Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Purnea (Bihar) was won by Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2009 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 186,227 votes over Shanti Priya. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Purnea, Bihar, from 1957 to 2009.
Full Election History, 1957–2009
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta
Indian National Congress
89,369
51.8%
Balkrishna Gupta (Independent)
43,537 (25.2 pts)
1962
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta
Indian National Congress
117,705
55.0%
Bisheshwar Narain Sharma (Swatantra Party)
69,791 (32.6 pts)
1967
P. G. S. Gupta
Indian National Congress
73,842
31.5%
B. Gupta (Samyukta Socialist Party)
4,620 (2.0 pts)
1971
Mohammad Tahir
Indian National Congress
56,977
27.7%
Z. A. Ahmad (Communist Party of India)
20,164 (9.8 pts)
1977
Lakhan Lal Kapoor
Bharatiya Lok Dal
199,034
56.1%
Madhuri Singh (Indian National Congress)
92,037 (25.9 pts)
1980
Madhuri Singh
Congress (I)
163,022
48.5%
Niyanand Arya (Janata Party (Secular))
61,956 (18.4 pts)
1984
Madhuree Singh
Indian National Congress
294,076
68.0%
Kamal Natha Jha (LKD)
190,400 (44.0 pts)
1989
Taslimudin
Janata Dal
177,159
31.5%
Ajit Sarkar (CPI (Marxist))
54,557 (9.7 pts)
1996
Rajesh Ranjan
Samajwadi Party
443,111
66.0%
Rajendra Pd. Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party)
316,155 (47.1 pts)
1998
Jay Krishna Mandal
Bharatiya Janata Party
265,096
38.0%
Rajesh Ranjan (Samajwadi Party)
35,817 (5.1 pts)
1999
Rajesh Ranjan
Independent
438,193
63.2%
Jay Krishna Mandal (Bharatiya Janata Party)
252,566 (36.4 pts)
2004
Uday Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
244,426
34.5%
Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav (LJP)
12,883 (1.8 pts)
2009
Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
362,952
51.5%
Shanti Priya (Independent)
186,227 (26.4 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta
Indian National Congress
89,369
51.8%
Balkrishna Gupta
Independent
45,832
26.6%
Murlidhar Singh
Praja Socialist Party
37,362
21.7%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta
Indian National Congress
117,705
55.0%
Bisheshwar Narain Sharma
Swatantra Party
47,914
22.4%
Rishi Kant Jha
Socialist Party
26,300
12.3%
Dasrath Prasad Choudhary
Praja Socialist Party
22,078
10.3%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
P. G. S. Gupta
Indian National Congress
73,842
31.5%
B. Gupta
Samyukta Socialist Party
69,222
29.5%
R. P. Bhagat
Praja Socialist Party
30,189
12.9%
S. N. Roy
Swatantra Party
15,968
6.8%
H. Jethni
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13,150
5.6%
R. P. Singh
Independent
12,629
5.4%
U. Paswan
Independent
10,721
4.6%
S. Soren
Independent
8,918
3.8%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mohammad Tahir
Indian National Congress
56,977
27.7%
Z. A. Ahmad
Communist Party of India
36,813
17.9%
Phani Gopal Sen Gupta
Congress (O)
33,846
16.5%
Deonath Rai
Samyukta Socialist Party
31,763
15.5%
Surya N. Singh Yadav
Independent
12,954
6.3%
Abdul Razak
Independent
12,445
6.1%
Shiv Charan Mehta
HSD
6,772
3.3%
Shali Gram Singh Tomar
Independent
4,871
2.4%
Deonarain Mandal
Independent
3,703
1.8%
Pradumna Narain Singh
PBI
3,178
1.5%
Uchit Paswan
Independent
