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62. Purnia

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2020

BR-PURNIA

BJP 52.8%won by 17.4%INC 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 17.6% to 17.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.2% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.7% to 59.2%.

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

Electorate
3,12,793
Turnout
59.2%
Valid votes
1,85,201
Margin
32,154
17.36%

Candidates

24 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIJAY KUMAR KHEMKABharatiya Janata Party · BJP97,75752.8%
  2. 2INDU SINHAIndian National Congress · INC65,60335.4%
  3. 3VIJAY ORAONSDPI · SDPI5,4933.0%
  4. 4SANJAY SINGHAPKSP · APKSP1,9241.0%
  5. 5NEERAJ KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND1,7420.9%
  6. 6BIDYANAND MEHTARLSP · RLSP1,4170.8%
  7. 7ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3790.7%
  8. 8NITYANAND CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND1,2910.7%
  9. 9AJAY SWARNIndependent · IND1,0780.6%
  10. 10NOTANOTA · NOTA9510.5%
  11. 11MD. ASLAM AZADNationalist Congress Party · NCP8180.4%
  12. 12SHAIKH AKBAR ALIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS7200.4%
  13. 13SHYAM MOHAN JHA ALIAS S. M.JHAIndependent · IND6360.3%
  14. 14ANISHA PRITYTPLRSP · TPLRSP6130.3%
  15. 15VINOD SINGHAJPR · AJPR5730.3%
  16. 16CHANDRA BHANU KUMARIndependent · IND5270.3%
  17. 17RAJESH KUMAR NIRALAIndependent · IND5190.3%
  18. 18MANOJ THAKURBLRP · BLRP5000.3%
  19. 19RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGHJTVP · JTVP3240.2%
  20. 20PRADIP KUMARA · A2890.2%
  21. 21ABDUL SUBHANBJJD · BJJD2740.1%
  22. 22SUMIT SINGHIndependent · IND2740.1%
  23. 23RAJESH KUMAR THAKURIndependent · IND2600.1%
  24. 24MIHIR ANANDJanahitha Paksha · JP2390.1%

Since 2015

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−0.2%
BJP share
49.3% → 52.8%
INC share
31.7% → 35.4%
Turnout
65.9% → 59.2%
61. Dhamdaha63. Katihar
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