GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Purnea
Dev Nath Roy (JNP) won by 3,567 votes (7.7%).
- Electors
- 1,06,808
- Votes polled
- 47,010
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 44.0%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1977 state median: 7.7% (median 17.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 1977 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dev Nath RoyWinner | JNP | 18,180 | 39.5% |
| 2 | Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha | INC | 14,613 | 31.7% |
| 3 | Ajit Chandra Sarkar | IND | 12,217 | 26.5% |
| 4 | Umesh Kumar Singh | IND | 871 | 1.9% |
| 5 | Jethani Hirachand | IND | 175 | 0.4% |
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