Purnia (formerly Purnea) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.
| Purnia | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Santosh Kushwaha JD(U) |
Assembly segments
editPresently, Purnia Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Kasba | Purnia | Md Afaque Alam | INC | IND | ||
| 59 | Banmankhi (SC) | Krishna Kumar Rishi | BJP | IND | |||
| 60 | Rupauli | Shankar Singh | IND | JD(U) | |||
| 61 | Dhamdaha | Leshi Singh | JD(U) | JD(U) | |||
| 62 | Purnia | Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | IND | |||
| 69 | Korha (SC) | Katihar | Kavita Devi | BJP | IND | ||
Members of Parliament
editThe following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency [1][2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Maneklal Madanlal Gandhi | |||
| Benjaman Hansda | |||
| Muhammad Islamuddin | |||
| 1957 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | Mohammad Tahir | ||
| 1977 | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Madhuri Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Taslimuddin | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Election countermanded due to poll-rigging and violence[3] | ||
| 1991^ | Pappu Yadav | Independent | |
| 1996 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 1998 | Jai Krishna Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | Pappu Yadav | Independent | |
| 2004 | Uday Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Santosh Kushwaha | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Pappu Yadav | Independent | |
^By-Poll
Election results
edit2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Pappu Yadav | 567,556 | 47.46 |  47.46
| |
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 5,43,709 | 45.47 |  9.38
| |
| RJD | Bima Bharti | 27,120 | 2.27 | 2.27
| |
| Margin of victory | 23,847 | 1.99 | 20.84
| ||
| Turnout | 11,95,844 | 63.08 | 2.29
| ||
| Independent gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 632,924 | 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 | ||||
2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 418,826 | 41.15 | ||
| BJP | Uday Singh | 3,02,157 | 29.69 | ||
| INC | Amarnath Tiwari | 1,24,344 | 12.22 | ||
| JMM | Mohammed 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 | ||||
2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Uday Singh | 362,952 | 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
editReferences
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'".
- ^ "Result 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "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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