Purnia Assembly Constituency Election Result

Purnia is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. Election results of Purnia assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Purnia Assembly Constituency Seat (Bihar) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2020	Vijay Kumar Khemka	BJP	97757
2015	Vijay Kumar Khemka	BJP	92020
2010	Raj Kishore Keshari	BJP	54605
Oct2005	Raj	BJP	46841
Feb2005	Raj	BJP	30006
2000	Raj Kishore Kesri	BJP	30776
1995	Ajit Sarkar	CPM	35167
1990	Ajit Sarkar	CPM	38144
1985	Ajit Chandras	CPM	34790
1980	Ajit Chand Sarkar	CPM	27486
1977	Dev Nath Roy	JNP	18180
1972	Kamaldeo N Sinha	NCO	24881

2020 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Vijay Kumar Khemka Male 61 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party lotus	97757 52.78%
2	Indu Sinha Female 55 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress hand	65603 35.42%
3	Vijay Oraon Male 43 yr ST	SDPI Social Democratic Party Of India auto- rickshaw	5493 2.97%
4	Sanjay Singh Male 40 yr GEN	APKSP Apna Kisan Party plate containing food	1924 1.04%
5	Neeraj Kumar Sinha Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent coat	1742 0.94%
6	Bidyanand Mehta Male 69 yr GEN	RLSP Rashtriya Lok Samta Party ceiling fan	1417 0.77%
7	Ashok Kumar Singh Male 46 yr GEN	IND Independent scissors	1379 0.74%
8	Nityanand Choudhary Male 68 yr GEN	IND Independent computer	1291 0.7%
9	Ajay Swarn Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent baby walker	1078 0.58%
10	Nota	NOTA None Of The Above nota	951 0.51%
11	Md Aslam Azad Male 49 yr GEN	NCP Nationalist Congress Party clock	818 0.44%
12	Shaikh Akbar Ali Male 36 yr GEN	JD(S) Janata Dal (secular) a lady farmer carrying paddy on her head	720 0.39%
13	Shyam Mohan Jha Alias S M Jha Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent winnower	636 0.34%
14	Anisha Prity Female 27 yr GEN	TPLRSP The Plurals Party chess board	613 0.33%
15	Vinod Singh Male 40 yr GEN	AJPR Aam Janta Party Rashtriya chappals	573 0.31%
16	Chandra Bhanu Kumar Male 27 yr GEN	IND Independent balloon	527 0.28%
17	Rajesh Kumar Nirala Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent pen nib with seven rays	519 0.28%
18	Manoj Thakur Male 44 yr GEN	BLRP Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party bucket	500 0.27%
19	Ravindra Kumar Singh Male 36 yr GEN	JTVP Jantantrik Vikas Party bricks	324 0.17%
20	Pradip Kumar Male 44 yr SC	AngSP Angika Samaj Party almirah	289 0.16%
21	Abdul Subhan Male 41 yr GEN	BJJD Bhartiya Jantantrik Janata Dal calculator	274 0.15%
22	Sumit Singh Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent laptop	274 0.15%
23	Rajesh Kumar Thakur Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent air conditioner	260 0.14%
24	Mihir Anand Male 27 yr GEN	JP Janata Party haldhar within wheel (chakra haldhar)	239 0.13%
	Total		185201 59.21%

In 2020, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 312793 electors. Total number of valid vote was 185201. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Vijay Kumar Khemka won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 97757 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Indu Sinha stood second with total 65603 votes. She lost by 32154 votes.

