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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 139 · 1995
Purnea
Winner — 1995
AJIT SARKAR
CPM· Left
CPM 30.6%SP 29.2%25 others 40.3%
Votes
35,167
30.6% share
Winning margin
1,615
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
27
Turnout
58.0%
of 1,98,416
Purnea was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,615 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
27 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJIT SARKAR | Left | 35,167 | 30.6% |
| 2 | RAJESH RANJAN | Samajwadi Party | 33,552 | 29.2% |
| 3 | PANCHA NAND YADAV | BJP | 17,571 | 15.3% |
| 4 | KHALID RASHID SABA | INC | 11,269 | 9.8% |
| 5 | BAIDYA NATH MEHTA | 6,030 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | JWALA PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 1,289 | 1.1% |
| 7 | SAMPAT LAL ORAON | IND | 900 | 0.8% |
| 8 | SATYENDRA BIMAL | BPP | 898 | 0.8% |
| 9 | FAKHRUDDIN | IND | 869 | 0.8% |
| 10 | ISLAMUDDIN | 788 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | ROSHAN ALI | IND | 764 | 0.7% |
| 12 | ALOK KUMAR | IND | 756 | 0.7% |
| 13 | ROHIT YADAV | IND | 659 | 0.6% |
| 14 | AZIMUDDIN | IND | 571 | 0.5% |
| 15 | RAJESHWAR PRASAD | IND | 557 | 0.5% |
| 16 | KRISHNA KUMAR JHA | IND | 482 | 0.4% |
| 17 | NIRAJ KUMAR | IND | 413 | 0.4% |
| 18 | MOTI LAL | IND | 412 | 0.4% |
| 19 | CHANDU YADAV | IND | 392 | 0.3% |
| 20 | MAHESH PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 344 | 0.3% |
| 21 | UPENDRA NATH SAGAR | IND | 337 | 0.3% |
| 22 | SUDHIR PASWAN | IND | 231 | 0.2% |
| 23 | ARUN SAH | IND | 222 | 0.2% |
| 24 | CHHATTU RISHI | IND | 197 | 0.2% |
| 25 | KHAGENDRA SINGH | IND | 136 | 0.1% |
| 26 | SAKALDEO RISHI | IND | 132 | 0.1% |
| 27 | RAMASHISH DAS | IND | 101 | 0.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (128th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 1.4% · max 40.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
128th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
167th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 30.6%SP 29.2%BJP 15.3%INC 9.8%SAP 5.2%OTH 9.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%
What's nearby?
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