Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)
Purnia Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Purnea) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.
Assembly segments
Presently, Purnia Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | MLA | Party | Party Leading (in 2019) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Kasba | None | Purnia | Md. Afaque Amam | INC | JD(U) |
| 59 | Banmankhi | SC | Purnia | Krishna Kumar Rishi | BJP | JD(U) |
| 60 | Rupauli | None | Purnia | Bima Bharti | JD(U) | JD(U) |
| 61 | Dhamdaha | None | Purnia | Leshi Singh | JD(U) | JD(U) |
| 62 | Purnia | None | Purnia | Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | JD(U) |
| 69 | Korha | SC | Katihar | Kavita Devi | BJP | JD(U) |
Members of Parliament
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency [1][2]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Maneklal Madanlal Gandhi | |||
| Benjaman Hansda | |||
| Muhammad Islamuddin | |||
| 1957 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | Mohammad Tahir | ||
| 1977 | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Madhuri Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Mohammed Taslimuddin | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Election countermanded due to poll-rigging and violence[3] | ||
| 1991 | Pappu Yadav | Independent | |
| 1996 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 1998 | Jai Krishna Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | Pappu Yadav | Independent | |
| 2004 | Uday Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2019 | |||
General Election Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 6,32,924 | 54.85 | ||
| INC | Uday Singh | 3,69,463 | 32.02 | ||
| IND. | Shubhash Kumar Thakur | 31,795 | 2.76 | ||
| IND. | Sageer Ahmad | 21,374 | 1.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 18,569 | 1.61 | ||
| BSP | Jitendra Urab | 16,537 | 1.43 | ||
| Majority | 2,63,461 | 22.83 | |||
| Turnout | 11,53,989 | 65.37 | |||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 4,18,826 | 41.15 | ||
| BJP | Uday Singh | 3,02,157 | 29.69 | ||
| INC | Amarnath Tiwari | 1,24,344 | 12.22 | ||
| JMM | MD SHAMSHER ALAM | 50,446 | 4.96 | ||
| AAP | Sudeep Roy | 16,630 | 1.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 11,982 | 1.18 | ||
| Majority | 1,16,669 | 11.46 | |||
| Turnout | 10,17,750 | 64.31 | |||
| JD(U) gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Uday Singh | 3,62,952 | 51.50 | ||
| IND. | Shanti Priya | 1,76,725 | 25.08 | ||
| LJP | Shankar Jha | 22,773 | 3.23 | ||
| IND. | Pramod Narayan Poddar | 21,754 | 3.09 | ||
| BSP | Naveen Kumar Singh | 21,281 | 3.02 | ||
| Majority | 1,86,227 | 26.42 | |||
| Turnout | 7,04,752 | 53.99 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Singh, Santosh (16 October 2020). "Pappu Yadav, the 'pathik'".
- "Navbharat Times"
- "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 47. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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