GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Rajesh Ranjan (IND) won by 2,52,566 votes (36.4%).
- Electors
- 10,85,356
- Votes polled
- 7,02,553
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 64.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 36.4% (median 7.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1999 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 | Rajesh RanjanWinner | IND | 4,38,193 | 63.2% |
| 2 | Jay Krishna Mandal | BJP | 1,85,627 | 26.8% |
| 3 | Abdul Khalil Ahmad | CPM | 29,799 | 4.3% |
| 4 | Mani Lal Das | IND | 12,813 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Mahmad Alam | IND | 5,166 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Ashok Ku Sah | JMM | 4,298 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Alimudin Ansari | JD(S) | 3,211 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Nageshwar Singh | IND | 3,207 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Juver Alam | BSP | 3,032 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Vipeen Kumar | AJBP | 2,727 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Kuldeep Mandal | IND | 1,946 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Sahdeo Prasad Mandal | IND | 1,401 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Asha Devi | IND | 1,374 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Saiyad Gulam Husen | NCP | 924 | 0.1% |
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