| Purnia | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block including Purnia Municipal Corporation.[1] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Purnia Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kamaldeo Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress (O) | ||
| 1977 | Dev Nath Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ajit Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Madhavi Sarkar | ||
| 2000 | Raj Kishore Kesri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011^ | Kiran Devi | ||
| 2015 | Vijay Kumar Khemka | ||
| 2020 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | |||||
| JD(U) | |||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [5] | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||