Purnia Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Purnia is one of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Bihar. Voting here for the 2019 Lok Sabha election took place on April 18. The result will be out on May 23. 

Purnia registered 65.38 per cent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 1.13 per cent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1763991 while 1153250 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 64.25 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1582545 while 1016730 voted.

Uday Singh of the Indian National Congress, Santosh Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) , Jitendra Urab of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Manju Murmu of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Sanoj Kumar Chauhan of the Bihar Lok Nirman Dal are some of the most prominent names who contested the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Purnia Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Here is the full list of candidates from Purnia Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar:

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	UDAY SINGH	Indian National Congress
2	SANTOSH KUMAR	Janata Dal (United)
3	JITENDRA URAB	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	MANJU MURMU	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	SANOJ KUMAR CHAUHAN	Bihar Lok Nirman Dal
6	MD AKHTAR ALI	Independent
7	ANIRUDH MEHTA	Independent
8	ARJUN SINGH	Independent
9	ASHOK KUMAR SAH	Independent
10	ASHOK KUMAR SINGH	Independent
11	DR. MRITUNJAY KUMAR JHA	Independent
12	RAJIV KUMAR SINGH	Independent
13	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
14	SHUBHASH KUMAR THAKUR	Independent
15	SHOBHA SOREN	Independent
16	SAGEER AHMAD	Independent

Purnia Lok Sabha constituency covers six assembly segments –  Kasba, Banmankhi, Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Purnia and Korha.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Santosh Kumar of the Janata Dal (United)- won by a margin of over 1.16 lakh votes. In the year 2009,  Uday Singh of the BJP defeated Independent candidate Shanti Priya.