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, 1998
JAY KRISHNA MANDAL
BJP
Elections held
11
1962–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1998
35,817
5.13% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
SPRAJESH RANJAN
- Votes
- 2,29,279
- Vote share
- 32.83%
- Behind by
- 35,817
Electors
10,85,968
Total votes polled
6,98,282
Valid votes
6,98,282
NOTA votes
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Turnout
64.3%
Full result, 1998
10 candidates · 6,98,282 valid votes
JAY KRISHNA MANDALBJPwon
2,65,096
38.0%
RAJESH RANJANSP
2,29,279
32.8%
UDAY SINGHINC
1,02,297
14.7%
DILIP KUMAR YADAVRJD
58,225
8.3%
MOIDUR RAHMANIND
24,851
3.6%
MAHTA BIMAMLS
6,637
0.9%
VAIDYANATH CHOUDHARYJP
5,496
0.8%
ANIL KUMAR SINGHIND
2,941
0.4%
NARESH VISHWASSSD
2,425
0.3%
VISHWANATH PASWANIND
1,035
0.1%
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
