Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency

Pataliputra 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.

Pataliputra
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
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Misha Bharti
Party	RJD
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Ram Kripal Yadav,   BJP

Most Successful parties from Pataliputra Lok Sabha

1. BJP (2 Times) (40%)
2. INC(1 Times) (20%)
3. JDU (1 time) (20%)
4. RJD (1 time) (20%)

Assembly constituencies

Assembly constituencies in Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency):^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
186	Danapur	Patna	Ritlal Yadav		RJD		BJP
187	Maner		Bhai Virendra		RJD		RJD
188	Phulwari (SC)		Gopal Ravidas		CPI(ML)		RJD
189	Masaurhi (SC)		Rekha Devi		RJD		RJD
190	Paliganj		Sandeep Saurav		CPI(ML)		RJD
191	Bikram		Siddharth Saurav		BJP		RJD

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
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
2024	Misha Bharti		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Pataliputra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Misha Bharti	613,283	49.86	6.23
	BJP	Ram Kripal Yadav	528,109	42.93	4.35
	NOTA	None of the above	5,606	0.46	0.15
Majority			85,174	6.93	3.28
Turnout			1,230,099
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0431.htm

2019

2019 Indian general election: Pataliputra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kripal Yadav	509,557	47.28	+8.12
	RJD	Misha 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

2014 Indian general elections: Pataliputra^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kripal Yadav	3,83,262	39.16	N/A
	RJD	Misha 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

2009 Indian general elections: Pataliputra^[6]

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)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)