Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)
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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.
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Assembly constituencies
Assembly constituencies in Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency):[1]
Members of Parliament
Key
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ranjan Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2014 | Ram Kripal Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election Results
General election 2014
| 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
| 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
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