2015 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Vijay Kumar Khemka Male 56 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party lotus	92020 49.26%
2	Indu Sinha Female 45 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress hand	59205 31.7%
3	Ram Charitra Yadav Male 58 yr GEN	IND Independent cot	7614 4.08%
4	Rajeev Kumar Singh Male 41 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist) hammer, sickle and star arvind kumar@	3993 2.14%
5	Sah Male 43 yr GEN	JAPL Jan Adhikar Party (loktantrik) hockey & ball	2670 1.43%
6	Ashok Kumar Singh Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent scissors	1697 0.91%
7	Divakar Choudhary Male 52 yr GEN	NCP Nationalist Congress Party clock	1539 0.82%
8	Rajesh Kumar Nirala Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent pen nib with seven rays	1488 0.8%
9	Ahmad Hussain Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent glass tumbler	1480 0.79%
10	Rakesh Kumar Singh Male 46 yr GEN	IND Independent telephone	1415 0.76%
11	Masiur Rahman Male 60 yr GEN	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bow & arrow	1388 0.74%
12	Lt Col Akshay Yadav Male 51 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party bicycle	1321 0.71%
13	Sumitra Devi Mandal Female 68 yr GEN	RVNP Rashtravadi Janata Party battery torch	1257 0.67%
14	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	1109 0.59%
15	Aditya Kumar Jha Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent coconut	1089 0.58%
16	Ashok Kumar Mahto Male 40 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party elephant	996 0.53%
17	Mohammad Aslam Azad Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent bucket	873 0.47%
18	Deepak Kumar Male 25 yr GEN	IND Independent carpet	841 0.45%
19	Akhilesh Verma Male 45 yr GEN	SKLP Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party boat with man and sail	744 0.4%
20	Rashi Prasad Female 47 yr GEN	PBI Proutist Bloc, India gas cylinder	738 0.4%
21	Bindu Prakash Jha Male 66 yr GEN	IEMC Ittehad-e-millait Council almirah	725 0.39%
22	Ranjeet Kumar Singh Male 38 yr GEN	IUML Indian Union Muslim League ladder	708 0.38%
23	Rakesh Kumar Male 51 yr GEN	IND Independent auto- rickshaw	679 0.36%
24	Bachchi Sharma Male 35 yr GEN	DSP Dalit Samaj Party cup & saucer	409 0.22%
25	Manik Chand Yadav Male 66 yr GEN	IND Independent bead necklace	406 0.22%
26	Kashor Kumar Yadav Male 40 yr GEN	AIFB(S) All India Forward Bloc (subhasist) lion	382 0.2%
	Total		186786 65.89%

In 2015, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 283483 electors. Total number of valid vote was 186786. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Vijay Kumar Khemka won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 92020 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Indu Sinha stood second with total 59205 votes. She lost by 32815 votes.

2010 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Raj Kishore Keshari Male 51 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	54605 41.42%
2	Ram Charitra Yadav Male 51 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	39006 29.58%
3	Amit Kumar Male 27 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	23061 17.49%
4	Syed Gulam Husain Male 54 yr GEN	NCP Nationalist Congress Party	3555 2.7%
5	Sumita Nand Shankar Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent	2475 1.88%
6	Pappu Kumar Male 43 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	1830 1.39%
7	Kailash Lahoti Male 48 yr GEN	IND Independent	1552 1.18%
8	Shaikh Akbar Ali Male 27 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1515 1.15%
9	Bachchi Sharma Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	1095 0.83%
10	Kumar Aditya Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	946 0.72%
11	Krishna Kr Jha Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	936 0.71%
12	Anirudh Mehta Male 45 yr GEN	BJJD Bharatiya Jantantrik Janta Dal	651 0.49%
13	Alok Kumar Sinha Male 43 yr GEN	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	620 0.47%
	Total		131847 60.86%

In 2010, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 216656 electors. Total number of valid vote was 131847. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raj Kishore Keshari won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 54605 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Ram Charitra Yadav stood second with total 39006 votes. He lost by 15599 votes.

Oct2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Raj Male 46 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	46841
2	Ram Charitra Male 48 yr GEN	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	30262
3	Dr Irshad Male 37 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	21577
4	Shankar Jha Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent	5145
5	Sunil Kumar Male 38 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	3156
6	Suresh Rishi Male 35 yr SC	IND Independent	2714
7	Kumar Uraon Male 36 yr ST	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	2513
8	Shah Jiyaul Male 39 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	1571
9	Nazrul Islam Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent	1279
10	Jyoti Kumar Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	1134
11	Jagat Mangal Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	891
12	Ishrar Alam Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	716
13	Bindu Prakash Male 55 yr GEN	SHS Shivsena	569
14	Amjad Ali Male 63 yr GEN	IND Independent	436
	Total		118804

In Oct2005, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 118804. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raj won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 46841 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Ram Charitra stood second with total 30262 votes. He lost by 16579 votes.

