Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)

Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency) (Hindi: पाटलिपुत्र लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. 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 reorganisation effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib.

Assembly constituencies

Assembly constituencies in Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency):^[1]

• Danapur
• Maner
• Phulwari (SC)
• Masaurhi (SC)
• Paliganj
• Bikram

Members of Parliament

Key

  JD(U)     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal (United)
	2014	Ram Kripal Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Pataliputra[2] [3][4]
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) Liberation	Rameshwar Prasad	51,623	5.27	-0.59
Majority			40,322	4.12	+0.37
Turnout			9,78,649	64.12
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing	+22.69

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Pataliputra [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	2,69,298	42.86
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	2,45,757	39.11
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Rameshwar Prasad	36,837	5.86
	INC	Vijay Singh Yadav	18,504	2.94
	BSP	Harendra Kumar Patel	14,269	2.27
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Singh	10,882	1.73
	Independent	Durgesh Nandan Singh	6,465	1.02
	LTSD	Mohammad Aftab Alam	6,312	1.00
	ANC	Hasan Manzoor Hashmi	5,580	0.88
	Independent	Awadhesh Sharma	3,289	0.52
	RWS	Kundan Kumar	2,476	0.39
	RKJP	Kiran Devi	2,426	0.38
	Forward Bloc	Mohammad Sadruddin	1,950	0.31
	IJP	Prabhunath Yadav	1,803	0.28
	BJKD	Dr. Krishnadhar Singh	1,245	0.19
	JGP	Pancha Devi	1,220	0.19
Majority			23,541	3.75
Turnout			6,28,313
	JD(U) win (new seat)

See also

• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

1. "General Election 2009 Assembly constituencies". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
2. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 75. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
4. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
5. "General Election 2009". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 2009-05-20.