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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kumhrar
| type = SLA
| map_image = 183-Kumhrar constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Patna district|Patna]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency|Patna Sahib]]
| constituency_no = 183
| established = 2008
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| abolished = 
| mla = [[Sanjay Kumar Gupta (BJP politician)|Sanjay Kumar Gupta]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| electors = 431,390
}}
'''Kumhrar''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It comes under [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name="election2013">[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/kumhrar.php Kumhrar Assembly Constituency] 20 December 2013</ref> In the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Kumhrar was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|work=The Times of India |date=2 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref> Kumhrar was initially called Patna Central assembly constituency, but after delimitation it was renamed as Kumhrar assembly constituency.<ref name="election2015-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011095412/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2015|title=Battle enters final stage}}</ref> This Constituency and seat is dominated by [[Kayastha]] Caste.

==Overview==
[[File:Patna district assembly.png|thumb|right|Kumhrar Assembly constituency in Patna district]]
Kumhrar comprises Ward Nos. 14 & 16 to 22 in [[Patna Municipal Corporation|PMC]] and OG of Patna Rural CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Kumhrarh Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kumhrarh.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |{{center|''Before 2008: See [[Patna Central (Assembly constituency)|Patna Central]]''}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Arun Kumar Sinha (politician)|Arun Kumar Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Sanjay Kumar Gupta (BJP politician)|Sanjay Kumar Gupta]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kumhrar<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kumhrar">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kumhrar |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04183.htm |access-date=11 December 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251211092535/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04183.htm |archive-date=11 December 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sanjay Kumar Gupta (BJP politician)|Sanjay Kumar Gupta]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:100485}}
|percentage = 57.91
|change = {{increase}}3.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Indradeep Chandravanshi
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:52961}}
|percentage = 30.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Prof. K. C. Sinha
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:15017}}
|percentage = 8.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1278}}
|percentage = 0.74
|change = {{decrease}}0.29
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:47524}}
|percentage = 27.39
|change = {{increase}}9.83
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:173506}}
|percentage = 40.22
|change = {{increase}}4.95
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = BJP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020]]: [[Kumhrar]]<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Sinha (politician)|Arun Kumar Sinha]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:81400}}
|percentage = 54.0
|change = -2.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dharamendra Kumar
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:54937}}
|percentage = 36.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajesh Ranjan Pappu
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|votes = {{formatnum:4333}}
|percentage = 2.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1558}}
|percentage = 1.03
|change = +0.48
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:26463}}
|percentage = 17.56
|change = -6.32
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:150744}}
|percentage = 35.27
|change = -2.94
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2015]]: [[Kumhrar]]<ref name="election2015"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Sinha (politician)|Arun Kumar Sinha]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:87792}}
|percentage = 56.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Aquil Haider]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:50517}}
|percentage = 32.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sumit Ranjan Sinha
|party = Shiv Sena
|votes = {{formatnum:3123}}
|percentage = 2.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ajay Verma
|votes = {{formatnum:2964}}
|percentage = 1.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:860}}
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:37275}}
|percentage = 23.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:156067}}
|percentage = 38.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2010]]: [[Kumhrar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Sinha (politician)|Arun Kumar Sinha]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 83,425
|percentage = 72.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Md. Kamal Parwez
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 15,617
|percentage = 13.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Kapildeo Prasad Yadav
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 9,254
|percentage = 7.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Bindeshwari Prasad
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 1,618
|percentage = 1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Balram Patel
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 874
|percentage = 0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 67,808
|percentage = 58.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,15,804
|percentage = 37.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
* [[Kumhrar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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Tanwarpal Singh at 19:29, 19 April 2026