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Purnea

Name: Purnea
Address: IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

← Lok Sabha General Election 1996 ·

1,074,893

Electors

671,574

Votes polled

62.48%

Turnout

316,155

Margin

Winner

Rajesh Ranjan

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Rajesh Ranjan Won Male	SP	443,111	65.98%
2	Rajendra Pd. Gupta Male	BJP	126,956	18.90%
3	Ajit Sarkar Male	CPM	65,678	9.78%
4	Rajeev Nandan Yadav Male	INC	9,499	1.41%
5	Jwala Pd. Gupta Male	IND	6,991	1.04%
6	Fazlur Rahman Male	IND	5,173	0.77%
7	Jenendra Kumar Male	BSP	2,965	0.44%
8	Tej Nr. Roy Male	IND	2,946	0.44%
9	Premod Muni Male	IND	2,001	0.30%
10	Yamuna Murmu Male	JMM	1,537	0.23%
11	Dukhan Roy Male	IND	1,062	0.16%
12	Tuntun Paswan Male	IND	981	0.15%
13	Devendar Sharma Male	IND	753	0.11%
14	Radhya Kishor Roy Male	IND	643	0.10%
15	Ashok Thakur Male	AIIC(T)	570	0.08%
16	Anil Vishal Male	IND	354	0.05%
17	Babu Lal Oraon Male	IND	354	0.05%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	Uday Singh Male BJP	34.47%	Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav Male LJNSP	32.66%
1999	Rajesh Ranjan Male IND	63.17%	Jay Krishna Mandal Male BJP	26.76%
1998	Jay Krishna Mandal Male BJP	37.96%	Rajesh Ranjan Male SP	32.83%
1996	Rajesh Ranjan Male SP	65.98%	Rajendra Pd. Gupta Male BJP	18.90%
1989	Taslimudin Male JD	31.55%	Ajit Sarkar Male CPM	21.83%
1984	Madhuree Singh Female INC	68.00%	Kamal Natha Jha Male LKD	23.97%
1980	Madhuri Singh Female INC(I)	48.53%	Niyanand Arya Male JNP(S)	30.09%
1977	Lakhan Lal Kapoor Male BLD	56.07%	Madhuri Singh Female INC	30.14%
1971	Mohammad Tahir Male INC	27.73%	Z. A. Ahmad Male CPI	17.92%
1967	P. G. S. Gupta Male INC	31.47%	B. Gupta Male SSP	29.50%
1957	Phani Gopal Sen Gupta INC	51.79%	Balkrishna Gupta IND	26.56%