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Purnia Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Purnia? — Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav (IND), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 23,847 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav

IND
Margin: 23,847Tight race

Election history — every MP of Purnia

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • IND 1
  • JD(U) 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu YadavINDCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Santosh Kumar (JD(U))Margin23,847
  2. 2019May 2019Santosh KumarJD(U)Lok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh (INC)Margin2,63,461

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav

INDTight race

votes

5,67,556

Margin

23,847(2%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav · INDSantosh Kumar · JD(U)
5,67,5565,43,709
Candidate (8)votes
  1. 1Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav✓ WinnerIND5,67,55647.46%
  2. 2Santosh KumarJD(U)5,43,70945.47%
  3. 3Bima BhartiRJDDeposit lost27,1202.27%
  4. 4NOTA23,8341.99%
  5. 5Arun DasBSPDeposit lost10,6190.89%
  6. 6Satyendra YadavINDDeposit lost8,4590.71%
See all candidates (+2)
  1. 7Noman AlamINDDeposit lost7,6930.64%
  2. 8Kishor Kumar YadavAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost6,8540.57%
Total votes11,95,844

Deposit lost: 5 of 7 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
18,95,036

incl. service voters

Votes cast
11,96,238

incl. 1,631 postal

Turnout
63.12%
Polling stations
1,891

Turnout of men and women

Women65.9%

6,04,414 of 9,17,363 voted on EVMs

Men60.4%

5,90,192 of 9,77,600 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 73; 1 voted.

  • Candidates7 (1 women)
  • Lost deposit5
  • NOTA23,834
  • Valid votes11,72,010

Women candidates: Bima Bharti

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Santosh Kumar (JD(U))Full result ▾
Candidate (17)votes
  1. 1Santosh Kumar✓ WinnerJD(U)6,32,92454.85%
  2. 2Uday Singh Alias Pappu SinghINC3,69,46332.02%
  3. 3Shubhash Kumar ThakurINDDeposit lost31,7952.76%
See all candidates (+14)
  1. 4Sageer AhmadINDDeposit lost21,3741.85%
  2. 5NOTA18,5691.61%
  3. 6Jitendra UrabBSPDeposit lost16,5371.43%
  4. 7Anirudh MehtaINDDeposit lost9,3590.81%
  5. 8Rajesh KumarINDDeposit lost9,0790.79%
  6. 9Manju MurmuJMMDeposit lost7,9630.69%
  7. 10Ashok Kumar SinghINDDeposit lost7,5650.66%
  8. 11Ashok Kumar SahINDDeposit lost7,3140.63%
  9. 12Shobha SorenINDDeposit lost6,9470.6%
  10. 13Arjun SinghINDDeposit lost4,4440.39%
  11. 14Rajiv Kumar SinghINDDeposit lost3,4030.29%
  12. 15Dr. Mritunjay Kumar JhaINDDeposit lost3,1750.28%
  13. 16Sanoj Kumar ChauhanBihar Lok Nirman DalDeposit lost2,6250.23%
  14. 17Md. Akhtar AliINDDeposit lost1,4040.12%
Total votes11,53,940

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Purnia?

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav (IND) won Purnia in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 5,67,556 votes.

What was the winning margin in Purnia?

Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav defeated Santosh Kumar (JD(U)) by 23,847 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Purnia?

2019: Santosh Kumar (JD(U))

What was the turnout in Purnia in 2024?

63.12% — 11,96,238 of 18,95,036 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 65.9%, men's 60.4%.

How many voters does Purnia have?

18,95,036 electors at the 2024 election — 9,77,600 men, 9,17,363 women, 73 third gender (service voters included), and 1,891 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer