Purnia Assembly constituency

Purnia
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictPurnia
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As 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

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

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Purnia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijay Kumar Khemka
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [5]
gain from Swing

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  4. ^ "Purnia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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