| Purnia | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Santosh Kushwaha JD(U) |
Purnia (formerlyPurnea) is one of the 40Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies inBihar state in easternIndia.
Presently, Purnia Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following sixVidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Kasba | Purnia | Nitesh Kumar Singh | LJP (RV) | IND | ||
| 59 | Banmankhi (SC) | Krishna Kumar Rishi | BJP | IND | |||
| 60 | Rupauli | Kaladhar Prasad Mandal | JD(U) | 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 | ||
The 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
| 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 | 11,96,238 | 63.12 | 2.25 | ||
| Independentgain fromJD(U) | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Uday Singh | 362,952 | 51.50 | ||
| IND. | Shanti Priya Chandranarayan Yadav | 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 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||