About Purnia Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Purnia is a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) as well as one of the 243 legislative assembly constituencies of Bihar. According to the Delimitation Commission of India, 2008, Purnia assembly segment comprises Purnia East nagar panchayat and Purnia East community development block.
The number of eligible voters in the Purnia legislative assembly segment is 2,64,311. There are 1,40,183 male and 1,24,121 female voters in the constituency. Kiran Devi of BJP is Purnia's representative in the state assembly. She bagged 53,732 votes in the by-polls held in the constituency in 2011. RC Yadav of INC fell way short of Kiran Devi with just 30,067 votes. The Purnia assembly segment is in Purnia district of the state.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Purnia Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Purnia assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | AC No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 62 | Purnia | GEN | Vijay Kumar Khemka | M | BJP | 97757 | Indu Sinha | F | INC | 65603 |
| 2015 | 62 | Purnia | GEN | Vijay Kumar Khemka | M | BJP | 92020 | Indu Sinha | F | INC | 59205 |
| 2011 | By Polls | Purnia | GEN | Kiran Devi | F | BJP | 53732 | R C Yadav | M | INC | 30067 |
| 2010 | 62 | Purnia | GEN | Raj Kishore Keshari | M | BJP | 54605 | Ram Charitra Yadav | M | INC | 39006 |
| 2005-10-01 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Raj Kishore Keshri | M | BJP | 43104 | Ram Charitra Yadav | M | RJD | 30262 |
| 2005-02-01 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Raj Kishore Keshri | M | BJP | 30006 | Ram Charitra Yadav | M | SP | 28832 |
| 2000 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Raj Kishore Kesri | M | BJP | 30776 | Ramcharitra Yadav | M | SP | 18856 |
| 1998 | By Polls | Purnia | GEN | Madhvi Sarkar | F | AGP | 45541 | Sudhir Prasad Choudhary | M | BJP | 17274 |
| 1995 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Ajit Sarkar | M | CPM | 35167 | Rajesh Ranjan | M | SP | 33552 |
| 1990 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Ajit Sarkar | M | CPM | 38144 | Ravindra Narayan Singh | M | JD | 12121 |
| 1985 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Ajit Chandras | M | CPM | 34790 | Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha | M | INC | 25716 |
| 1980 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Ajit Chand Sarkar | M | CPM | 27486 | Sharda Prasad Singh | M | INC(I) | 17398 |
| 1977 | 139 | Purnia | GEN | Dev Nath Roy | M | JNP | 18180 | Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha | M | INC | 14613 |
| 1972 | 132 | Purnia | GEN | Kamaldeo N. Sinha | M | NCO | 24881 | Badiuzzama | M | IND | 20669 |
| 1969 | 132 | Purnia | GEN | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | M | INC | 18360 | Badiuzzama | M | PSP | 14609 |
| 1967 | 132 | Purnia | GEN | K.N. Sinha | M | INC | 14754 | M. Saifuddin | M | IND | 10756 |
| 1962 | 130 | Purnia | GEN | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | M | INC | 28889 | Moulana Syed Moinuddin Majahiri | M | SOC | 7804 |
| 1957 | 110 | Purnia | GEN | Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha | M | INC | 22649 | Kamala Prasad Mahto | M | IND | 6146 |
| 1951 | 204 | Purnia | GEN | Kamal Deo Narain Sinha | M | INC | 13044 | Deo Nath Rai | M | SP | 6090 |
Last Updated on Aug 13, 2021