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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar}}<br />
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'''Purnia Lok Sabha constituency''' (formerly '''Purnea''') is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Bihar]] state in eastern [[India]].<br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
Presently, Purnia Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:<br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"<br />
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number<br />
!Name<br />
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)<br />
!District<br />
! width="150px" |MLA<br />
!width="150px"|Party<br />
!width="150px"|Party Leading<br/>(in 2019)<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|58<br />
|[[Kasba, Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
|Md. Afaque Amam<br />
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|59<br />
|[[Banmankhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Banmankhi]] <br />
|SC<br />
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
|[[Krishna Kumar Rishi]]<br />
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[BJP]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|60<br />
|[[Rupauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rupauli]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
|[[Bima Bharti]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|61<br />
|[[Dhamdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhamdaha]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
|Leshi Singh<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|62<br />
|[[Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purnia]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
|Vijay Kumar Khemka<br />
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[BJP]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|69<br />
|[[Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Korha]]<br />
|SC<br />
|[[Katihar district|Katihar]]<br />
|Kavita Devi<br />
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[BJP]]<br />
|bgcolor=#003366|[[JD(U)]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Members of Parliament==<br />
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency<br />
<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm |date=2009-01-31 }}</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx "Lok Sabha Former Members"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616190202/http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx |date=2008-06-16 }}</ref><br />
{| class="sortable" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]<br />
|[[Phani Gopal Sen Gupta]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|Maneklal Madanlal Gandhi<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|Benjaman Hansda<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Muhammad Islamuddin]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]<br />
|[[Phani Gopal Sen Gupta]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
|[[Phani Gopal Sen Gupta]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
|[[Phani Gopal Sen Gupta]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|[[Mohammad Tahir (Indian politician)|Mohammad Tahir]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|Lakhan Lal Kapoor<br />
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
|[[Madhuri Singh]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|[[Madhuri Singh]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|[[Mohammed Taslimuddin]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
|''Election countermanded due to poll-rigging and violence''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/pappu-yadav-profile-6754272/|title=Pappu Yadav, the 'pathik'|date=16 October 2020|last1=Singh|first1=Santosh}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1991<br />
|[[Rajesh Ranjan]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|[[Rajesh Ranjan]]<br />
|[[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|Jai Krishna Mandal<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|[[Rajesh Ranjan]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|[[Uday Singh]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|[[Uday Singh]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|[[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kumar Kushwaha]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kumar Kushwaha]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==General Election Result==<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Purnia]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kumar Kushwaha]]|votes=6,32,924|percentage=54.85|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Uday Singh]]|votes=3,69,463<br />
|percentage=32.02|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
| candidate = Shubhash Kumar Thakur<br />
| votes = 31,795<br />
| percentage = 2.76<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
| candidate = Sageer Ahmad<br />
| votes = 21,374<br />
| percentage = 1.85<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=18,569|percentage=1.61|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jitendra Urab|votes=16,537|percentage=1.43|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority|votes=2,63,461|percentage=22.83|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=11,53,989|percentage=65.37|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link||loser=|swing=|winner=Janata Dal (United) }}{{Election box end}}<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Purnia]]<ref>[http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/lok-sabha-elections-2014/lok-sabha-2014-constituency-details/bihar/Purnia/election2014constituency/32599478.cms "Navbharat Times"]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf | title=General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2015-09-21 |page=47}}</ref><ref name=web-arch-turnout>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |publisher=ECI New Delhi |access-date=2015-09-21 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214134/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=May 25, 2014 }}</ref> }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kumar Kushwaha]]|votes=4,18,826|percentage=41.15|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Uday Singh]]|votes=3,02,157|percentage=29.69|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Amarnath Tiwari|votes=1,24,344|percentage=12.22|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=MD SHAMSHER ALAM|votes=50,446|percentage=4.96|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Sudeep Roy|votes=16,630|percentage=1.63|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=11,982|percentage=1.18|change=|Result=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=1,16,669|percentage=11.46|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,17,750|percentage=64.31|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link||loser=Bharatiya Janata Party|swing=|winner=Janata Dal (United)}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Purnia]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| candidate = [[Uday Singh]]<br />
| votes = 3,62,952<br />
| percentage = 51.50<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
| candidate = Shanti Priya<br />
| votes = 1,76,725<br />
| percentage = 25.08<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
| candidate = Shankar Jha<br />
| votes = 22,773<br />
| percentage = 3.23<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
| party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
| candidate = Pramod Narayan Poddar<br />
| votes = 21,754<br />
| percentage = 3.09<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
| candidate = Naveen Kumar Singh<br />
| votes = 21,281<br />
| percentage = 3.02<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
| votes = 1,86,227<br />
| percentage = 26.42<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
| votes = 7,04,752<br />
| percentage = 53.99<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Purnia district]]<br />
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
* [[Kolasi]]<br />
* [[Katihar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/purnia/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Purnia lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
{{Purnia Division topics}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Bihar}}<br />
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{{Bihar elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Purnia district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Katihar district]]</div>
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