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Constituency

83. Purnea

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-PURNEA

BJP 34.5%won by 1.8%LJNSP 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.8%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.8% to 34.5% of the vote here (+7.7%).
  • New challengerLJNSP (LJNSP) finished second with 32.7% — it did not contest here in 1999.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.1% between them, down from 89.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 60.1%.

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

Electorate
11,79,491
Turnout
60.1%
Valid votes
7,09,015
Margin
12,883
1.82%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPLJNSP swing
−24.9%
BJP share
26.8% 34.5%
LJNSP share
0.0% 32.7%
Turnout
63.9% 60.1%