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Constituency

62. Purnia

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-PURNIA

BJP 49.3%won by 17.6%INC 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 17.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 65.9%.

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

Electorate
2,83,483
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
1,86,786
Margin
32,815
17.57%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
+5.7%
BJP share
41.4% 49.3%
INC share
29.6% 31.7%
Turnout
60.9% 65.9%