Purnia is assembly constituency number 62 in Bihar, in Purnia district, and one of the segments of the Purnia Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Vijay Kumar Khemka of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 54.8% of the vote, 33,222 votes ahead of Jitendra Kumar (INC).
- 01Vijay Kumar KhemkaBJP1,27,61454.79%
- 02Jitendra KumarINC94,39240.53%
- 03Santosh Kumar SinghJNSRJP3,7011.59%
- 04Lakhendar SahIndependent1,2250.53%
- 05Rajiv Kumar RoyBSP1,1280.48%
- 4 other candidates · 3,423 votesNOTA · 1,436 (0.62%)
Margin 33,222 votes · 14.26% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,32,919 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Kumar KhemkaMale · 66 yrs | BJP | 1,27,614 | 54.79% |
| 2 | Jitendra KumarMale · 49 yrs | INC | 94,392 | 40.53% |
| 3 | Santosh Kumar SinghMale · 47 yrs | JNSRJP | 3,701 | 1.59% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,436 | 0.62% |
| 4 | Lakhendar SahMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 1,225 | 0.53% |
| 5 | Rajiv Kumar RoyMale · 45 yrs | BSP | 1,128 | 0.48% |
| 6 | Aslam AzadMale · 54 yrs | Independent | 1,017 | 0.44% |
| 7 | Aditya LalMale · 37 yrs | AAP | 980 | 0.42% |
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| 8 | Kaneez FatmaFemale · 32 yrs | Independent | 919 | 0.39% |
| 9 | Ajay SwarnMale · 39 yrs | Independent | 507 | 0.22% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Purnia result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | 97,757 | 52.78% |
| 2 | Indu Sinha | INC | 65,603 | 35.42% |
| 3 | Vijay Oraon | SDPI | 5,493 | 2.97% |
| 4 | Sanjay Singh | APKSP | 1,924 | 1.04% |
| 5 | Neeraj Kumar Sinha | Independent | 1,742 | 0.94% |
| 6 | Bidyanand Mehta | RLSP | 1,417 | 0.77% |
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| 7 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,379 | 0.74% |
| 8 | Nityanand Choudhary | Independent | 1,291 | 0.70% |
| 9 | Ajay Swarn | Independent | 1,078 | 0.58% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 951 | 0.51% |
| 10 | Md. Aslam Azad | NCP | 818 | 0.44% |
| 11 | Shaikh Akbar Ali | JD(S) | 720 | 0.39% |
| 12 | Shyam Mohan Jha Alias S. M.jha | Independent | 636 | 0.34% |
| 13 | Anisha Prity | TPLRSP | 613 | 0.33% |
| 14 | Vinod Singh | AJPR | 573 | 0.31% |
| 15 | Chandra Bhanu Kumar | Independent | 527 | 0.28% |
| 16 | Rajesh Kumar Nirala | Independent | 519 | 0.28% |
| 17 | Manoj Thakur | BLRP | 500 | 0.27% |
| 18 | Ravindra Kumar Singh | JTVP | 324 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Pradip Kumar | AngSP | 289 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Abdul Subhan | BJJD | 274 | 0.15% |
| 21 | Sumit Singh | Independent | 274 | 0.15% |
| 22 | Rajesh Kumar Thakur | Independent | 260 | 0.14% |
| 23 | Mihir Anand | JP | 239 | 0.13% |
Purnia result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | 92,020 | 49.26% |
| 2 | Indu Sinha | INC | 59,205 | 31.70% |
| 3 | Ram Charitra Yadav | Independent | 7,614 | 4.08% |
| 4 | Rajeev Kumar Singh | CPI(M) | 3,993 | 2.14% |
| 5 | Arvind Kumar@ Bhola Sah | JAPL | 2,670 | 1.43% |
| 6 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,697 | 0.91% |
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| 7 | Divakar Choudhary | NCP | 1,539 | 0.82% |
| 8 | Rajesh Kumar Nirala | Independent | 1,488 | 0.80% |
| 9 | Ahmad Hussain | Independent | 1,480 | 0.79% |
| 10 | Rakesh Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,415 | 0.76% |
| 11 | Masiur Rahman | JMM | 1,388 | 0.74% |
| 12 | Lt. Col. Akshay Yadav | SP | 1,321 | 0.71% |
| 13 | Sumitra Devi Mandal | RVNP | 1,257 | 0.67% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,109 | 0.59% |
| 14 | Aditya Kumar Jha | Independent | 1,089 | 0.58% |
| 15 | Ashok Kumar Mahto | BSP | 996 | 0.53% |
| 16 | Mohammad Aslam Azad | Independent | 873 | 0.47% |
| 17 | Deepak Kumar | Independent | 841 | 0.45% |
| 18 | Akhilesh Verma | SKLP | 744 | 0.40% |
| 19 | Rashi Prasad | PBI | 738 | 0.40% |
| 20 | Bindu Prakash Jha | IEMC | 725 | 0.39% |
| 21 | Ranjeet Kumar Singh | IUML | 708 | 0.38% |
| 22 | Rakesh Kumar | Independent | 679 | 0.36% |
| 23 | Bachchi Sharma | DSP | 409 | 0.22% |
| 24 | Manik Chand Yadav | Independent | 406 | 0.22% |
| 25 | Kashor Kumar Yadav | AIFB(S) | 382 | 0.20% |
Purnia result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Kishore Keshari | BJP | 54,605 | 41.42% |
| 2 | Ram Charitra Yadav | INC | 39,006 | 29.58% |
| 3 | Amit Kumar | CPI(M) | 23,061 | 17.49% |
| 4 | Syed Gulam Husain | NCP | 3,555 | 2.70% |
| 5 | Sumita Nand Shankar | Independent | 2,475 | 1.88% |
| 6 | Pappu Kumar | LJP | 1,830 | 1.39% |
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| 7 | Kailash Lahoti | Independent | 1,552 | 1.18% |
| 8 | Shaikh Akbar Ali | BSP | 1,515 | 1.15% |
| 9 | Bachchi Sharma | Independent | 1,095 | 0.83% |
| 10 | Kumar Aditya | Independent | 946 | 0.72% |
| 11 | Krishna Kr. Jha | Independent | 936 | 0.71% |
| 12 | Anirudh Mehta | BJJD | 651 | 0.49% |
| 13 | Alok Kumar Sinha | AIFB | 620 | 0.47% |
Purnia outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Purnia district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Purnia is one of the assembly segments of Purnia. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Purnia candidates.
- Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu YadavIndependent99,607 49.6%
- Santosh KumarJD(U)95,216 47.4%
- Bima BhartiRJD2,385 1.2%
- Arun DasBSP1,047 0.5%
- Satyendra YadavIndependent906 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, IND led here by 4,391 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Purnia.
Who won the Purnia assembly seat in 2025?
Vijay Kumar Khemka of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Purnia in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,27,614 votes, which was 54.79% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Purnia?
The margin was 33,222 votes (14.26% of valid votes). The runner-up was Jitendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress with 94,392 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Purnia in 2025?
Turnout was 80.08%: 2,32,947 of 2,90,893 registered electors voted, across 365 polling stations. That is 20.9 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Purnia part of?
Purnia is an assembly segment of the Purnia Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Purnia a reserved constituency?
No. Purnia is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Purnia?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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