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69. Purnea

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-PURNEA

JD 31.5%won by 9.7%CPM 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 9.7%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 31.5% of the vote here (+31.5%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.4% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 60.8%.

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

Electorate
9,23,058
Turnout
60.8%
Valid votes
5,61,585
Margin
54,557
9.71%

Candidates

19 contested · winner JD
  1. 1TASLIMUDINJanata Dal · JD1,77,15931.5%
  2. 2AJIT SARKARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,22,60221.8%
  3. 3BRAJKISHOR YADAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,17,54620.9%
  4. 4MADHURI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,14,23120.3%
  5. 5PRADYUMAN NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND5,7671.0%
  6. 6GULAM MUSHTAFAIndependent · IND4,8100.9%
  7. 7DINANATH PRABOTHJNPJP · JNPJP4,6180.8%
  8. 8SHINYA SHEKHAR PANDITDDP · DDP2,8920.5%
  9. 9NIRMALA DEVIIndependent · IND2,2530.4%
  10. 10NAGESHWAR PRASAD KAMATIndependent · IND1,6860.3%
  11. 11RIYAJUDINIndependent · IND1,5190.3%
  12. 12SAMPATLAL URAONIndependent · IND1,3150.2%
  13. 13K.P.VERMAIndependent · IND1,0100.2%
  14. 14MASUDA RISHIIndependent · IND8970.2%
  15. 15AMRENDRA PR. YADAVIndependent · IND7780.1%
  16. 16RAM KRISHAN RISHI DEVIndependent · IND7010.1%
  17. 17MITHILESH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND6720.1%
  18. 18VINDISHWARI TEWARYIndependent · IND6630.1%
  19. 19SUNIL KU. SINGHIndependent · IND4660.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–CPM swing
+9.7%
JD share
0.0% → 31.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 21.8%
Turnout
55.9% → 60.8%
68. Kishanganj70. Katihar
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