Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Patna (Bihar) was won by Ram Kripal Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 38,562 votes over C. P. Thakur. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Patna, Bihar, from 1957 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1957–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Sarangdhar Sinha
Indian National Congress
75,618
53.0%
Ramautar Shastri (Communist Party of India)
8,682 (6.1 pts)
1962
Ramdulari Devi
Indian National Congress
101,687
44.9%
Ramavatar Shashtri (Communist Party of India)
25,082 (11.1 pts)
1967
R. A. Shastri
Communist Party of India
148,963
47.5%
R. D. Sinha (Indian National Congress)
82,141 (26.2 pts)
1971
Ramavatar Shastri
Communist Party of India
191,911
50.8%
Kailash Pati Mishra (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
77,426 (20.5 pts)
1977
Maha Maya Prasad Sinha
Bharatiya Lok Dal
382,363
76.6%
Ramavatar Shastri (Communist Party of India)
323,125 (64.7 pts)
1980
Ramavatar Shastri
Communist Party of India
167,290
39.8%
Mahamaya Pd. Sinha (Janata Party)
20,413 (4.9 pts)
1984
C. P. Thakur
Indian National Congress
214,989
43.4%
Ramavatar Shashtri (Communist Party of India)
72,181 (14.6 pts)
1989
Shailendra Nath Srivastava
Bharatiya Janata Party
187,666
30.2%
C.P.Thakur (Indian National Congress)
21,593 (3.5 pts)
1996
Ramkripal Yadav
Janata Dal
388,513
50.2%
S.N.Arya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
39,467 (5.1 pts)
1998
C.P.Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
331,860
51.5%
Ram Kripal Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
52,606 (8.2 pts)
1999
C P Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
379,370
47.3%
Ram Kripal Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
46,892 (5.9 pts)
2004
Ram Kripal Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
433,853
48.1%
C. P. Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party)
38,562 (4.3 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sarangdhar Sinha
Indian National Congress
75,618
53.0%
Ramautar Shastri
Communist Party of India
66,936
47.0%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramdulari Devi
Indian National Congress
101,687
44.9%
Ramavatar Shashtri
Communist Party of India
76,605
33.8%
Mahtab Lall Singh
Jharkhand Party
14,731
6.5%
Gopi Ram
Independent
13,705
6.0%
Reyazur Rehman
Independent
13,423
5.9%
Rajendera Prasad Gupta
Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh
6,385
2.8%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. A. Shastri
Communist Party of India
148,963
47.5%
R. D. Sinha
Indian National Congress
66,822
21.3%
S. Prasad
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
29,475
9.4%
J. Prasad
Independent
21,392
6.8%
J. K. Sinha
Swatantra Party
17,132
5.5%
S. N. Singh
Independent
9,671
3.1%
M. L. Dudwewala
Independent
8,208
2.6%
G. Ram
Independent
4,798
1.5%
R. Singh
Independent
4,040
1.3%
H. B. Chandra
Independent
3,077
1.0%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramavatar Shastri
Communist Party of India
191,911
50.8%
Kailash Pati Mishra
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
114,485
30.3%
Ram Nagina Singh
SHD
34,230
9.1%
Dasu Singh
BKD
16,509
4.4%
Padamdeo Narayan Sharma
Independent
8,676
2.3%
Shakuntla Devi
Independent
5,215
1.4%
Sundari Devi
Independent
2,063
0.5%
Rajeshwari Prasad
Independent
1,348
0.4%
Vidya Sagar Mistri
Independent
1,021
0.3%
Suresh Dutt Sharma
Independent
926
0.2%
Sheo Nandan Prasad
PBI
876
0.2%
Bimal Kumar Sinha
RSM
848
0.2%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Maha Maya Prasad Sinha
Bharatiya Lok Dal
382,363
76.6%
Ramavatar Shastri
Communist Party of India
59,238
11.9%
Rajendra Pratap Sinha
Indian National Congress
41,153
8.2%
Ganpat Rai
Independent
7,806
1.6%
Bhola Nath Chaudhary
Independent
2,198
0.4%
Ram Raj Dubey 'Rajesh'
Independent
1,715
0.3%
Valdeo Yadav
Independent
1,335
0.3%
Manorama Devi
SSD
1,243
0.2%
Krishna Kumar Razak
Independent
1,023
0.2%
Sachidanand Sahay
Independent
1,005
0.2%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramavatar Shastri
Communist Party of India
167,290
39.8%
Mahamaya Pd. Sinha
Janata Party
146,877
34.9%
Lalita Narayan
Congress (I)
82,593
19.7%
Ram Pukar Verma
Independent
5,587
1.3%
Shiv Nandan Prasad
Independent
3,091
0.7%
Ganpat Rai
Independent
1,945
0.5%
Jayanti Yadav
Independent
1,453
0.3%
Matinul Haque
Independent
1,325
0.3%
Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh
Independent
1,115
0.3%
Sadhya B. C.
