Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency

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Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies Danapur
Maner
Phulwari
Masaurhi
Paliganj
Bikram
Established2009
Total electors16.5 lakh
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
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.

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Assembly constituencies

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

#NameDistrictMemberParty2019 lead
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

    YearNameParty
    1952 Sarangdhar Sinha Indian National Congress
    2009 Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
    2014 Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
    2019

    Election results

    2019

    2019 Indian general election: Pataliputra
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Ram Kripal Yadav 509,557 47.28 +8.12
    RJD Misa Bharti 4,70,23643.63+8.59
    BSP Mohammad Kalimullah14,0451.30-0.46
    BAAPShailesh Kumar9,6280.89N/A
    APKSPShiv Kumar Singh8,3540.78N/A
    NOTA None of the Above 6,5760.61+0.13
    Majority39,3213.65-0.47
    Turnout 10,78,80956.03-0.34
    BJP hold Swing +8.12

    General election 2014

    2014 Indian general elections: Pataliputra [4] [5] [6]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Ram Kripal Yadav 3,83,26239.16N/A
    RJD Misa Bharti 3,42,94035.04-4.07
    JD(U) Ranjan Prasad Yadav 97,2289.93-32.93
    CPI(ML)L Rameshwar Prasad 51,6235.27-0.59
    BSP Raj Kumar Ram17,1881.76-0.51
    None of the Above None of the Above 4,6780.48N/A
    Majority40,3224.12+0.37
    Turnout 9,78,79556.38+15.21
    BJP gain from JD(U) Swing -3.70

    General election 2009

    2009 Indian general elections: Pataliputra [7]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD(U) Ranjan Prasad Yadav 2,69,29842.86
    RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav 2,45,75739.12
    CPI(ML)L Rameshwar Prasad 36,8375.86
    INC Vijay Singh Yadav18,5042.95
    BSP Harendra Kumar Patel14,2692.27
    Independent Sunil Kumar Singh10,8821.73
    Majority23,5413.74
    Turnout 6,28,28341.17
    JD(U) win (new seat)

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    References

    1. ↑ "PATALIPUTRA LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY".
    2. ↑ 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.
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