Vidhan Sabha constituency
| Purnia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purnia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block including Purnia Municipal Corporation. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Purnia Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Dev Nath Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ajit Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Madhavi Sarkar | ||
| 2000 | Raj Kishore Kesri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011^ | Kiran Devi | ||
| 2015 | Vijay Kumar Khemka | ||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- "Purnia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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