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, 1999
Rajesh Ranjan
IND
Elections held
11
1962–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1999
2,52,566
36.41% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BJPJay Krishna Mandal
- Votes
- 1,85,627
- Vote share
- 26.76%
- Behind by
- 2,52,566
Electors
10,85,356
Total votes polled
6,93,718
Valid votes
6,93,718
NOTA votes
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Turnout
63.9%
Full result, 1999
14 candidates · 6,93,718 valid votes
Rajesh RanjanINDwon
4,38,193
63.2%
Jay Krishna MandalBJP
1,85,627
26.8%
Abdul Khalil AhmadCPM
29,799
4.3%
Mani Lal DasIND
12,813
1.9%
Mahmad AlamIND
5,166
0.7%
Ashok Ku SahJMM
4,298
0.6%
Alimudin AnsariJD(S)
3,211
0.5%
Nageshwar SinghIND
3,207
0.5%
Juver AlamBSP
3,032
0.4%
Vipeen KumarAJBP
2,727
0.4%
Kuldeep MandalIND
1,946
0.3%
Sahdeo Prasad MandalIND
1,401
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 14. 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
