GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Mohammad Tahir (INC) won by 20,164 votes (9.8%).
- Electors
- 5,51,113
- Votes polled
- 2,13,754
- Valid votes
- 2,05,478
- Turnout
- 38.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 9.8% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 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 | Mohammad TahirWinner | INC | 56,977 | 27.7% |
| 2 | Z. A. Ahmad | CPI | 36,813 | 17.9% |
| 3 | Phani Gopal Sen Gupta | NCO | 33,846 | 16.5% |
| 4 | Deonath Rai | SSP | 31,763 | 15.5% |
| 5 | Surya N. Singh Yadav | IND | 12,954 | 6.3% |
| 6 | Abdul Razak | IND | 12,445 | 6.1% |
| 7 | Shiv Charan Mehta | HSD | 6,772 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Shali Gram Singh Tomar | IND | 4,871 | 2.4% |
| 9 | Deonarain Mandal | IND | 3,703 | 1.8% |
| 10 | Pradumna Narain Singh | PBI | 3,178 | 1.5% |
| 11 | Uchit Paswan | IND | 2,156 | 1.0% |
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