All India Forward Bloc
974
0.2%
Mehdi Mian
Independent
971
0.2%
Yogeshwar Prasad Singh
Independent
749
0.2%
Rai, Rajendra
Independent
693
0.2%
Uma Rai
Independent
527
0.1%
Kamal Narayan Choudhary
Independent
488
0.1%
Bholanath Choudhary
Independent
473
0.1%
Rakshpal N. K.
Independent
435
0.1%
Vinod Kumar Sinha
SSD
415
0.1%
Krishan Thakur
Independent
393
0.1%
Ripudaman Pd. Singh
Independent
393
0.1%
Awadhesh Kumar Yadav
Independent
391
0.1%
Vasant Kumar Pathik
Independent
380
0.1%
Panna Lal Gupta
Independent
340
0.1%
Sachidanand Sahay
Independent
282
0.1%
Raji Ranjan
Independent
250
0.1%
Vijay Kumar
Independent
207
0.0%
Sao, Rajendra
Independent
202
0.0%
Vijay Kumar Singh
Independent
201
0.0%
Sunil Kumar Chatterjee
Independent
185
0.0%
Subhash Chandra Mehta
Independent
85
0.0%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. P. Thakur
Indian National Congress
214,989
43.4%
Ramavatar Shashtri
Communist Party of India
142,808
28.8%
S. K. Sinha
Independent
117,537
23.7%
Md. Idris
Independent
9,169
1.8%
Chandeshwar Singh
Independent
2,358
0.5%
Ashok Kumar
Independent
1,683
0.3%
Vasant Kumar Pathik
Independent
630
0.1%
Kedar Nath Verma
Independent
580
0.1%
Ravindra Nath Sinha
Independent
501
0.1%
Subhash Chandra Mehta
Independent
437
0.1%
Shiv Bhajan Singh
Independent
427
0.1%
Sachchidanand Sahay
Independent
421
0.1%
Ashok Kumar Yadav
Independent
395
0.1%
Vishnu Shankar Sahay
Independent
385
0.1%
Yogendra Kumar
Independent
380
0.1%
Ashish Ganguly
Independent
378
0.1%
Ran Vijay Singh
Independent
369
0.1%
Jagdeo Yadav
Independent
352
0.1%
Ram Raj Dubey
Independent
317
0.1%
Ganpat Rai
Independent
317
0.1%
Chandrika Pd. Singh
Independent
316
0.1%
Vrijnandan Mahto
Independent
284
0.1%
Okar Dayal Singh
Independent
281
0.1%
Arjun Prasad
Independent
270
0.1%
Arjun Pd. Priyadarshi
Independent
100
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shailendra Nath Srivastava
Bharatiya Janata Party
187,666
30.2%
C.P.Thakur
Indian National Congress
166,073
26.7%
Ram Nath Yadav
Communist Party of India
155,224
25.0%
Yogeshwar Gope
IPF
52,934
8.5%
Ganesh Prasad Singh
Janata Dal
45,120
7.3%
Shyam Bihari Singh
Independent
2,487
0.4%
Shanker Das Mahto
Independent
1,877
0.3%
Shiv Dutt Ojha
DDP
1,320
0.2%
Ahok Singh Chandrabanshi
Independent
1,237
0.2%
Mithilesh Yadav
Independent
765
0.1%
Jai Shanker Pd. Jha
JNP (JP)
630
0.1%
Kamal Nath Choudhary
SUC
576
0.1%
Prabhat Kumar
LKD (B)
525
0.1%
Uma Rai
Independent
495
0.1%
Dinesh Singh
Independent
433
0.1%
Bhai Kedar Nath
Independent
410
0.1%
Ganpat Rai
Independent
385
0.1%
Basant Kumar Pathik
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
374
0.1%
Ganga Prasad
Independent
326
0.1%
Arjun Prasad Priyadarshi
Independent
325
0.1%
Nand Kishore Mahto
Independent
296
0.0%
Md. Idrish
Independent
249
0.0%
Suresh Chaudhary
Independent
216
0.0%
Arun Gandhi
Independent
199
0.0%
Vijay Kumar Singh
Independent
194
0.0%
Jai Kant Thakur
