUMAR MODI | BJP | 85,832 | 61.46% | KANCHANWALA | 66,069 |
| 1995 | SUSHIL KUMAR MODI | BJP | 64,134 | 52.45% | RAJIV RANJAN PRASAD | 32,099 |
| 1990 | SUSHIL KUMAR MODI | BJP | 31,021 | 30.06% | AKIL HAIDER | 3,113 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
