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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
'''Patna''' [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Bihar]] existed until 2008. Later it was split into two seats.

==Members of Parliament==
* In [[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]], [[Patna]] had 4 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies.
    1) Pataliputra : [[Sarangdhar Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>
    2) Patna Central : Kailash Pati Sinha, [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>
    3) Patna East : [[Tarkeshwari Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>
    4) Patna Cum Shahabad : [[Bali Ram Bhagat]], [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|title=1951 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Member of Parliament
! Party
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Sarangdhar Sinha]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[Ramavatar Shastri]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Ramavatar Shastri]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]]
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[Ramavatar Shastri]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[Shailendra Nath Shrivastava]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|''Election countermanded due to violence''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/bihar35.htm|title=Patna Lok Sabha constituency}}</ref>
|-
|1993<ref name="1991c">{{cite news|url=https://hindi.oneindia.com/news/india/lok-sabha-elections-2019-bihar-patna-sahib-seat-1991-election-history/articlecontent-pf186721-500833.html|title=पटना साहिब: 1991 में जब ना यशवंत सिन्हा जीते और ना आईके गुजराल|last1=Sharma|first1=Ashok Kumar|date=8 April 2019}}</ref>
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|''Election countermanded due to violence''<ref name="skm">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/bihar-elections-violence-politics-lok-sabha-elections-evm-5715811/|title=1990s were the most violent years in Bihar’s electoral history, that gloomy picture has changed|first1=Sushil Kumar|last1=Modi|date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1998<ref name="1998e">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1998-election-results.html|title=1998 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
|[[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|}

* In 2008, this constituency was split into two Lok Sabha seats: [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]] and [[Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pataliputra]].

== Election Results ==

===2004===
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]] (RJD) : 433,853 votes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html|title=2004 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]] (BJP) : 395,291

===1999===
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]] (BJP) : 379,370 votes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1999-election-results.html|title=1999 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]] (RJD) : 332,478

===1998 Re-election===
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]] (BJP) : 331,860 votes<ref name="1998e" />
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]] (RJD) : 279,254

===1998===
The [[1998 Indian general election|1998]] [[Lok Sabha]] election in Patna was countermanded due to reports of massive vote rigging.<ref name="skm"/>

===1996===
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]] (JD) : 388,513<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1996-election-results.html|title=1996 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[S. N. Arya]] (BJP) : 349,046

===1993 Re-election===
* [[Ram Kripal Yadav]] (JD)

===1991===
The [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] [[Lok Sabha]] election in Patna was countermanded due to reports of massive vote rigging. [[Janata Dal]] fielded [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] from here, and [[Janata Party]] fielded [[Yashwant Sinha]].<ref name="1991c" />

===1989===
* [[Shailendra Nath Shrivastava]] (BJP) : 388,513<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1989-election-results.html|title=1989 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]] (INC) : 349,046

===1984===
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]] (INC) : 214,909<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election_results.html|title=1984 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 142,808

===1980===
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 167,290<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1980-election-results.html|title=1980 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]] (JP) : 146,877

===1977===
* [[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]] (JP) : 382,363<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=1977 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 59,238

===1971===
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 191,911<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1971-election-results.html|title=1971 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Kailashpati Mishra]] (BJS) : 114,485

===1967===
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 148,963<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title=1967 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] (INC) : 66,822

===1962===
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] (INC) : 101,687<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title=1962 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 76,605

===1957===
* [[Sarangdhar Sinha]] (INC) : 75,618<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|title=1957 Lok Sabha election results}}</ref>
* [[Ramavatar Shastri]] (CPI) : 66,936

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{coord missing|Bihar}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Government of Patna]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

Patna (Lok Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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