 | This article may incorporate text from a large language model .(November 2025) |
Sanjay Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Constituency | Kumhrar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patna,Bihar,India [1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Sanjay Gupta is an Indian politician and a member of the **Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)**. He was elected in the **2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election** from the **Kumhrar** constituency in Patna district.
Gupta was announced as the BJP candidate for Kumhrar in October 2025,replacing the incumbent Arun Kumar Sinha,who had held the seat for multiple terms. [2]
He campaigned on a platform of development,urging voters to support him so that Kumhrar could be “an ideal”constituency. [3]
In the 2025 election,Gupta won the Kumhrar seat by a large margin. [4] According to the Election Commission data as reported,he secured **100,485 votes**,defeating Congress's Indradeep Chandravanshi who got 52,961 votes. [5]
Gupta's selection was seen as a strategic shift by the BJP —he comes from a **Vaishya business background**,and his candidature reflects the party's effort to rejuvenate leadership in its urban stronghold. [1] His campaign emphasized **urban infrastructure development**,including support for projects such as the Patna Metro,and improving civic amenities. [1]