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54. Purnia

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2019

IN-PURNIA

JDU 54.8%won by 22.8%INC 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.5% to 22.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.9% of the vote between them, up from 70.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
17,65,312
Turnout
65.4%
Valid votes
11,53,940
Margin
2,63,461
22.83%

Candidates

17 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1SANTOSH KUMARJanata Dal (United) · JDU6,32,92454.8%
  2. 2UDAY SINGH ALIAS PAPPU SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,69,46332.0%
  3. 3SHUBHASH KUMAR THAKURIndependent · IND31,7952.8%
  4. 4SAGEER AHMADIndependent · IND21,3741.9%
  5. 5NOTANOTA · NOTA18,5691.6%
  6. 6JITENDRA URABBahujan Samaj Party · BSP16,5371.4%
  7. 7ANIRUDH MEHTAIndependent · IND9,3590.8%
  8. 8RAJESH KUMARIndependent · IND9,0790.8%
  9. 9MANJU MURMUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7,9630.7%
  10. 10ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND7,5650.7%
  11. 11ASHOK KUMAR SAHIndependent · IND7,3140.6%
  12. 12SHOBHA SORENIndependent · IND6,9470.6%
  13. 13ARJUN SINGHIndependent · IND4,4440.4%
  14. 14RAJIV KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,4030.3%
  15. 15DR. MRITUNJAY KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND3,1750.3%
  16. 16SANOJ KUMAR CHAUHANBLND · BLND2,6250.2%
  17. 17MD. AKHTAR ALIIndependent · IND1,4040.1%

Since 2014

Derived
Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–INC swing
−6.1%
JDU share
41.2% → 54.8%
INC share
12.2% → 32.0%
Turnout
64.3% → 65.4%
53. Katihar55. Madhepura
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