GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Madhuree Singh (INC) won by 1,90,400 votes (44.0%).
- Electors
- 7,73,952
- Votes polled
- 4,42,678
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 57.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 44.0% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 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 | Madhuree SinghWinner | INC | 2,94,076 | 68.0% |
| 2 | Kamal Natha Jha | LKD | 1,03,676 | 24.0% |
| 3 | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | JNP | 11,755 | 2.7% |
| 4 | Vishwanath Kejariwal | IND | 3,176 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Bhola Nath Aalok | IND | 3,131 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Shashi Shekhar Pd. | IND | 2,856 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Yunoos | IND | 2,526 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Saiyed Roushan Ali | IND | 2,516 | 0.6% |
| 9 | Satya Kumar Singh | IND | 1,776 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Sirajudin | IND | 1,776 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Riyaj | IND | 1,706 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Umakant Singh | IND | 1,600 | 0.4% |
| 13 | Rasik Kisku | IND | 1,352 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Ram Kisun Pr. Sah | IND | 540 | 0.1% |
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