Purnia Assembly constituency
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| 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 | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
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 (O) | ||
| 1977 | Dev Nath Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ajit Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 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 | ||
| INC | Jitendra Kumar Yadav | 94,392 | 40.53 | ||
| JSP | Santosh Kumar Singh | 3,701 | 1.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,436 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 33,222 | ||||
| Turnout | 232,919 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | NDA | |||
2020
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| 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
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External links
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