Patna

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

constituency in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

existed from 1957 to 2008. Later it was split into two seats. Pataliputra and Patna Sahib.

Members of Parliament

1952-1957

In the

1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. ...

(1952-1957),

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

had 4

constituencies: * Pataliputra :

Sarangdhar Sinha Sarangdhar Sinha (6 February 1899 – 30 June 1982) was an Indian legislator, parliamentarian and academician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Patna (Lok Sabha constituency), Patna in Bihar. Sarangd ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

* Patna Central : Kailash Pati Sinha,

* Patna East :

Tarkeshwari Sinha Tarkeshwari Sinha (26 December 1926 – 14 August 2007) was an Indian politician and independence activist from Bihar. Among the first female politicians of the country, she took active role in the Quit India Movement. At the age of 26, she wa ...

* Patna-cum-Shahabad (renamed as Arrah) :

Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Arrah from 1952 to 1977 and 1984 to 1989. Bhaga ...

1957-2008

From the

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14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

, Patna had 1 Lok Sabha.

2008-Present

From the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

(2009) onwards, the Patna Lok Sabha constituency has been bifurcated into 2 constituencies:

Pataliputra Pataliputra (IAST: ), adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE as a small fort () near the Ganges river.. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the ...

and

Patna Sahib Patna City, popularly known as Patna Saheb or Patna Sahib, is a city and one of the 6 Sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district, Bihar, India. Patna City is an old area of Patna. Patna City history belongs to Patliputra. It is regarded as ver ...

Election Results

2004

Ram Kripal Yadav Ram Kripal Yadav (born 12 October 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in Bihar. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and was a close confidant of Lalu Yadav. Later ...

(RJD) : 433,853 votes * Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (BJP) : 395,291

1999

* Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (BJP) : 379,370 votes *

(RJD) : 332,478

1998 Re-election

* Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (BJP) : 331,860 votes *

(RJD) : 279,254

1998

The

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election in Patna was countermanded due to reports of massive vote rigging.

1996

(JD) : 388,513 * S. N. Arya (BJP) : 349,046

1993 Re-election

(JD)

1991

The

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election in Patna was countermanded due to reports of massive vote rigging.

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

fielded

Inder Kumar Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who served as the 12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Born in Punjab, he was influenced by nationalist ...

from here, and

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

fielded

Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal B ...

1989

Shailendra Nath Shrivastava Shailendra Nath Shrivastava (26 October 1936 – 12 February 2006) was former Indian politician from Bihar. He was born at Chausa Bhojpur district. In 1980 he was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly and in 1989, he was elected to Lok Sabha f ...

(BJP) : 388,513 * Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (INC) : 349,046

1984

* Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (INC) : 214,909 *

Ramavatar Shastri Ramavatar Shastri (June 1920 – 26 January 1988) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Patna (Lok Sabha constituency), Patna in Bihar as a member of the Communist Par ...

(CPI) : 142,808

1980

(CPI) : 167,290 *

Mahamaya Prasad Sinha Mahamaya Prasad Sinha (1 May 1909 – 1987) was an Indian politician. He was the fifth Chief Minister of Bihar from March 1967 to January 1968 which was the first non congress Government in Bihar. Sinha was a follower of Maharaja Kamakhya Narain ...

(JP) : 146,877

1977

(JP) : 382,363 *

(CPI) : 59,238

1971

(CPI) : 191,911 *

Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra (5 October 1923 – 3 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was a leader of Jana Sangh, and later Bharatiya Janta Party. He was Finance Minister of Bihar in 1977. He was Governor of Gujarat from May 2003 to July 2004. ...

(BJS) : 114,485

1967

(CPI) : 148,963 *

Ram Dulari Sinha Ram Dulari Sinha (8 December 1922 – 31 August 1994) was a nationalist, freedom fighter Indian National Congress, Indian parliamentarian, Union Minister, and Governor. Life She was Union Minister in Governments headed by Indira Gandhi and R ...

(INC) : 66,822

1962

(INC) : 101,687 *

(CPI) : 76,605

1957

(INC) : 75,618 *

(CPI) : 66,936

References

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