Arrah Assembly Constituency Election Result

Arrah is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. Election results of Arrah assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Arrah Assembly Constituency Seat (Bihar) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2020	Amrendra Pratap Singh	BJP	71781
2015	Mohammad Nawaz Alam	RJD	70004
2010	Amrendra Pratap Singh	BJP	56504
Oct2005	Amrendra	BJP	53489
Feb2005	Amrendra	BJP	42761
2000	Amrendra Pratap Singh	BJP	48848
1995	Abdul Malik	JD	32486
1990	Vashisth Narain Singh	JD	38085
1985	S M Isha	INC	26959
1980	S M Isa	INC(I)	36781
1977	Sumitra Devi	JNP	16192
1972	Sumitra Devi	INC	17644

2020 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Amrendra Pratap Singh Male 73 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party lotus	71781 45.05%
2	Quyamuddin Ansari Male 48 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) flag with three stars	68779 43.17%
3	Hakim Prasad Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent auto- rickshaw	4360 2.74%
4	Sheodas Singh Male 82 yr GEN	IND Independent football	2991 1.88%
5	Nota	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2811 1.76%
6	Brajesh Kumar Singh Male 42 yr GEN	JAPL Jan Adhikar Party (loktantrik) scissors	1221 0.77%
7	Praveen Kumar Singh Male 52 yr GEN	RLSP Rashtriya Lok Samta Party ceiling fan	1160 0.73%
8	Gorakh Ram Male 52 yr SC	VPI Voters Party International gas cylinder	1125 0.71%
9	Dilip Kumar Singh Male 49 yr GEN	RSTJLKPS Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (satya) cot	1003 0.63%
10	Anil Kumar Singh Male 66 yr GEN	JP Janata Party haldhar within wheel (chakra haldhar)	716 0.45%
11	Shabana Female 31 yr GEN	IND Independent gas stove	698 0.44%
12	Kajal Kumari Female 26 yr GEN	AKHDBRYVP Akhand Bhartiya Yuva Party wool and needle	631 0.4%
13	Chandra Bhanu Gupta Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent cup & saucer	631 0.4%
14	Sanjay Shekhar Shukla Male 63 yr GEN	IND Independent apple	609 0.38%
15	Shobhnath Yadav Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent almirah	457 0.29%
16	Kumar Ashutosh Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent air conditioner	359 0.23%
	Total		159332 48.35%

In 2020, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 329572 electors. Total number of valid vote was 159332. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra Pratap Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 71781 votes. Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) candidate Quyamuddin Ansari stood second with total 68779 votes. He lost by 3002 votes.

2015 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mohammad Nawaz Alam Male 48 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal hurricane lamp	70004 44.94%
2	Amrendra Pratap Singh Male 68 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party lotus	69338 44.51%
3	Kyamuddin Ansari Male 43 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation) flag with three stars	5035 3.23%
4	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	3203 2.06%
5	Jitendra Kumar Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent battery torch	1710 1.1%
6	Rajkishor Sharma Male 52 yr GEN	IND Independent auto- rickshaw	1221 0.78%
7	Priya Ranjan Prasad Srivastava Male 70 yr GEN	SASAPT Samras Samaj Party television	1175 0.75%
8	Ajay Kumar Pathak Male 39 yr GEN	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh telephone	1015 0.65%
9	Sidhnath Rai Male 62 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party bicycle	875 0.56%
10	Krishna Mishra Male 38 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	839 0.54%
11	Kameshwar Singh Male 59 yr GEN	IND Independent bat	717 0.46%
12	Umeshwar Mishra Male 54 yr GEN	BAJAP letter box	655 0.42%
	Total		155787 51.26%

In 2015, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 303897 electors. Total number of valid vote was 155787. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Mohammad Nawaz Alam won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 70004 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra Pratap Singh stood second with total 69338 votes. He lost by 666 votes.

