Pataliputra Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Pataliputra Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Bihar and cast its vote in the 2019 election on the last phase of elections being held on May 19.

Bihar witnessed 53.55 per cent voting in as many seats in the seventh phase.

Md. Kalimullah of Bahujan Samaj Party, Misha Bharti of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Ram Kripal Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party and Nagmani of Shivsena are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Bihar are being held in all the seven phases and counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Pataliputra Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	MD. KALIMULLAH	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	MISHA BHARTI	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	RAM KRIPAL YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	INDU DEVI MISHRA	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
5	MD. TAUFIQUE AHMAD	Voters Party International
6	DURGESH NANDAN SINGH alias DURGESH YADAV	Rashtriya Janvikas Party (Democratic)
7	Nagmani	Shivsena
8	VINOD DAS	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
9	BINDU DEVI	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party
10	RAM NARAYAN MANJHI	Sankhyanupati Bhagidari Party
11	RAM NIRANJAN ROY	Rashtrawadi Chetna Party
12	RAM PRAVESH RAJAK	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
13	LALITA RAY	Bahujan Nyay Dal
14	WAKIL AHMAD	Janata Party
15	SHIV KUMAR SINGH	Apna Kisan Party
16	SHAILESH KUMAR	Bharatiya Aam Awam Party
17	SATISH KUMAR	Bharatiya Momin Front
18	SOHAN RAY	Yuva Krantikari Party
19	JITENDRA BIND	Independent
20	PUPUL KUMAR SHARMA	Independent
21	BRAJESHWAR PRASAD SINGH	Independent
22	MANTU KUMAR	Independent
23	RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA	Independent
24	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
25	SURESH PASWAN	Independent

Pataliputra constituency covers seven assembly segments–  Danapur, Maner, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj and Bikram. Phulwari and Masaurhi are reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ram Kripal Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party – won by getting a margin of over 40 thousand votes. He had defeated Misa Bharti of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Yadav had secured 383262 votes while Misa Bharti got 342940 votes.