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Winner — 1951

KAMAL DEO NARAIN SINHA
INC 54.3%SP 25.4%2 others 20.3%
Votes
13,044
54.3% share
Winning margin
6,954
29.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.5%
of 50,504

Purnea is a safe seat — KAMAL DEO NARAIN SINHA won by 29.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMAL DEO NARAIN SINHA
13,04454.3%
2
DEO NATH RAI
6,09025.4%
3
SHAIKAH HABIBUR RAHMAN
IND
2,74411.4%
4
CHOUDHARY VICTOR CHANDLAL
KMPP
2,1298.9%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (112th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
29.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.7% · max 59.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
112th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.50
fewer partiesmore parties
12th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
149th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
330 seats · 166 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.3%SP 25.4%IND 11.4%KMPP 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,26,384
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,332 km²
SC population22.7%
ST population3.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.5%Muslim 9.6%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.7%
Electricity21.6%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)47.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.3%
Women literate66.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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