PURNEA
Constituency no. 24 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1962.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called PURNEA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 2004
UDAY SINGH
BJP
Elections held
11
1962–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 2004
12,883
1.82% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
LJNSPRAJESH RANJAN ALIAS PAPPU YADAV
- Votes
- 2,31,543
- Vote share
- 32.66%
- Behind by
- 12,883
Electors
11,79,491
Total votes polled
7,09,015
Valid votes
7,09,015
NOTA votes
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Turnout
60.1%
Full result, 2004
15 candidates · 7,09,015 valid votes
UDAY SINGHBJPwon
2,44,426
34.5%
RAJESH RANJAN ALIAS PAPPU YADAVLJNSP
2,31,543
32.7%
JEEVACHHA PASWANIND
57,021
8.0%
DR. IRSHAD AHMAD KHANSP
47,301
6.7%
RAJ KUMAR HEMBRAMJDP
25,609
3.6%
AWADESH KU MANDALIND
21,619
3.0%
SATYA NARAYAN RAMIND
18,378
2.6%
NEELAM DEVIIND
16,569
2.3%
JAI KRISHNA MANDALSAP
14,160
2.0%
SYED SAHID RAJABSP
7,976
1.1%
MADHAVI SARKARCPI(ML)(L)
7,595
1.1%
LALIT MOHAN SINGHIND
6,740
0.9%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | UDAY SINGH | BJP | 2,44,426 | 34.47% | RAJESH RANJAN ALIAS PAPPU YADAV | 12,883 |
| 1999 | Rajesh Ranjan | IND | 4,38,193 | 63.17% | Jay Krishna Mandal | 2,52,566 |
| 1998 | JAY KRISHNA MANDAL | BJP | 2,65,096 | 37.96% | RAJESH RANJAN | 35,817 |
| 1996 | RAJESH RANJAN | SP | 4,43,111 | 65.98% | RAJENDRA PD. GUPTA | 3,16,155 |
| 1989 | TASLIMUDIN | JD | 1,77,159 | 31.55% | AJIT SARKAR | 54,557 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above