Feb2005 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Raj Male 46 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	30006
2	Ram Charitra Male 48 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	28832
3	Md Habib Male 42 yr GEN	AD Apna Dal	8703
4	Pradip Sarkar Male 54 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	5740
5	Krishna Kumar Male 49 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	4972
6	Afroz Alam Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	4946
7	Jitendra Uraon Male 27 yr ST	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	4459
8	Tej Narayan Male 32 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	3003
9	Rakesh Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	SHS Shivsena	2704
10	Israr Alam Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent	2032
11	Najmul Hoda Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	1854
12	Sadanand Mehta Male 42 yr GEN	SAP Samata Party	1319
13	Mohammad Aslam Male 27 yr GEN	IND Independent	1284
14	Vinay Kumar Male 36 yr GEN	RVNP Rashtravadi Janata Party	1140
15	Sanjib Kumar Male 51 yr GEN	IND Independent	1108
16	Dharmendra Oraon Male 28 yr ST	JDP Jharkhand Disom Party	915
17	Daya Rani Male 49 yr SC	IND Independent	914
18	Jayanti Devi Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	791
19	Madhabi Sarkar Female 0 yr NA	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	726
20	Manoj Kumar Male 27 yr SC	IND Independent	698
21	Shyam Lal Male 51 yr SC	IND Independent	671
22	Md Aashique Male 25 yr GEN	IND Independent	669
23	Phani Lal Male 57 yr GEN	IND Independent	640
24	Manowar Imam Male 28 yr GEN	IND Independent	638
25	Manju Devi Female 38 yr SC	IND Independent	444
	Total		115583

In Feb2005, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 115583. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raj won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 30006 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Ram Charitra stood second with total 28832 votes. He lost by 1174 votes.

2000 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Raj Kishore Kesri Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	30776 26.02%
2	Ramcharitra Yadav Male	SP Samajwadi Party	18856 15.94%
3	Yabiba Male	IND Independent	15484 13.09%
4	Madhavi Sarkar Female	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	13195 11.15%
5	Vaidyanath Mehta Male	IND Independent	6680 5.65%
6	Pradeep Sarkar Male	IND Independent	5550 4.69%
7	Prafulla Chandra Roy Male	IND Independent	5148 4.35%
8	Darkhsha Nasim Female	IND Independent	3841 3.25%
9	Indu Sinha Female	INC Indian National Congress	2931 2.48%
10	Nazrul Islam Male	IND Independent	2746 2.32%
11	Suresh Pd Sah Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2072 1.75%
12	Sita Ram Jaiswal Male	IND Independent	1260 1.07%
13	Satyendra Kri Sinha Male	IND Independent	1141 0.96%
14	Lal Babu Sahni Male	IND Independent	1052 0.89%
15	Anil Singh Male	IND Independent	909 0.77%
16	Kamal Kishore Yadav Male	BJC(R) Bhartiya Jana Congress (rashtriya)	906 0.77%
17	Virendra Mohan Thakur Male	AJBP Ajeya Bharat Party	776 0.66%
18	Dev Charan Yadav Male	IND Independent	717 0.61%
19	Asha Devi Female	IND Independent	656 0.55%
20	Krishna Kr Jha Male	IND Independent	636 0.54%
21	Arun Kr Sah Male	SHS Shivsena	616 0.52%
22	Sayara Khatoon Female	IND Independent	615 0.52%
23	Bhola Sahni Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	534 0.45%
24	Siya Ram Jaiswal Male	IND Independent	533 0.45%
25	Anwarus Salam Male	BHJVP Bharatiya Jan Vikas Party	239 0.2%
26	Ramchandra Paswan Male	IND Independent	232 0.2%
27	Mukash Yadav Male	IND Independent	187 0.16%
	Total		118288 57.59%

In 2000, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 207261 electors. Total number of valid vote was 118288. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raj Kishore Kesri won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 30776 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Ramcharitra Yadav stood second with total 18856 votes. He lost by 11920 votes.

