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[edit]
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[edit]
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency [1][2]
Year | Winner | Party |
---|---|---|
1952 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress |
Maneklal Madanlal Gandhi | Indian National Congress | |
Benjaman Hansda | Indian National Congress | |
Muhammad Islamuddin | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress |
1962 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress |
1967 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress |
1971 | Mohammad Tahir | Indian National Congress |
1977 | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
1980 | Madhuri Singh | Indian National Congress (I) |
1984 | Madhuri Singh | Indian National Congress (I) |
1989 | Mohammed Taslimuddin | Janata Dal |
1991 | Election countermanded due to poll-rigging and violence[3] | |
1991 | Rajesh Ranjan | Independent |
1996 | Rajesh Ranjan | Samajwadi Party |
1998 | Jai Krishna Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
1999 | Rajesh Ranjan | Independent |
2004 | Uday Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2009 | Uday Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2014 | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | Janata Dal (United) |
2019 | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | Janata Dal (United) |
General Election Result[edit]
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 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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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External links[edit]
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