2,156
1.0%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lakhan Lal Kapoor
Bharatiya Lok Dal
199,034
56.1%
Madhuri Singh
Indian National Congress
106,997
30.1%
Amirul Hasan
Communist Party of India
23,481
6.6%
Azam
Independent
16,058
4.5%
Umesh Kumar Singh
Independent
4,089
1.2%
Brahmanand Trivedi
Independent
2,378
0.7%
Baldeo Prasad Oraon
Independent
1,935
0.5%
Abdul Mujib Sekh
Indian Union Muslim League
1,028
0.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Madhuri Singh
Congress (I)
163,022
48.5%
Niyanand Arya
Janata Party (Secular)
101,066
30.1%
Lakhanlal Kapoor
Janata Party
53,233
15.8%
Triveni Singh
Independent
4,563
1.4%
Chandra Kant Sarkar
Independent
3,984
1.2%
Uma Kant Singh
Independent
3,913
1.2%
Vishwanath Agrawal
Independent
1,680
0.5%
Satnarayan Poddar Kavi Saurtabh
Independent
1,393
0.4%
Asgar Alam
Independent
1,157
0.3%
Munshi Muram
Independent
1,034
0.3%
Ram Kisan Pd. Sah
Independent
869
0.3%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Madhuree Singh
Indian National Congress
294,076
68.0%
Kamal Natha Jha
LKD
103,676
24.0%
Lakhan Lal Kapoor
Janata Party
11,755
2.7%
Vishwanath Kejariwal
Independent
3,176
0.7%
Bhola Nath Aalok
Independent
3,131
0.7%
Shashi Shekhar Pd.
Independent
2,856
0.7%
Yunoos
Independent
2,526
0.6%
Saiyed Roushan Ali
Independent
2,516
0.6%
Sirajudin
Independent
1,776
0.4%
Satya Kumar Singh
Independent
1,776
0.4%
Riyaj
Independent
1,706
0.4%
Umakant Singh
Independent
1,600
0.4%
Rasik Kisku
Independent
1,352
0.3%
Ram Kisun Pr. Sah
Independent
540
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Taslimudin
Janata Dal
177,159
31.5%
Ajit Sarkar
CPI (Marxist)
122,602
21.8%
Brajkishor Yadav
Bharatiya Janata Party
117,546
20.9%
Madhuri Singh
Indian National Congress
114,231
20.3%
Pradyuman Narain Singh
Independent
5,767
1.0%
Gulam Mushtafa
Independent
4,810
0.9%
Dinanath Praboth
JNP (JP)
4,618
0.8%
Shinya Shekhar Pandit
DDP
2,892
0.5%
Nirmala Devi
Independent
2,253
0.4%
Nageshwar Prasad Kamat
Independent
1,686
0.3%
Riyajudin
Independent
1,519
0.3%
Sampatlal Uraon
Independent
1,315
0.2%
K.P.Verma
Independent
1,010
0.2%
Masuda Rishi
Independent
897
0.2%
Amrendra Pr. Yadav
Independent
778
0.1%
Ram Krishan Rishi Dev
Independent
701
0.1%
Mithilesh Kumar Sharma
Independent
672
0.1%
Vindishwari Tewary
Independent
663
0.1%
Sunil Ku. Singh
Independent
466
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajesh Ranjan
Samajwadi Party
443,111
66.0%
Rajendra Pd. Gupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
126,956
18.9%
Ajit Sarkar
CPI (Marxist)
65,678
9.8%
Rajeev Nandan Yadav
Indian National Congress
9,499
1.4%
Jwala Pd. Gupta
Independent
6,991
1.0%
Fazlur Rahman
Independent
5,173
0.8%
Jenendra Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,965
0.4%
Tej Nr. Roy
Independent
2,946
0.4%
Premod Muni
Independent
2,001
0.3%
Yamuna Murmu
JMM
1,537
0.2%
Dukhan Roy
Independent
1,062
0.2%
Tuntun Paswan
Independent
981
0.1%
Devendar Sharma
Independent
753
0.1%
Radhya Kishor Roy
Independent
643
0.1%
Ashok Thakur
AIIC(T)
570
0.1%
Anil Vishal
Independent
354
0.1%
Babu Lal Oraon
Independent
354
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jay Krishna Mandal
Bharatiya Janata Party
265,096
38.0%
Rajesh Ranjan
Samajwadi Party
229,279
32.8%
Uday Singh