1995 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Sarkar Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	35167 30.57%
2	Rajesh Ranjan Male	SP Samajwadi Party	33552 29.17%
3	Pancha Nand Yadav Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	17571 15.27%
4	Khalid Rashid Saba Male	INC Indian National Congress	11269 9.8%
5	Baidya Nath Mehta Male	SAP Samata Party	6030 5.24%
6	Jwala Prasad Gupta Male	IND Independent	1289 1.12%
7	Sampat Lal Oraon Male	IND Independent	900 0.78%
8	Satyendra Bimal Male	BPP Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party	898 0.78%
9	Fakhruddin Male	IND Independent	869 0.76%
10	Islamuddin Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	788 0.68%
11	Roshan Ali Male	IND Independent	764 0.66%
12	Alok Kumar Male	IND Independent	756 0.66%
13	Rohit Yadav Male	IND Independent	659 0.57%
14	Azimuddin Male	IND Independent	571 0.5%
15	Rajeshwar Prasad Male	IND Independent	557 0.48%
16	Krishna Kumar Jha Male	IND Independent	482 0.42%
17	Niraj Kumar Male	IND Independent	413 0.36%
18	Moti Lal Male	IND Independent	412 0.36%
19	Chandu Yadav Male	IND Independent	392 0.34%
20	Mahesh Prasad Gupta Male	IND Independent	344 0.3%
21	Upendra Nath Sagar Male	IND Independent	337 0.29%
22	Sudhir Paswan Male	IND Independent	231 0.2%
23	Arun Sah Male	IND Independent	222 0.19%
24	Chhattu Rishi Male	IND Independent	197 0.17%
25	Khagendra Singh Male	IND Independent	136 0.12%
26	Sakaldeo Rishi Male	IND Independent	132 0.11%
27	Ramashish Das Male	IND Independent	101 0.09%
	Total		115039 59.73%

In 1995, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 198416 electors. Total number of valid vote was 115039. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Ajit Sarkar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35167 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Rajesh Ranjan stood second with total 33552 votes. He lost by 1615 votes.

1990 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Sarkar Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	38144 39.93%
2	Ravindra Narayan Singh Male	JD Janata Dal	12121 12.69%
3	Braj Kishoryadav Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	11982 12.54%
4	Jai Narayan Mehta Male	INC Indian National Congress	10282 10.76%
5	Asad Imam Male	IND Independents	7562 7.92%
6	Indranand Yadav Male	IND Independents	2366 2.48%
7	Dinesh Pd Singh Male	IND Independents	1806 1.89%
8	Chuni Urawn Male	IND Independents	1661 1.74%
9	Shambhu Pra Sinha Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	1247 1.31%
10	Rohit Pd Yadav Male	JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1073 1.12%
11	Ajit Ku Lal Male	IND Independents	973 1.02%
12	Janki Sharn Mahaldar Male	DDP Doordarshi Party	777 0.81%
13	Prem Kumar Verma Male	IND Independents	758 0.79%
14	Md Islamudin Male	IND Independents	654 0.68%
15	Saiyed Roshan Ali Male	ICS(SCS) Indian Congress (socialist-sarat Chandra Sinha)	525 0.55%
16	Nagendra Nandan Sah Male	IND Independents	381 0.4%
17	Sita Ram Singh Male	BKUS Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh	381 0.4%
18	Madhukar Gangadhar Male	SOP(L) Socialist Party (lohia)	376 0.39%
19	Babu Lal Urawn Male	IND Independents	351 0.37%
20	Sri Guddu Male	IND Independents	315 0.33%
21	Kalanand Singh Male	IND Independents	276 0.29%
22	Bhagwan Das Male	IND Independents	205 0.21%
23	Krishnanand Kusmakar Male	LKD(B) Lok Dal (b)	195 0.2%
24	Jai Prakash Singh Male	IND Independents	188 0.2%
25	Bhagwan Rishi Male	IND Independents	115 0.12%
26	Jai Narayan Sah Male	IND Independents	106 0.11%
27	Hanuman Prasad Saraf Male	IND Independents	101 0.11%
28	Yogendra Singh Male	IND Independents	77 0.08%
29	Ram Na Rishi Male	IND Independents	76 0.08%
30	Promod Kumar Male	IND Independents	70 0.07%
31	Inamul Haque Male	IND Independents	65 0.07%
32	Bhawan Lal Sharma Male	IND Independents	57 0.06%
33	Ajit Kumar Singh Male	IND Independents	53 0.06%
34	Haider Ali Male	IND Independents	44 0.05%
35	Prakash Narayan Male	IND Independents	41 0.04%
36	Umesh Ku Sinha Male	IND Independents	37 0.04%
37	Gufran Khan Male	IND Independents	36 0.04%
38	Risul Ajam Male	IND Independents	34 0.04%
39	Mo Najarul Islam Male	IND Independents	16 0.02%
	Total		95527 58.34%

In 1990, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 165990 electors. Total number of valid vote was 95527. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Ajit Sarkar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 38144 votes. Janata Dal candidate Ravindra Narayan Singh stood second with total 12121 votes. He lost by 26023 votes.

