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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 139 · 1980
Purnea
Winner — 1980
AJIT CHAND SARKAR
CPM· Left
CPM 45.0%INC(I) 28.5%11 others 26.5%
Votes
27,486
45.0% share
Winning margin
10,088
16.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.2%
of 1,12,675
Purnea is a safe seat — AJIT CHAND SARKAR won by 16.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJIT CHAND SARKAR | Left | 27,486 | 45.0% |
| 2 | SHARDA PRASAD SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 17,398 | 28.5% |
| 3 | RAMANAND PRASAD | BJP | 5,509 | 9.0% |
| 4 | ANANDI YADAV | JNP(SC) | 4,200 | 6.9% |
| 5 | HARI DAS PASWAN | IND | 2,940 | 4.8% |
| 6 | GURU PD. YADAV | 685 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | AMAR NATH CHAUDHARY | IND | 556 | 0.9% |
| 8 | SURENDRA JHA | IND | 528 | 0.9% |
| 9 | BISHWA NATH KEJRIWAL | JNP(SR) | 514 | 0.8% |
| 10 | GANGA PRASAD YADAV | IND | 421 | 0.7% |
| 11 | JETHANI HIRANAND | JNP(JP) | 370 | 0.6% |
| 12 | SUMITRA DEVI | IND | 297 | 0.5% |
| 13 | GULAM RASUL | IND | 178 | 0.3% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (128th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 1.4% · max 40.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
128th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
167th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 45.0%INC(I) 28.5%BJP 9.0%JNP(SC) 6.9%OTH 10.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,61,566
Density
1467 / km²
Sex ratio
911 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,904 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.4%
Electricity10.4%
Sanitation18.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.4%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.0%
Children underweight (under 5)42.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Clean cooking fuel36.1%
Health insurance19.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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