Indian National Congress
102,297
14.6%
Dilip Kumar Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal
58,225
8.3%
Moidur Rahman
Independent
24,851
3.6%
Mahta Bimam
LS
6,637
1.0%
Vaidyanath Choudhary
Janata Party
5,496
0.8%
Anil Kumar Singh
Independent
2,941
0.4%
Naresh Vishwas
SSD
2,425
0.3%
Vishwanath Paswan
Independent
1,035
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajesh Ranjan
Independent
438,193
63.2%
Jay Krishna Mandal
Bharatiya Janata Party
185,627
26.8%
Abdul Khalil Ahmad
CPI (Marxist)
29,799
4.3%
Mani Lal Das
Independent
12,813
1.8%
Mahmad Alam
Independent
5,166
0.7%
Ashok Ku Sah
JMM
4,298
0.6%
Alimudin Ansari
Janata Dal (Secular)
3,211
0.5%
Nageshwar Singh
Independent
3,207
0.5%
Juver Alam
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,032
0.4%
Vipeen Kumar
AJBP
2,727
0.4%
Kuldeep Mandal
Independent
1,946
0.3%
Sahdeo Prasad Mandal
Independent
1,401
0.2%
Asha Devi
Independent
1,374
0.2%
Saiyad Gulam Husen
Nationalist Congress Party
924
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Uday Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
244,426
34.5%
Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav
LJP
231,543
32.7%
Jeevachha Paswan
Independent
57,021
8.0%
Dr. Irshad Ahmad Khan
Samajwadi Party
47,301
6.7%
Raj Kumar Hembram
JDP
25,609
3.6%
Awadesh Ku Mandal
Independent
21,619
3.0%
Satya Narayan Ram
Independent
18,378
2.6%
Neelam Devi
Independent
16,569
2.3%
Jai Krishna Mandal
SAP
14,160
2.0%
Syed Sahid Raja
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,976
1.1%
Madhavi Sarkar
CPI (ML) Liberation
7,595
1.1%
Lalit Mohan Singh
Independent
6,740
1.0%
Md. Riauzuddin
Independent
4,056
0.6%
Prakash Kumar Singh
AD
3,302
0.5%
Upendra Nath Sagar
Rashtriya Lok Dal
2,720
0.4%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
362,952
51.5%
Shanti Priya
Independent
176,725
25.1%
Shankar Jha
LJP
22,773
3.2%
Pramod Narayan Poddar
Independent
21,754
3.1%
Naveen Kumar Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
21,281
3.0%
Vijay Kumar Sah
Independent
18,986
2.7%
Upendranath Sagar
Independent
13,834
2.0%
Shiekh Akbar Ali
Independent
9,039
1.3%
Dr. Irshad Ahmad Khan
LTSD
7,472
1.1%
Sunil Kumar
Independent
6,315
0.9%
Jivachh Paswan
Independent
5,705
0.8%
Deep Narayan Singh
Independent
5,513
0.8%
Alimuddin Ansari
Independent
5,245
0.7%
Madhavi Sarkar
CPI (ML) Liberation
5,152
0.7%
Jagdish Prasad Yadav
Independent
4,679
0.7%
Abdul Sattar
Independent
4,365
0.6%
Ashok Kumar Sah
JMM
3,610
0.5%
Kaushalya Devi
Independent
3,560
0.5%
Md. Aisur Rahman
Independent
2,925
0.4%
Anil Kumar Bharati
RVNP
2,867
0.4%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Purnea has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Independent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Purnea in the 2009 Lok Sabha election?
Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Purnea, Bihar, in 2009 with 362,952 votes (51.5%), a margin of 186,227 votes over Shanti Priya.
Which parties have won Purnea since 1957?
Since 1957, Purnea has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party.
What was the closest result in Purnea?
The closest result on record for Purnea was 2004, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat LJP by just 12,883 votes (1.8 percentage points).