2010 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Amrendra Pratap Singh Male 57 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	56504 49.81%
2	Shree Kumar Singh Male 49 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	37564 33.11%
3	Meena Tiwari Female 42 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	5314 4.68%
4	Md Jawed Iqbal Male 60 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	2717 2.39%
5	Bharat Singh Sahyogi Male 46 yr GEN	IND Independent	1855 1.64%
6	Mohammad Nasim Male 39 yr GEN	IND Independent	1175 1.04%
7	Rabish Kumar Male 46 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1041 0.92%
8	Vishwanath Prasad Male 39 yr GEN	ABAPSMP Akhil Bhartiya Atyant Pichara Sangharsh Morcha Party	1004 0.88%
9	Awdhesh Yadav Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	892 0.79%
10	Mangal Singh Male 36 yr GEN	NCP Nationalist Congress Party	851 0.75%
11	Umeshwar Mishra Male 49 yr GEN	BHAJP Bharatiya Jagaran Party	814 0.72%
12	Ram Naresh Prasad Male 60 yr GEN	JKM Jawan Kisan Morcha	723 0.64%
13	Vijay Kumar Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	504 0.44%
14	Samridh Deepak Male 42 yr GEN	RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	478 0.42%
15	Bharat Bhushan Panday Male 36 yr GEN	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	455 0.4%
16	Jyoti Kalash Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent	373 0.33%
17	Rahul Kumar Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	366 0.32%
18	Khagendra Kumar Male 45 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	336 0.3%
19	Bablu Singh Male 29 yr GEN	JMBP Jai Maha Bharath Party	246 0.22%
20	Ram Dinesh Singh Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent	238 0.21%
	Total		113450 49.4%

In 2010, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 229649 electors. Total number of valid vote was 113450. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra Pratap Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 56504 votes. Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate Shree Kumar Singh stood second with total 37564 votes. He lost by 18940 votes.

Oct2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Amrendra Male 55 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	53489
2	Md Nwaj Alam Male 38 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	38337
3	Sudama Prasad Male 41 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	7845
4	Abdul Ahad Male 54 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	6642
5	Shushil Vikrant Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	1505
6	Vinod Kumar Male 26 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1336
7	Shiv Kumar Male 54 yr GEN	RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	793
8	Jairam Prasad Male 58 yr GEN	JKM Jawan Kisan Morcha	736
9	Shambhu Pasad Male 53 yr GEN	IND Independent	604
10	Rakesh Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent	597
11	Manoj Kumar Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent	534
12	Rajendra Upadhyay Male 56 yr GEN	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	493
13	Faishion Ahmad Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	434
	Total		113345

In Oct2005, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 113345. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 53489 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Md Nwaj Alam stood second with total 38337 votes. He lost by 15152 votes.

Feb2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Amrendra Male 56 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	42761
2	D Nawaj Male 38 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	28514
3	Sudama Prasad Male 0 yr NA	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	22773
4	Abdul Mallic Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	2979
5	Treta Sawaliya Male 26 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1559
6	Surendra Ram Male 31 yr SC	IND Independent	1145
7	Mukhiya Ram Male 31 yr SC	IND Independent	1076
8	Nand Kishore Male 33 yr GEN	SAP Samata Party	996
9	Ajit Kumar Male 42 yr GEN	SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party(rashtriya)	821
10	Bidaya Niwas Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	671
11	Rakesh Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent	646
12	Ram Sakal Male 76 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	570
13	Bharat Bhusan Male 31 yr GEN	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	535
14	Balendu Shekhar Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	340
	Total		113891

In Feb2005, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 113891. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 42761 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate D Nawaj stood second with total 28514 votes. He lost by 14247 votes.

2000 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Amrendra Pratap Singh Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	48848 43.16%
2	Abdul Malick Male	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	33395 29.5%
3	Letafat Hussain Male	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-lenninist) (liberation)	10909 9.64%
4	Lal Das Rai Male	IND Independent	9492 8.39%
5	S M Isa Male	INC Indian National Congress	4876 4.31%
6	Nurul Haque Male	IND Independent	2087 1.84%
7	Santosh Kumar Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1996 1.76%
8	Acharya Bharat Bhushan Pandey Male	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	460 0.41%
9	Rati Kant Pandey Male	ABHM Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	361 0.32%
10	Rakesh Singh Male	IND Independent	298 0.26%
11	Jayanti Sinha Female	IND Independent	220 0.19%
12	Jagat Kishore Rai Male	IND Independent	158 0.14%
13	Ashok Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	85 0.08%
	Total		113185 58.84%

In 2000, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 194752 electors. Total number of valid vote was 113185. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amrendra Pratap Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 48848 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Abdul Malick stood second with total 33395 votes. He lost by 15453 votes.

1995 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Abdul Malik Male	JD Janata Dal	32486 29.76%
2	Sudama Prasad Male	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-lenninist)(liberatio	27849 25.52%
3	Triguna Singh Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	21234 19.46%
4	Surendra Singh Male	BPP Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party	6106 5.59%
5	Rajendra Prasad Singh Male	SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (rashtriya)	5755 5.27%
6	Letafat Hussain Male	INC Indian National Congress	4160 3.81%
7	Bidya Nand Sahay Male	SP Samajwadi Party	1773 1.62%
8	Haridwar Singh Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1673 1.53%
9	Radha Charan Sah Male	IND Independent	1606 1.47%
10	Nathu Ram Male	IND Independent	1131 1.04%
11	Anup Raj Yadaw Male	IND Independent	1068 0.98%
12	Shambhu Saran Singh Male	IND Independent	785 0.72%
13	Harmendra Singh Male	IND Independent	391 0.36%
14	Bijay Ku Chaubey Male	IND Independent	287 0.26%
15	Bijay Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	249 0.23%
16	Raja Nand Singh Male	IND Independent	228 0.21%
17	Nisha Rani Female	IND Independent	202 0.19%
18	Vinay Kumar Chaudhary Male	KSP Kosal Party	201 0.18%
19	Lal Babu Shrivastava Male	IND Independent	180 0.16%
20	Ashok Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	165 0.15%
21	Surendra Singh Male	IND Independent	147 0.13%
22	Ram Anugrah Singh Male	IND Independent	130 0.12%
23	Phuleshwar Singh Male	IND Independent	119 0.11%
24	Md Shabir Ahmad Male	IND Independent	111 0.1%
25	Bhanu Rai Male	IND Independent	103 0.09%
26	Shahav Tanvir Male	IND Independent	83 0.08%
27	Abdul Ahad Male	IND Independent	83 0.08%
28	Ram Deo Ram Male	SSD Shoshit Samaj Dal	81 0.07%
29	Nand Kumar Rai Male	IND Independent	79 0.07%
30	Prabhat Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	79 0.07%
31	Maksud Alam Male	IND Independent	75 0.07%
32	Jaya Azad Male	IND Independent	73 0.07%
33	Yogendra Prasad Male	IND Independent	70 0.06%
34	Ram Pravesh Singh Male	IND Independent	68 0.06%
35	Dwarika Tiwari Male	HMS Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha	61 0.06%
36	Shatroghan Prasad Male	IND Independent	61 0.06%
37	Mukesh Singh Male	IND Independent	60 0.05%
38	Shyam Nandan Singh Male	IND Independent	57 0.05%
39	Ashutosh Tiwari Male	IND Independent	42 0.04%
40	Akhilesh Singh Male	IND Independent	31 0.03%
	Total		109142 60.24%

In 1995, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 185269 electors. Total number of valid vote was 109142. Janata Dal candidate Abdul Malik won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 32486 votes. Communist Party Of India (marxist-lenninist)(liberatio candidate Sudama Prasad stood second with total 27849 votes. He lost by 4637 votes.

1990 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Vashisth Narain Singh Male	JD Janata Dal	38085 37.29%
2	Sudama Prasad Male	IPF Indian Peoples Front	29306 28.69%
3	Rajender Prasad Singh (baghi Pakar) Male	IND Independents	12176 11.92%
4	Letafat Hussain Male	IND Independents	7569 7.41%
5	Jaya Jain Female	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	6494 6.36%
6	Kapil Dev Akela Male	ICS(SCS) Indian Congress (socialist-sarat Chandra Sinha)	2303 2.25%
7	Jarnandan Singh Male	IND Independents	929 0.91%
8	Rajiv Lochan Nath Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	814 0.8%
9	Manuram Yadav Male	IND Independents	729 0.71%
10	Bharat Mishar Male	IND Independents	524 0.51%
11	Moti Lal Singh Male	IND Independents	505 0.49%
12	Parbhat Kumar Singh Male	IND Independents	342 0.33%
13	Vishnu Prasad Male	IND Independents	311 0.3%
14	Ravinderrai Male	BJS Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh	280 0.27%
15	Kashi Prasad Male	IND Independents	198 0.19%
16	S M Isa Male	INC Indian National Congress	197 0.19%
17	Kanhaiya Ji Gupta Male	IND Independents	191 0.19%
18	Devender Kumar Male	IND Independents	162 0.16%
19	Dilip Singh Male	IND Independents	131 0.13%
20	Shyama Devi Female	IND Independents	127 0.12%
21	Jagdish Nath Tripathi Male	IND Independents	96 0.09%
22	Chandrika Prasad Female	IND Independents	95 0.09%
23	Swami Harigiri Yadav Male	IND Independents	76 0.07%
24	Valdev Upadhaya Male	IND Independents	74 0.07%
25	Babu Ram Singh Male	IND Independents	69 0.07%
26	Dinesh Singh Male	IND Independents	48 0.05%
27	Devender Singh Male	IND Independents	42 0.04%
28	Parija Khatun Male	IND Independents	38 0.04%
29	Krishan Ku Pandey Male	IND Independents	38 0.04%
30	Vijay Kumar Sinha Male	IND Independents	30 0.03%
31	Gosta Raja Male	IND Independents	26 0.03%
32	Nand Kumar Rai Male	IND Independents	26 0.03%
33	Babhai Nath Shubla Male	IND Independents	26 0.03%
34	Chander Dev Singh Male	IND Independents	24 0.02%
35	Krishan Kumar Male	IND Independents	23 0.02%
36	Alakh Singh Male	IND Independents	20 0.02%
37	Rajender Prasad Singh (majhaua) Male	IND Independents	18 0.02%
	Total		102142 51.58%

In 1990, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 200141 electors. Total number of valid vote was 102142. Janata Dal candidate Vashisth Narain Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 38085 votes. Indian Peoples Front candidate Sudama Prasad stood second with total 29306 votes. He lost by 8779 votes.

1985 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S M Isha Male	INC Indian National Congress	26959 35.12%
2	Rajendra Pd Singh Male	JNP Janta Party	16364 21.32%
3	Letafat Hussain Male	LKD Lok Dal	12740 16.6%
4	Yashawant Kumar Jain Male	IND Independent	6628 8.63%
5	Ram Bachan Singh Male	BJP Bharatiya Janta Party	3467 4.52%
6	Sudarshan Singh Male	IND Independent	2426 3.16%
7	Chuni Lal Roy Male	IND Independent	2395 3.12%
8	Mithlesh Kumar Singh Male	IND Independent	1884 2.45%
9	Ram Shankar Pandey Male	IND Independent	1762 2.3%
10	Sita Ram Singh Male	IND Independent	1088 1.42%
11	Om Prakash Male	IND Independent	519 0.68%
12	Ram Dhani Bharti Male	IND Independent	165 0.21%
13	Bhuneshwar Singh Male	IND Independent	164 0.21%
14	Gopi Chand Shah Male	IND Independent	71 0.09%
15	Anugrah Narain Singh Male	IND Independent	70 0.09%
16	Ram Pravesh Singh Male	IND Independent	64 0.08%
	Total		76766 47.14%

In 1985, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 164271 electors. Total number of valid vote was 76766. Indian National Congress candidate S M Isha won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 26959 votes. Janta Party candidate Rajendra Pd Singh stood second with total 16364 votes. He lost by 10595 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S M Isa Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	36781 54.3%
2	Sumitra Devi Female	JNP(SC) Janata Party (secular) - Ch. Charan Singh	13392 19.77%
3	Virendra Prasad Singh Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5117 7.55%
4	Letafat Hussain Male	JNP(SR) Janata Party (secular) Raj Narain	4444 6.56%
5	Mahadewa Nand Giri Male	INC(U) Indian National Congress (u)	2541 3.75%
6	Surendra Prasad Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	2246 3.32%
7	Chandeshwar Roy Male	IND Independents	1197 1.77%
8	Kapildeo Akela Male	IND Independents	468 0.69%
9	Vinay Kumar Choudhary Male	IND Independents	404 0.6%
10	Devendra Nath Mishra Male	IND Independents	272 0.4%
11	Gupteshwar Prasad Male	IND Independents	235 0.35%
12	Ram Ekbal Prasad Male	IND Independents	222 0.33%
13	Krishna Govind Singh Male	IND Independents	200 0.3%
14	Ram Jee Yadav Male	IND Independents	113 0.17%
15	Jai Prakash Das Male	IND Independents	100 0.15%
	Total		67732 47.14%

In 1980, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 144909 electors. Total number of valid vote was 67732. Indian National Congress (i) candidate S M Isa won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 36781 votes. Janata Party (secular) - Ch. Charan Singh candidate Sumitra Devi stood second with total 13392 votes. She lost by 23389 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sumitra Devi Female	JNP Janata Party	16192 33.52%
2	Md Isha Male	INC Indian National Congress	15385 31.85%
3	Ramjee Prasad Singh Male	IND Independents	5372 11.12%
4	Mohan Prasad Yadav Male	IND Independents	2022 4.19%
5	Rameshwar Upadhyay Male	IND Independents	1959 4.06%
6	Satyendra Narain Singh Male	IND Independents	1863 3.86%
7	Jagdish Singh Male	IND Independents	1688 3.49%
8	Tetar Ram Male	IND Independents	1203 2.49%
9	Ramjee Singh Male	IND Independents	621 1.29%
10	Ramahhar Nath Singh Male	IND Independents	557 1.15%
11	Dwarika Nath Singh Male	IND Independents	292 0.6%
12	Tej Narain Singh Male	SSD Shoshit Samaj Dal (akhil Bhartiya)	259 0.54%
13	Ram Kumar Dass Male	IND Independents	223 0.46%
14	Chandrika Prasad Male	IND Independents	166 0.34%
15	Brahmanand Yadav Male	IND Independents	152 0.31%
16	Kalindani Raj Female	IND Independents	110 0.23%
17	Ram Bachan Singh Male	IND Independents	104 0.22%
18	Nand Jee Ram Male	IND Independents	97 0.2%
19	Latafat Hussian Male	IND Independents	40 0.08%
	Total		48305 40.73%

In 1977, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 120132 electors. Total number of valid vote was 48305. Janata Party candidate Sumitra Devi won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 16192 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Md Isha stood second with total 15385 votes. He lost by 807 votes.

1972 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sumitra Devi Male	INC Indian National Congress	17644 33.19%
2	Ram Wadhesh Singh Male	SOP Samyukta Socialist Party/socialist Party	17191 32.34%
3	Ramkhelawan Singh Male	BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	8482 15.95%
4	Satyendra Pd Singh Male	IND Independents	4060 7.64%
5	Tetar Ram Male	IND Independents	2613 4.92%
6	Sukhdeo Narayan Male	BKD Bharatiya Kranti Dal	980 1.84%
7	Ram Pravesh Ram Male	IND Independents	584 1.1%
8	Md Alamgir Male	IND Independents	537 1.01%
9	Abdul Haque Male	IND Independents	251 0.47%
10	Sidhnath Prasad Yadav Male	SUC Socialist Unity Centre Of India	246 0.46%
11	Nagendra Prasad Male	IND Independents	235 0.44%
12	Keshav Prasad Singh Male	IND Independents	177 0.33%
13	Yadunandan Prasad Male	IND Independents	163 0.31%
	Total		53163 50.67%

In 1972, Arrah legislative assembly constituency had total 107588 electors. Total number of valid vote was 53163. Indian National Congress candidate Sumitra Devi won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 17644 votes. Samyukta Socialist Party/socialist Party candidate Ram Wadhesh Singh stood second with total 17191 votes. He lost by 453 votes.