diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/492.bugfix b/docs/changes/newsfragments/492.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c173dcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/newsfragments/492.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix pattern indexing logic for :meth:`.PatternDataGrabber.get_elements` by `Synchon Mandal`_
diff --git a/junifer/datagrabber/pattern.py b/junifer/datagrabber/pattern.py
index 43d0d74cb..b64ed47ce 100644
--- a/junifer/datagrabber/pattern.py
+++ b/junifer/datagrabber/pattern.py
@@ -449,6 +449,19 @@ class PatternDataGrabber(BaseDataGrabber, PatternValidationMixin):
 
         return out
 
+    def _count_replacements_in_pattern(self, dtype: str) -> int:
+        """Count the replacements in pattern(s)."""
+        dtype_val = self.patterns[dtype]
+        # Convert non-list dtype vals
+        if not isinstance(dtype_val, list):
+            dtype_val = [dtype_val]
+        counts = []
+        for val in dtype_val:
+            counts.append(
+                np.sum([x in val.get("pattern") for x in self.replacements])
+            )
+        return np.max(counts).astype(int)
+
     def get_elements(self) -> Elements:
         """Implement fetching list of elements in the dataset.
 
@@ -467,7 +480,7 @@ class PatternDataGrabber(BaseDataGrabber, PatternValidationMixin):
         # Iterate by number of replacements. At least one pattern must have
         # all of them.
         replacement_in_patterns = [
-            np.sum([x in self.patterns[t_type] for x in self.replacements])
+            self._count_replacements_in_pattern(t_type)
             for t_type in self.types
         ]
         order = np.argsort(replacement_in_patterns)