GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Taslimudin (JD) won by 54,557 votes (9.7%).
- Electors
- 9,23,058
- Votes polled
- 5,75,046
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 62.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1989 national median: 9.7% (median 12.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1989 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 | TaslimudinWinner | JD | 1,77,159 | 31.5% |
| 2 | Ajit Sarkar | CPM | 1,22,602 | 21.8% |
| 3 | Brajkishor Yadav | BJP | 1,17,546 | 20.9% |
| 4 | Madhuri Singh | INC | 1,14,231 | 20.3% |
| 5 | Pradyuman Narain Singh | IND | 5,767 | 1.0% |
| 6 | Gulam Mushtafa | IND | 4,810 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Dinanath Praboth | JNP (JP) | 4,618 | 0.8% |
| 8 | Shinya Shekhar Pandit | DDP | 2,892 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Nirmala Devi | IND | 2,253 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Nageshwar Prasad Kamat | IND | 1,686 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Riyajudin | IND | 1,519 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Sampatlal Uraon | IND | 1,315 | 0.2% |
| 13 | K.p.verma | IND | 1,010 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Masuda Rishi | IND | 897 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Amrendra Pr. Yadav | IND | 778 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ram Krishan Rishi Dev | IND | 701 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Mithilesh Kumar Sharma | IND | 672 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Vindishwari Tewary | IND | 663 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Sunil Ku. Singh | IND | 466 | 0.1% |
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