1985 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Chandras Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	34790 48%
2	Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha Male	INC Indian National Congress	25716 35.48%
3	Nazrul Islam Male	IND Independent	4336 5.98%
4	Guru Pd Sah Male	BJP Bharatiya Janta Party	1998 2.76%
5	Vishwa Nath Kejriwal Male	JNP Janta Party	1042 1.44%
6	Syed Roashan Ali Male	IND Independent	955 1.32%
7	Kala Nand Singh Male	IND Independent	614 0.85%
8	Arif Rabbani Male	IND Independent	507 0.7%
9	Bhola Nath Alok Male	IND Independent	457 0.63%
10	Uma Kant Singh Male	IND Independent	435 0.6%
11	Ram Pravesh Pd Singh Male	IND Independent	370 0.51%
12	Kritya Nand Sharma Male	IND Independent	303 0.42%
13	Bhagwan Das Male	IND Independent	209 0.29%
14	Krishna Deo Paswan Male	IND Independent	192 0.26%
15	Arun Prasad Sah Male	IND Independent	188 0.26%
16	Pradip N Kuwar Male	IND Independent	154 0.21%
17	Surendra Jha Male	IND Independent	127 0.18%
18	Nasim Khan Male	IND Independent	88 0.12%
	Total		72481 57.79%

In 1985, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 127404 electors. Total number of valid vote was 72481. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Ajit Chandras won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 34790 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha stood second with total 25716 votes. He lost by 9074 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ajit Chand Sarkar Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	27486 45%
2	Sharda Prasad Singh Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	17398 28.48%
3	Ramanand Prasad Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5509 9.02%
4	Anandi Yadav Male	JNP(SC) Janata Party (secular) - Ch. Charan Singh	4200 6.88%
5	Hari Das Paswan Male	IND Independents	2940 4.81%
6	Guru Pd Yadav Male	INC(U) Indian National Congress (u)	685 1.12%
7	Amar Nath Chaudhary Male	IND Independents	556 0.91%
8	Surendra Jha Male	IND Independents	528 0.86%
9	Bishwa Nath Kejriwal Male	JNP(SR) Janata Party (secular) Raj Narain	514 0.84%
10	Ganga Prasad Yadav Male	IND Independents	421 0.69%
11	Jethani Hiranand Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	370 0.61%
12	Sumitra Devi Female	IND Independents	297 0.49%
13	Gulam Rasul Male	IND Independents	178 0.29%
	Total		61082 55.32%

In 1980, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 112675 electors. Total number of valid vote was 61082. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Ajit Chand Sarkar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 27486 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Sharda Prasad Singh stood second with total 17398 votes. He lost by 10088 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Dev Nath Roy Male	JNP Janata Party	18180 39.47%
2	Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha Male	INC Indian National Congress	14613 31.73%
3	Ajit Chandra Sarkar Male	IND Independents	12217 26.53%
4	Umesh Kumar Singh Male	IND Independents	871 1.89%
5	Jethani Hirachand Male	IND Independents	175 0.38%
	Total		46056 44.01%

In 1977, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 106808 electors. Total number of valid vote was 46056. Janata Party candidate Dev Nath Roy won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 18180 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha stood second with total 14613 votes. He lost by 3567 votes.

1972 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kamaldeo N Sinha Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	24881 40.5%
2	Badiuzzama Male	IND Independents	20669 33.64%
3	Amar Nath Choudhry Male	BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	9641 15.69%
4	Khem Chand Sancheti Male	IND Independents	3115 5.07%
5	Deo Charan Pd Yadav Male	SOP Samyukta Socialist Party/socialist Party	1481 2.41%
6	Bhola Prasad Yadav Male	IND Independents	608 0.99%
7	Kamrudin Seikh Male	IND Independents	606 0.99%
8	Fakrudin Seikh Male	IND Independents	437 0.71%
	Total		61438 58.73%

In 1972, Purnia legislative assembly constituency had total 107048 electors. Total number of valid vote was 61438. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Kamaldeo N Sinha won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 24881 votes. Independents candidate Badiuzzama stood second with total 20669 votes. He lost by 4212 votes.