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Purnea

Name: Purnea
Address: IN

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election 2000

207,261

Electors

118,288

Votes polled

57.07%

Turnout

11,920

Margin

Winner

Raj Kishore Kesri

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Raj Kishore Kesri Won Male	BJP	30,776	26.02%
2	Ramcharitra Yadav Male	SP	18,856	15.94%
3	Yabiba Male	IND	15,484	13.09%
4	Madhavi Sarkar Female	CPM	13,195	11.15%
5	Vaidyanath Mehta Male	IND	6,680	5.65%
6	Pradeep Sarkar Male	IND	5,550	4.69%
7	Prafulla Chandra Roy Male	IND	5,148	4.35%
8	Darkhsha Nasim Female	IND	3,841	3.25%
9	Indu Sinha Female	INC	2,931	2.48%
10	Nazrul Islam Male	IND	2,746	2.32%
11	Suresh Pd. Sah Male	JMM	2,072	1.75%
12	Sita Ram Jaiswal Male	IND	1,260	1.07%
13	Satyendra Kri. Sinha Male	IND	1,141	0.96%
14	Lal Babu Sahni Male	IND	1,052	0.89%
15	Anil Singh Male	IND	909	0.77%
16	Kamal Kishore Yadav Male	BJC(R)	906	0.77%
17	Virendra Mohan Thakur Male	AJBP	776	0.66%
18	Dev Charan Yadav Male	IND	717	0.61%
19	Asha Devi Female	IND	656	0.55%
20	Krishna Kr. Jha Male	IND	636	0.54%
21	Arun Kr. Sah Male	SHS	616	0.52%
22	Sayara Khatoon Female	IND	615	0.52%
23	Bhola Sahni Male	BSP	534	0.45%
24	Siya Ram Jaiswal Male	IND	533	0.45%
25	Anwarus Salam Male	BHJVP	239	0.20%
26	Ramchandra Paswan Male	IND	232	0.20%
27	Mukash Yadav Male	IND	187	0.16%

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%