Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)

Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency) (Hindi: पटना साहिब लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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]}

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2015)
180	Bakhtiarpur	None	Patna	2,57,245
181	Digha	None	Patna	4,33,632
182	Bankipur	None	Patna	3,58,234
183	Kumhrar	None	Patna	4,08,418
184	Patna Sahib	None	Patna	3,39,980
185	Fatuha	None	Patna	2,54,396
Total:				20,51,905

Member of Parliament

Shatrughan Sinha, is the current Member of Parliament from Patna

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Election		Member	Party
	2009	Shatrughan Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014	Shatrughan Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Patna Sahib [3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shatrughana Sinha	485,905	55.04	-2.26
	INC	Kunal Singh	220,100	24.93	+13.83
	JD(U)	Dr. Gopal Prasad Sinha	91,024	10.31	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			265,805	30.11	-0.08
Turnout			882,262	45.33	+11.69
	BJP hold		Swing	-2.26

2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Patna Sahib
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shatrughan Sinha	316,549	57.30
	RJD	Vijay Kumar	149,779	27.11
	INC	Shekhar Suman	61,308	11.10
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Ram Narayan Rai	5,483	0.99
	Independent	Hemant Kumar Singh	4,588	0.83
	Independent	Sanjay Verma	2,463	0.45
Majority			166,770	30.19
Turnout			552,416	33.64
	BJP win (new seat)

References

1. "PAPER TRAIL ON TEST".
2. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Patna-Sahib-electorate-can-see-who-they-voted-for/articleshow/33303027.cms
3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
4. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.

See also

• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)