Purnia Assembly constituency explained

Purnia
Type:	SLA
State:	Bihar
District:	Purnia
Constituency No:	-
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

Purnia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block including Purnia Municipal Corporation.^[1] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Purnia was announced to be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^{[2] [3]}

Purnia Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[4]	Party
1952	Kamaldeo Narain Sinha
1957
1962
1967
1969
1972
1977	Dev Nath Roy
1980	Ajit Sarkar
1985
1990
1995
1998^	Madhavi Sarkar
2000	Raj Kishore Kesri
2005
2005
2010
2011^	Kiran Devi
2015	Vijay Kumar Khemka
2020

Election results

2020

External links

• Web site: Results of all Bihar Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

25.7833°N 115°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2011-01-10 .
2. Web site: 36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility.
3. Web site: Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility.
4. Web site: Purnia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.