Janata Dal (United) on Pataliputra

State 10 · Lok Sabha · 5 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 3 contested

JDU never finished second here

Strike rate

66.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 3 published candidatures

Best vote share52.70%in 2004

Worst vote share9.90%in 2014

Average vote share35.17% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested2004

Last contested2014

Votes polled here8.38 Lacross all 3 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal (United) vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

3 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2014	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	97,228	9.90%	3	Lost · 3rd
2009	Ranjan Prasad Yadav	2,69,298	42.90%	1	Won
2004	Nitish Kumar	4,71,310	52.70%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janta Party Lok Jan Shakti Party Bahujan Samaj Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Hindustan Vikas Dal Bharatiya Aam Awam Party Indian National Congress Apna Kisan Party Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party Samajwadi Party Independent Janata Party Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)Bharatiya Ekta Dal Bhartiya Sarthak Party All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen Loktantrik Samata Dal Yuva Krantikari Party Rashtrawadi Chetna Party Ambedkar National Congress Samajwadi Janata Party (RASHTRIYA)Bhagidari Party(P)Rashtriya Samanta Dal Voters Party International Aam Aadmi Party Bahujan Nyay Dal Rashtrawadi Sena Peoples Party Of India (Democratic)Bharatiya Momin Front Rashtriya Krantikari Janata Party All India Forward Bloc Shiv Sena Bhartiya Lok Chetna Party Adarsh Jankalyan Dal Indian Justice Party Bharat Vikas Morcha Sankhyanupati Bhagidari Party Jago Party Hamara Sahara Party Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party Republican Party Of India (A)Bahujan Mukti Party Bhartiya Dalit Party Bharatiya Bahujan Congress Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Bhartiya Manavta Party Rashtriya Janvikas Party (Democratic)

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Pataliputra

Publisher: Election Commission of India
Retrieved: 2026-09-13
Computed: 2026-09-13 02:10 UTC

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