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| | #REDIRECT [[Purnia Assembly constituency]] |
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| |name = Purnia <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
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| |settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
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| | pushpin_map = India Bihar
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| | map_caption = Location in Bihar
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| |coordinates = {{coord|25|47|N|87|28|E|region:IN-BR|display=inline,title}}
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| |subdivision_type = Country | |
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| |subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
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| |subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
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| |subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
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| |subdivision_name2 = [[Purnia district|Purnia]]
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| |subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No]]
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| |subdivision_name3 = 62
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| |subdivision_type4 = Type
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| |subdivision_name4 = Open
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| |subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| |subdivision_name5 = [[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)|12. Purnia]]
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| |subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
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| |subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]
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| '''Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purnia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].
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| ==Overview==
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| As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Purnia East [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] including Purnia Municipal Corporation.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> In the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/36-seats-in-bihar-to-have-electronic-voting-machines-with-paper-trail-facility-1204308|title=36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/poll-bound-bihar-to-get-36-evms-with-paper-trail-facility/|title=Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility}}</ref>
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| Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 12 [[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>
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| ==Election results==
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| ===1977-2010===
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| [[Rajkishore Kesri]], the sitting MLA of Purnia, was stabbed to death on 4 January 2011, by a school teacher, who raised accusations against him of rape and sexual exploitation.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110105/jsp/bihar/story_13391409.jsp |title = ‘Backstabbed’ at home - Woman kills Purnea MLA in public | publisher =The Telegraph, 5 January 2011 |access-date = 2011-01-10 }} Pathak and Keshari had first met in 2006 when she had approached
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| him for building a road near her school. In May last year, she levelled
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| charges of sexual harassment and rape on Keshari. She had also lodged an FIR
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| at Khajanchi police station, accusing the MLA and his aide, Vivek Rai, of
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| continuous sexual harassment for over three years.</ref>
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| In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010]], [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]], [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]] and 2000 state assembly elections, Raj Kishore Keshri of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Purnia seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Charitra Yadav of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Ajit Sarkar]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated [[Rajesh Ranjan]] of [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] in 1995 and Ravindra Narayan Singh of [[Janata Dal|JD]] in 1990, Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1985 and Sharda Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980. Dev Nath Roy of [[Janata Party|JP]] defeated Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0462.htm |title = Bihar - Purnia |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp139.htm |title = 139 - Purnea Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-15 }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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| {{Purnia Division topics}}
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| {{Bihar elections}}
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| [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
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| [[Category:Politics of Purnia district]]
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| [[Category:Purnia]]
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