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Purnea

Name: Purnea
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 1985

127,404

Electors

72,481

Votes polled

56.89%

Turnout

9,074

Margin

Winner

Ajit Chandras

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Ajit Chandras Won Male	CPM	34,790	48.00%
2	Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha Male	INC	25,716	35.48%
3	Nazrul Islam Male	IND	4,336	5.98%
4	Guru Pd. Sah Male	BJP	1,998	2.76%
5	Vishwa Nath Kejriwal Male	JnP	1,042	1.44%
6	Syed Roashan Ali Male	IND	955	1.32%
7	Kala Nand Singh Male	IND	614	0.85%
8	Arif Rabbani Male	IND	507	0.70%
9	Bhola Nath Alok Male	IND	457	0.63%
10	Uma Kant Singh Male	IND	435	0.60%
11	Ram Pravesh Pd. Singh Male	IND	370	0.51%
12	Kritya Nand Sharma Male	IND	303	0.42%
13	Bhagwan Das Male	IND	209	0.29%
14	Krishna Deo Paswan Male	IND	192	0.26%
15	Arun Prasad Sah Male	IND	188	0.26%
16	Pradip N. Kuwar Male	IND	154	0.21%
17	Surendra Jha Male	IND	127	0.18%
18	Nasim Khan Male	IND	88	0.12%

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%