Independent
175
0.0%
Manoj Saran
Independent
164
0.0%
Tarkeshwar Singh Kuswaha
BLKD
145
0.0%
Upendra Pd, Verma
Independent
131
0.0%
Dina Nath Singh
Independent
113
0.0%
Harinandan Sharma
Independent
102
0.0%
Harnandan Pd. Singh
Independent
90
0.0%
Awadh Bihari Singh
Independent
70
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramkripal Yadav
Janata Dal
388,513
50.2%
S.N.Arya
Bharatiya Janata Party
349,046
45.1%
Krishnadeo Yadav
CPI (ML) Liberation
15,176
2.0%
Bnasudev Prasad
Indian National Congress
10,808
1.4%
Badri Narain Singh
Independent
1,044
0.1%
Hasan Majjur Hasmi
Independent
658
0.1%
Shiv Chandra Sinha
Bahujan Samaj Party
625
0.1%
Vivekanand Yadav
Independent
565
0.1%
Nageshar Singh
Independent
555
0.1%
Basudev Singh
ABDBM
494
0.1%
Kameshwar Singh
Independent
471
0.1%
Ram Bhajan Singh Nishad
Independent
462
0.1%
Raj Kishore Sharma
Independent
412
0.1%
Mithilesh Kumar
Independent
393
0.1%
Kali Hijara
Independent
387
0.0%
Tarkeshwar Singh Maurya
Independent
323
0.0%
Ramji Singh
AIIC(T)
319
0.0%
Mahboob Alam Ansari
Independent
279
0.0%
Rajiv Lochan
Independent
278
0.0%
Vivekanand Prasad
Independent
248
0.0%
Rakesh Kappor
Independent
225
0.0%
Premnath Ojha
Independent
216
0.0%
Devendra Kumar
Independent
207
0.0%
Deep Narayan Gupta
Independent
166
0.0%
Baidyanath Prasad
Independent
148
0.0%
Shayam Kumar
Independent
142
0.0%
Jai Nr. Yadav
Independent
137
0.0%
Mn.K.Benipuri
Independent
136
0.0%
Arun Kumar
Independent
133
0.0%
Ram Niwas Vishwakarma
Independent
128
0.0%
Bharat Singh
Independent
125
0.0%
Shivji Gond
Independent
123
0.0%
Ramanand Keshri
Independent
109
0.0%
Deepak Nr. Lal
Independent
106
0.0%
Bashist Narain Sinha
Independent
102
0.0%
Manisha Anand
Independent
101
0.0%
Chandeshwar Singh
Independent
97
0.0%
Upendra Narayan Sinha
Independent
95
0.0%
Lalit Na Sinha
Independent
92
0.0%
Bhubneshwar Pd. Bhasker
Shiv Sena
88
0.0%
Shashi Bhushan Sharmna
Independent
84
0.0%
Ram Narayan Singh
Independent
78
0.0%
Om Prakash
Independent
77
0.0%
Mrityujan Prasad Singh
BKUS
72
0.0%
Ganga Prasad Agrawal
Independent
72
0.0%
Hira Prasad Sinha
Independent
66
0.0%
Ashok Kumar Alias Ashok Kumar Sinha
Independent
55
0.0%
Nawal Kishore Sah
Independent
49
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C.P.Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
331,860
51.5%
Ram Kripal Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
279,254
43.4%
Saroj Chaubey
CPI (ML) Liberation
14,542
2.3%
Mufti Md. Thakur
Janata Dal
4,422
0.7%
Arvind Kumar Yadav
Independent
2,419
0.4%
Shankar Sharan
LS
1,642
0.3%
Manoj Kumar
Independent
1,397
0.2%
Ajit Kumar
Samajwadi Party
1,343
0.2%
Badri Narain Singh
Independent
1,152
0.2%
Jai Shankar Prasad Jha
Shiv Sena
961
0.1%
Mohammad Parwej
AIIC(S)
865
0.1%
Vakil Thakur
Independent
821
0.1%
Deepak Na Lall
Independent
802
0.1%
Kailash Mahto
PSSS
751
0.1%
Chandrakant Sharma
Independent
438
0.1%
Rajandar Prasad
Independent
