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Purnea

Name: Purnea
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1980

112,675

Electors

61,082

Votes polled

54.21%

Turnout

10,088

Margin

Winner

Ajit Chand Sarkar

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Ajit Chand Sarkar Won Male	CPM	27,486	45.00%
2	Sharda Prasad Singh Male	INC(I)	17,398	28.48%
3	Ramanand Prasad Male	BJP	5,509	9.02%
4	Anandi Yadav Male	JNP(SC)	4,200	6.88%
5	Hari Das Paswan Male	IND	2,940	4.81%
6	Guru Pd. Yadav Male	INC(U)	685	1.12%
7	Amar Nath Chaudhary Male	IND	556	0.91%
8	Surendra Jha Male	IND	528	0.86%
9	Bishwa Nath Kejriwal Male	JNP(SR)	514	0.84%
10	Ganga Prasad Yadav Male	IND	421	0.69%
11	Jethani Hiranand Male	JNP(JP)	370	0.61%
12	Sumitra Devi Female	IND	297	0.49%
13	Gulam Rasul Male	IND	178	0.29%

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%