GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta (INC) won by 69,791 votes (32.6%).
- Electors
- 5,03,100
- Votes polled
- 2,24,636
- Valid votes
- 2,13,997
- Turnout
- 44.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 32.6% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 36.4%(+31.3%)
- Turnout
- 64.7%(-0.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.9%
Winning margin over time · Purnea
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phani Gopal Sen GuptaWinner | INC | 1,17,705 | 55.0% |
| 2 | Bisheshwar Narain Sharma | SWA | 47,914 | 22.4% |
| 3 | Rishi Kant Jha | SOC | 26,300 | 12.3% |
| 4 | Dasrath Prasad Choudhary | PSP | 22,078 | 10.3% |
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