Purnia Assembly

 

 

Purnea city is a district headquarter in Northern Bihar (Kosi region). Nearest major railway station is Katihar.

 

 

 

Purnia Assembly constituency profile:

 

 

 

Blocks & Gram Panchayats: CD Block Purnia East including Nagar Parishad Purnia East

 

 

District: Purnia Zilla Panchayat

 

 

Parliament segment: Purnia Lok Sabha constituency

 

 

Politically dominant groups/castes:

 

 

Famous personalities: Ajit Sarkar (CPM leader and 4-time MLA was murdered by Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in Purnea)

 

 

 

Purnia Assembly Election Results:

 

 

 

2010 Assembly elections results:

 

 

Election Result: Amit Sarkar is the son of CPM legend Ajit Sarkar.

 

 

Candidate Name	Party	Votes
Total Votes
Polled votes
Raj Kishore Keshari	BJP
Pappu Yadav	LJP
	Congress
Amit Sarkar	CPM
Sheikh Akbar Ali	BSP

 

 

 

2009 Lok Sabha elections: Purnea Assembly:

 

 

 

Election Result: BJP Lok Sabha candidate got 24,720 votes majority over independent candidate in Purnia assembly segment.

 

 

Political Party	Percentage	Votes
Total Votes:
Polled votes:		1,17,389
Bharatiya Janata Party		60,982
Shanti Priya		36,262
Bahujan Samaj Party		2,503
Lok Janshakti Party		2,219
LTSD		1,068

 

 

 

2005 Purnia Assembly elections results:

 

 

Election Result: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raj Kishore Keshri defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate by a margin of 16,579 votes.

 

 

Candidate Name	Party	Votes
Total Votes		2,28,357
Polled votes		1,18,814
Raj Kishore Keshri	BJP	46,841 (39.4%)
Ram Charitra Yadav	RJD	30,262 (25.5%)
Dr. Irshad Ahmad Khan	LJP	21,577 (18.2%)
Kumar Uraon	BSP	2,513 (2.1%)
Shah Jiyaul Haque	SP	1,571 (1.3%)

 

 

 

Purnia Assembly segment election history:

 

 

 

Year	Winner	Loser	Majority
2015
2010
2005	Raj Kishore Keshari (BJP)	Ram Charitra Yadav (RJD)	16,579
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