Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2015
Nand Kishore Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Patna Sahib Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2015 state assembly election, securing 88,108 votes (46.90% vote share). The runner-up was Santosh Mehta (Rashtriya Janata Dal) with 85,316 votes.
A total of 16 candidates contested this assembly seat. State Assembly elections elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and the party or alliance winning a majority of seats forms the state government. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency information are shown below.
| Position | Candidate Name | Votes | Votes% | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nand Kishore Yadav | 88108 | 46.90% | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Santosh Mehta | 85316 | 45.40% | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 3 | Nandu Kumar | 2694 | 1.40% | Shiv Sena |
| 4 | Virendra Thakur | 1857 | 1.00% | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 5 | Anay Kumar Alias Anay Mehta | 1710 | 0.90% | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) |
| 6 | Vijay Sah | 1595 | 0.90% | Independent |
| 7 | Arshad Ayub | 1082 | 0.60% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 8 | Mithilesh Kumar | 1019 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 9 | Rajendra Mistri | 738 | 0.40% | All India Forward Bloc |
| 10 | Nandita Raj Lakshmi | 448 | 0.20% | Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party |
| 11 | Imranul Hoda | 409 | 0.20% | Samajwadi Party |
| 12 | Munni Devi | 400 | 0.20% | Krantikari Vikas Dal |
| 13 | Om Prakash Yadav | 329 | 0.20% | Rastriya Sadabahar Party |
| 14 | Jitendra Kumar | 311 | 0.20% | Gareeb Aadmi Party |
| 15 | Irshad Hussain | 278 | 0.20% | Rashtriya Samanta Dal |
| 16 | Gopi Krishna Kushwaha | 277 | 0.20% | Lok Awaz Dal |
The Patna Sahib constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2015 Assembly election, 16 candidates contested for this seat. Nand Kishore Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party) emerged as the winner securing 88,108 votes.
State Assembly elections in India determine which party or coalition forms the state government. The party or alliance winning a majority of Assembly seats in a state gets to form the government and appoint the Chief Minister. Unlike Lok Sabha elections which are held simultaneously across India, each state follows its own election cycle, typically every five years.
How to read this data: The candidate table above shows all contestants ranked by position. The vote percentage column shows each candidate's share of the total votes polled in this constituency. The bar chart visualizes the top candidates' vote counts for quick comparison.