GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Madhuri Singh (INC(I)) won by 61,956 votes (18.4%).
- Electors
- 6,86,099
- Votes polled
- 3,45,746
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 50.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 18.4% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 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 | Madhuri SinghWinner | INC(I) | 1,63,022 | 48.5% |
| 2 | Niyanand Arya | JNP(S) | 1,01,066 | 30.1% |
| 3 | Lakhanlal Kapoor | JNP | 53,233 | 15.8% |
| 4 | Triveni Singh | IND | 4,563 | 1.4% |
| 5 | Chandra Kant Sarkar | IND | 3,984 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Uma Kant Singh | IND | 3,913 | 1.2% |
| 7 | Vishwanath Agrawal | IND | 1,680 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Satnarayan Poddar Kavi Saurtabh | IND | 1,393 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Asgar Alam | IND | 1,157 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Munshi Muram | IND | 1,034 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Ram Kisan Pd. Sah | IND | 869 | 0.3% |
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