India Lok Sabha election 2014
Purnia election result 2014
SANTOSH KUMAR · Janata Dal (United). A complete candidate-level record from the cited dataset.
- Winning margin
- 116,669 Votes ahead of runner-up
- Margin share
- 11.6% Candidate votes; excludes NOTA
- Winner’s share
- 41.6% Candidate votes; excludes NOTA
- Electoral competition
- 3.54 Effective number of electoral parties
- Turnout
- — Requires votes cast and registered electors
- Winner / all electors
- — Registered-elector denominator
Every candidate, every vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate-vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTOSH KUMAR | Janata Dal (United) | 418,826 | 41.6% |
| UDAY SINGH ALIAS PAPPU SINGH | BJP | 302,157 | 30.0% |
| AMARNATH TIWARI | INC | 124,344 | 12.4% |
| MD SHAMSHER ALAM | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 50,446 | 5.0% |
| NAVLESH PATHAK | IND | 18,776 | 1.9% |
| SUDEEP ROY | AAP | 16,630 | 1.7% |
| RAJ KUMAR ORAON | BSP | 11,196 | 1.1% |
| SANJAY SINGH | IND | 9,196 | 0.9% |
| ANIL KUMAR MAHTO | Janvadi Party(Socialist) | 9,162 | 0.9% |
| KUNJ BIHARI PASWAN | IND | 8,321 | 0.8% |
| PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 7,912 | 0.8% |
| SYED SHAH EQBAL ALAM | Bhartiya Ekta Manch Party | 6,324 | 0.6% |
| MD AKHTAR ALI | IND | 5,849 | 0.6% |
| MD SHAHID AKHTAR | Bahujan Mukti Party | 5,137 | 0.5% |
| PRAMOD NARAYAN PODDAR | Bhartiya Jantantrik Janata Dal | 4,664 | 0.5% |
| FAGU MARANDI | Jharkhand Disom Party | 3,440 | 0.3% |
| MANSUR ALAM | SP | 3,370 | 0.3% |
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NOTA: 11,982. NOTA is excluded from candidate-share and competition calculations.
Constituency history
| Election | Comparability | Winning party |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 result | Different boundary / not directly comparable | IND |
| 2019 result | Same recorded boundary version | JD(U) |
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What the result can tell you
The winning margin was 116,669 votes. These are aggregate election results. They do not identify how individual voters changed their votes or explain why a party won.
Definitions, denominators and comparison limitsEvidence & dataset version
ECI candidate-wise results preserved by DataMeet. Archived results are reproduced with provenance; NOTA is separate. Current official statutory returns take precedence.
Dataset 2026-10-27T00:59:40+05:30 · calculation 1.0.0 · boundary pc-national-2008.
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