GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Lakhan Lal Kapoor (BLD) won by 92,037 votes (25.9%).
- Electors
- 6,10,087
- Votes polled
- 3,64,431
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 59.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 national median: 25.9% (median 24.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1977 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 | Lakhan Lal KapoorWinner | BLD | 1,99,034 | 56.1% |
| 2 | Madhuri Singh | INC | 1,06,997 | 30.1% |
| 3 | Amirul Hasan | CPI | 23,481 | 6.6% |
| 4 | Azam | IND | 16,058 | 4.5% |
| 5 | Umesh Kumar Singh | IND | 4,089 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Brahmanand Trivedi | IND | 2,378 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Baldeo Prasad Oraon | IND | 1,935 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Abdul Mujib Sekh | MUL | 1,028 | 0.3% |
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