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Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency
Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Danapur; Maner; Phulwari; Masaurhi; Paliganj; Bikram
Established	2009
Total electors	16.5 lakh
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Ram Kripal Yadav
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India.^[1] 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 reorganization effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib. Pataliputra constituency has a total of 16.5 lakh electorate out of which 4 lakh are Yadavs,1 lakh are Brahman, 1.7 lakh are Kurmi, ,80 hazar Rajput^[2] 1.7 lakh are Koeri, 1.5 lakh are Muslims, rest comprises dalit voters.

Assembly constituencies edit

Assembly constituencies in Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency):^[3]

#	Name	District	Member
186	Danapur	Patna	Ritlal Yadav	RJD	BJP
187	Maner		Bhai Virendra	RJD	RJD
188	Phulwari (SC)		Gopal Ravidas	CPIML	BJP
189	Masaurhi (SC)		Rekha Devi	RJD	RJD
190	Paliganj		Sandeep Saurav	CPIML	RJD
191	Bikram		Siddharth Saurav	INC	BJP

Members of Parliament edit

Year	Name
1952	Sarangdhar Sinha	Indian National Congress
1957-2009 : See Patna Lok Sabha constituency
2009	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal (United)
2014	Ram Kripal Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Ram Kripal Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results edit

2019 edit

2019 Indian general election: Pataliputra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kripal Yadav	509,557	47.28	+8.12
	RJD	Misa Bharti	4,70,236	43.63	+8.59
	BSP	Mohammad Kalimullah	14,045	1.30	-0.46
	BAAP	Shailesh Kumar	9,628	0.89	N/A
	APKSP	Shiv Kumar Singh	8,354	0.78	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,576	0.61	+0.13
Majority			39,321	3.65	-0.47
Turnout			10,78,809	56.03	-0.34
	BJP hold		Swing	+8.12

General election 2014 edit

2014 Indian general elections: Pataliputra^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kripal Yadav	3,83,262	39.16	N/A
	RJD	Misa Bharti	3,42,940	35.04	-4.07
	JD(U)	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	97,228	9.93	-32.93
	CPI(ML)L	Rameshwar Prasad	51,623	5.27	-0.59
	BSP	Raj Kumar Ram	17,188	1.76	-0.51
	None of the Above	None of the Above	4,678	0.48	N/A
Majority			40,322	4.12	+0.37
Turnout			9,78,795	56.38	+15.21
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing	-3.70

General election 2009 edit

2009 Indian general elections: Pataliputra^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	2,69,298	42.86
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	2,45,757	39.12
	CPI(ML)L	Rameshwar Prasad	36,837	5.86
	INC	Vijay Singh Yadav	18,504	2.95
	BSP	Harendra Kumar Patel	14,269	2.27
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Singh	10,882	1.73
Majority			23,541	3.74
Turnout			6,28,283	41.17
	JD(U) win (new seat)

References edit

^ "PATALIPUTRA LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY".
^ Abhijeet Thakur (17 April 2014). "Patliputra battle: Lalu for a lifeline, Ram Kripal for prestige & Ranjan for yet another term". India.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ "General Election 2009 Assembly constituencies". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 75. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "General Election 2009". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 20 May 2009.