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71. Purnia

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014

IN-PURNIA

JDU 41.2%won by 11.5%BJP 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 11.5%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 0.0% to 41.2% of the vote here (+41.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 76.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.3% to 64.3%.

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

Electorate
15,82,626
Turnout
64.3%
Valid votes
10,17,732
Margin
1,16,669
11.46%

Candidates

18 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1SANTOSH KUMARJanata Dal (United) · JDU4,18,82641.2%
  2. 2UDAY SINGH ALIAS PAPPU SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,02,15729.7%
  3. 3AMARNATH TIWARIIndian National Congress · INC1,24,34412.2%
  4. 4MD SHAMSHER ALAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM50,4465.0%
  5. 5NAVLESH PATHAKIndependent · IND18,7761.8%
  6. 6SUDEEP ROYAam Aadmi Party · AAP16,6301.6%
  7. 7None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA11,9821.2%
  8. 8RAJ KUMAR ORAONBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,1961.1%
  9. 9SANJAY SINGHIndependent · IND9,1960.9%
  10. 10ANIL KUMAR MAHTOJPS · JPS9,1620.9%
  11. 11KUNJ BIHARI PASWANIndependent · IND8,3210.8%
  12. 12PANKAJ KUMAR SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL7,9120.8%
  13. 13SYED SHAH EQBAL ALAMBEMP · BEMP6,3240.6%
  14. 14MD AKHTAR ALIIndependent · IND5,8490.6%
  15. 15MD SHAHID AKHTARBMUP · BMUP5,1370.5%
  16. 16PRAMOD NARAYAN PODDARBJJD · BJJD4,6640.5%
  17. 17FAGU MARANDIJDP · JDP3,4400.3%
  18. 18MANSUR ALAMSamajwadi Party · SP3,3700.3%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDU–BJP swing
+63.0%
JDU share
0.0% → 41.2%
BJP share
51.5% → 29.7%
Turnout
54.0% → 64.3%
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