Janata Dal (United) on Purnia

State 10 · Lok Sabha · 5 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 3 contested

JDU runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

66.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 3 published candidatures

Best vote share54.80%in 2019

Worst vote share41.20%in 2014

Average vote share47.17% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested2014

Last contested2024

Votes polled here15.95 Lacross all 3 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal (United) vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 2004, 2009 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

3 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Santosh Kumar	5,43,709	45.50%	2	Lost · 2nd
2019	Santosh Kumar	6,32,924	54.80%	1	Won
2014	Santosh Kumar	4,18,826	41.20%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Independent Bharatiya Janta Party Rashtriya Janata Dal Indian National Congress Bihar People's Party Lok Jan Shakti Party Bahujan Samaj Party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Aam Aadmi Party Samajwadi Party All India Forward Bloc Janvadi Party(Socialist)Loktantrik Samata Dal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Bhartiya Ekta Manch Party Bahujan Mukti Party Bharatiya Jantantrik Janta Dal Bihar Lok Nirman Dal Jharkhand Disom Party Rashtravadi Janata Party