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139. Purnea

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

BR-PURNEA

CPM 30.6%won by 1.4%SP 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.2% to 1.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 59.7% of the vote between them, up from 52.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,15,039
Margin
1,615
1.40%

Candidates

27 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AJIT SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,16730.6%
  2. 2RAJESH RANJANSamajwadi Party · SP33,55229.2%
  3. 3PANCHA NAND YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,57115.3%
  4. 4KHALID RASHID SABAIndian National Congress · INC11,2699.8%
  5. 5BAIDYA NATH MEHTASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP6,0305.2%
  6. 6JWALA PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND1,2891.1%
  7. 7SAMPAT LAL ORAONIndependent · IND9000.8%
  8. 8SATYENDRA BIMALBhartiya Panchsheel Party · BPP8980.8%
  9. 9FAKHRUDDINIndependent · IND8690.8%
  10. 10ISLAMUDDINBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7880.7%
  11. 11ROSHAN ALIIndependent · IND7640.7%
  12. 12ALOK KUMARIndependent · IND7560.7%
  13. 13ROHIT YADAVIndependent · IND6590.6%
  14. 14AZIMUDDINIndependent · IND5710.5%
  15. 15RAJESHWAR PRASADIndependent · IND5570.5%
  16. 16KRISHNA KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND4820.4%
  17. 17NIRAJ KUMARIndependent · IND4130.4%
  18. 18MOTI LALIndependent · IND4120.4%
  19. 19CHANDU YADAVIndependent · IND3920.3%
  20. 20MAHESH PRASAD GUPTAIndependent · IND3440.3%
  21. 21UPENDRA NATH SAGARIndependent · IND3370.3%
  22. 22SUDHIR PASWANIndependent · IND2310.2%
  23. 23ARUN SAHIndependent · IND2220.2%
  24. 24CHHATTU RISHIIndependent · IND1970.2%
  25. 25KHAGENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND1360.1%
  26. 26SAKALDEO RISHIIndependent · IND1320.1%
  27. 27RAMASHISH DASIndependent · IND1010.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–SP swing
−38.5%
CPM share
39.9% → 30.6%
SP share
0.0% → 29.2%
Turnout
— → —
138. Kasba140. Korha
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