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. Pataliputra constituency has a total of 16.5 lakh electorate out of which 5lakh are Yadavs, 4.5 lakh are Bhumihar , 1.50 lakh for Brahman and Rajput 3 lakh and 1 lakh are kurmi voters [1]

Pataliputra
31 Pataliputra constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence2009 - present
Reservationnone
Current MPRam Kripal Yadav
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
StateBihar
Total Electors16.5 lakh
Assembly ConstituenciesDanapur, Maner, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj Bikram

Assembly constituencies

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

Members of Parliament
  • Until 2008, there was only one Lok Sabha seat in : Patna
  • In 2008 delimitation, the seat was split into two seats. 1) This one (Pataliputra) and 2) Patna Sahib
Year Winner Party
1952-2008 See : Patna
2009 Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2014 Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2019
2019 Indian general election: Pataliputra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Ram Kripal Yadav 5,09,557 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 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
BSP Raj Kumar Ram 17,188 1.76 -0.51
NOTA None of the Above 4,678 0.48 N/A
Majority 40,322 4.12 +0.37
Turnout 9,78,649 56.37 +15.20
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) Liberation 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
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 2,428 0.39
Forward Bloc Mohammad Sadruddin 1,953 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 3.74
Turnout 6,28,283 41.17
JD(U) win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. http://www.india.com/election-2014/patliputra-battle-lalu-for-a-lifeline-ram-kripal-for-prestige-ranjan-for-yet-another-term-40773/
  2. "General Election 2009 Assembly constituencies". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
  3. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  4. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 75. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  6. "General Election 2009". Pataliputra. India elections.co.in. Retrieved 2009-05-20.

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