406
0.1%
Sukhendu Bhusan Sarkar
Independent
370
0.1%
Surendra Singh
Independent
358
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C P Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
379,370
47.3%
Ram Kripal Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
332,478
41.5%
Ramanand Yadav
Independent
47,682
5.9%
Saroj Choubey
CPI (ML) Liberation
20,476
2.6%
Jagdeep Prasad Verma
Independent
6,127
0.8%
Chander Shekhar
Janata Party
2,529
0.3%
Harendra Ku Patel
Nationalist Congress Party
2,350
0.3%
Nagendra Ray
Independent
2,210
0.3%
Lakhan Prasad
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,633
0.2%
Deepak Na Lal
Independent
971
0.1%
S M Taqui
AJBP
959
0.1%
Binod Kumar Sinha
Janata Dal (Secular)
908
0.1%
Nagarmal Wajoria
Independent
805
0.1%
Ram Pd Chandravanshi
BMF
737
0.1%
Shashi Prasad Yadav
BHJVP
571
0.1%
Devdeep Sharma
Independent
524
0.1%
Lal Bahadur Singh
Independent
370
0.0%
Shatrughan Sharma
Independent
300
0.0%
Shiv Nandan Prasad
Independent
277
0.0%
Md Nasim
Independent
251
0.0%
Raju Kumar Vidyarthi
Independent
176
0.0%
Tarakant Choudhary
Revolutionary Socialist Party
164
0.0%
Rajkpoor Sama
Independent
134
0.0%
Shayam Sunder Dudewala
Independent
105
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Kripal Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
433,853
48.1%
C. P. Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
395,291
43.8%
Ranjan Prasad Yadav
SPVD
18,035
2.0%
Vidya Nand Vakal
CPI (ML) Liberation
12,680
1.4%
Manoj Kumar Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,651
1.4%
Jitendra Thakur
AD
4,475
0.5%
Manoj Kumar
Independent
3,541
0.4%
Ravi Shankar Kushwaha
Independent
3,213
0.4%
Kameshwar Prasad Singha
Independent
2,601
0.3%
Md. Shahabuddin
Samajwadi Party
1,925
0.2%
Sunil Kumar Choudhary Nishad
Independent
1,802
0.2%
Ram Nagina Choudhary
Independent
1,376
0.2%
Amit Kumar Albela
Independent
1,359
0.2%
Radhey Shyam Gupta Alias Radhe Shyam
JHSP
1,310
0.1%
Dwarika Singh
VJP
1,304
0.1%
N. M. Bajoriya
ABHM
1,270
0.1%
Om Prakash Sinha
Independent
1,177
0.1%
Sunil Kumar Singh
Rashtriya Lok Dal
1,039
0.1%
Kunj Bihari
Independent
912
0.1%
Shatrudhan Sharma
Independent
535
0.1%
Rama Nand Sinha
Independent
462
0.1%
Ram Kumar Singh
Independent
454
0.1%
Shajad Alam
Independent
351
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Patna has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Patna in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Ram Kripal Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) won Patna, Bihar, in 2004 with 433,853 votes (48.1%), a margin of 38,562 votes over C. P. Thakur.
Which parties have won Patna since 1957?
Since 1957, Patna has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal.
What was the closest result in Patna?
The closest result on record for Patna was 1989, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 21,593 votes (3.5 percentage points).