| Purnia | |
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| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purnia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 290,893 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block including Purnia Municipal Corporation.[1] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Purnia Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Dev Nath Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ajit Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Madhavi Sarkar | ||
| 2000 | Raj Kishore Kesri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011^ | Kiran Devi | ||
| 2015 | Vijay Khemka | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2025[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | 127,614 | 54.79 | +2.01 | |
| INC | Jitendra Kumar Yadav | 94,392 | 40.53 | +5.11 | |
| Jan Suraaj Party | Santosh Kumar Singh | 3,701 | 1.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,436 | 0.62 | +0.11 | |
| Majority | 33,222 | 14.26 | −3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 232,919 | 80.07 | +20.86 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | NDA | |||
2020[edit | edit source]
Source:[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | 97,757 | 52.78 | +3.52 | |
| INC | Indu Sinha | 65,603 | 35.42 | +3.72 | |
| SDPI | Vijay Oraon | 5,493 | 2.97 | ||
| Apna Kisan Party | Sanjay Singh | 1,924 | 1.04 | ||
| Independent | Neeraj Kumar Sinha | 1,742 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 951 | 0.51 | −0.08 | |
| Majority | 32,154 | 17.36 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 185,201 | 59.21 | −6.68 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | 92,020 | 49.26 | ||
| INC | Indu Sinha | 59,205 | 31.7 | ||
| Independent | Ram Charitra Yadav | 7,614 | 4.08 | ||
| CPI(M) | Rajeev Kumar Singh | 3,993 | 2.14 | ||
| JAP(L) | Arvind Kumar@ Bhola Sah | 2,670 | 1.43 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Singh | 1,697 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,109 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 32,815 | 17.56 | |||
| Turnout | 186,786 | 65.89 | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ↑ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ↑ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ↑ "Purnia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ↑ "Purnia Election Result 2025 Highlights: BJP's Vijay Kumar Khemka win another term". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 25 November 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "Purnia Assembly Constituency Election Result". Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ↑ "Purnia Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 25 November 2025.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.