Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Purnia | |
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| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purnia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
editAs per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block including Purnia Municipal Corporation.[1] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Purnia Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Dev Nath Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ajit Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Madhavi Sarkar | ||
| 2000 | Raj Kishore Kesri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011^ | Kiran Devi | ||
| 2015 | Vijay Kumar Khemka | ||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
edit2020
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [5] | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ^ "Purnia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.