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Purnea

Name: Purnea
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1957

77,347

Electors

36,767

Votes polled

47.54%

Turnout

16,503

Margin

Winner

Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha Won Male	INC	22,649	61.60%
2	Kamala Prasad Mahto Male	IND	6,146	16.72%
3	Habibur Rahman Male	PSP	4,795	13.04%
4	Tejnarayan Thakur Male	CNPSPJP	1,210	3.29%
5	Pancham Prasad Male	IND	1,153	3.14%
6	Jang Bahadur Singh Male	IND	814	2.21%

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
2005	Raj Kishore Keshri Male BJP	—	Ram Charitra Yadav Male RJD	—
2000	Raj Kishore Kesri Male BJP	26.02%	Ramcharitra Yadav Male SP	15.94%
1995	Ajit Sarkar Male CPM	30.57%	Rajesh Ranjan Male SP	29.17%
1990	Ajit Sarkar Male CPM	39.93%	Ravindra Narayan Singh Male JD	12.69%
1985	Ajit Chandras Male CPM	48.00%	Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha Male INC	35.48%
1980	Ajit Chand Sarkar Male CPM	45.00%	Sharda Prasad Singh Male INC(I)	28.48%
1977	Dev Nath Roy Male JnP	39.47%	Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha Male INC	31.73%
1972	Kamaldeo N. Sinha Male NCO	40.50%	Badiuzzama Male IND	33.64%
1969	Kamaldeo Narain Sinha Male INC	38.53%	Badiuzzama Male PSP	30.66%
1967	K.N. Sinha Male INC	34.55%	M. Saifuddin Male IND	25.19%
1962	Kamaldeo Narain Sinha Male INC	69.70%	Moulana Syed Moinuddin Majahiri Male SOC	18.83%
1957	Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha Male INC	61.60%	Kamala Prasad Mahto Male IND	16.72%
1951	Kamal Deo Narain Sinha Male INC	54.33%	Deo Nath Rai Male SP	25.37%