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Purnea
Lok Sabha General Election 1998
1,085,968
Electors
698,282
Votes polled
64.30%
Turnout
35,817
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jay Krishna Mandal
Won
Male
|
BJP | 265,096 | 37.96% |
| 2 |
Rajesh Ranjan
Male
|
SP | 229,279 | 32.83% |
| 3 |
Uday Singh
Male
|
INC | 102,297 | 14.65% |
| 4 |
Dilip Kumar Yadav
Male
|
RJD | 58,225 | 8.34% |
| 5 |
Moidur Rahman
Male
|
IND | 24,851 | 3.56% |
| 6 |
Mahta Bimam
Male
|
LS | 6,637 | 0.95% |
| 7 |
Vaidyanath Choudhary
Male
|
JP | 5,496 | 0.79% |
| 8 |
Anil Kumar Singh
Male
|
IND | 2,941 | 0.42% |
| 9 |
Naresh Vishwas
Male
|
SSD | 2,425 | 0.35% |
| 10 |
Vishwanath Paswan
Male
|
IND | 1,035 | 0.15% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Purnea Constituency Results by Year
| 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% |