GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
P. G. S. Gupta (INC) won by 4,620 votes (2.0%).
- Electors
- 4,89,476
- Votes polled
- 2,50,487
- Valid votes
- 2,34,639
- Turnout
- 51.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1967-02-15
Margin vs 1967 national median: 2.0% (median 11.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1967 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 | P. G. S. GuptaWinner | INC | 73,842 | 31.5% |
| 2 | B. Gupta | SSP | 69,222 | 29.5% |
| 3 | R. P. Bhagat | PSP | 30,189 | 12.9% |
| 4 | S. N. Roy | SWA | 15,968 | 6.8% |
| 5 | H. Jethni | BJS | 13,150 | 5.6% |
| 6 | R. P. Singh | IND | 12,629 | 5.4% |
| 7 | U. Paswan | IND | 10,721 | 4.6% |
| 8 | S. Soren | IND | 8,918 | 3.8% |
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