Purnia Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Independedent candiate Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav registed victory over JDU's candidate Santosh Kumar by a margin of 23,847 votes. In a neck-to-neck contest, Pappu Yadav was polled 5,67,556 votes while Sanoth Kumar was polled 5,43,709 votes. On the other hand RJD's Bima Bharti ended her contest as second runner-up with merely 27,120 votes polled. Purnia is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. The state has 40 parliamentary seats. The Purnia seat comprises six Assembly segments including Kasba, Banmankhi (SC), Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Purnia, Korha(SC). The constituency is a GENERAL seat. The JD(U) and the Congress are the main parties in the constituency. Ahead of elections, the BJP and JD(U) united once again ahead of the elections to take on I.N.D.I.A bloc members RJD and Congress among others. Situated along the eastern bank of the Saura River, Purnia serves as a crucial hub for regional connectivity.
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Purnia Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Key parties and candidates:
The key contest in Bihar's Purnia Lok Sabha seat took place between Santosh Kumar Kushwaha of the Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Beema Bharti and Pappu Yadav, Congress leader but contested as an independent candidate. This constituency witnessed an interesting contest as the RJD fielded Bima Bharti, who switched from JDU, while Congress leader Pappu Yadav, who left the RJD and joined the 'Grand Old Party' contested the election as an independent candidate. Pappu Yadav joined the Congress hoping he will be fielded from Purnia but it didn't happen. Because, as per RJD and Congress seat-sharing pact, the seat was alloted to RJD.
Purnia Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Date of polls
The polling in Purnia Lok Sabha constituency was held in the second phase on April 26 along with five other constituencies of the state.
Purnia Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Date of results
The result for the Purnia seat was declared on June 4 along with the other 542 parliamentary constituencies of the country.
Purnia Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voter turnout
According to the Election Commission, a voter turnout of 63.08 per cent was recorded in the Purnia Constituency.
Assembly constituency-wise voter turnout
- Banmankhi: 59.11%
- Dhamdaha: 62.49%
- Kasba: 68.66%
- Korha: 66.65%
- Purnia: 61.20%
- Rupali: 61.04%
What happened in 2014 and 2019 elections?
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Santosh Kumar from JD(U) won the seat and was polled 418,826 votes with a vote share of 41.15%. BJP candidate Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh got 302,157 votes (29.69 %) and was the runner-up.Santosh Kumar defeated Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh by a margin of 116,669 votes.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Santosh Kumar from JD(U) won the seat with a margin of 263,461 votes. Santosh Kumar was polled 632,924 votes with a vote share of 55.00 % and defeated Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh from INC who got 369,463 votes (32.02 %).
