Purnia is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Purnia district

Purnia District

Purnia district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. The town of Purnia is the administrative headquarters of this district.Purnia district is a part of Purnia Division...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 62. Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Purnia East community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 including Purnia East nagar parishad.

Purnia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).

1977-2010

Rajkishore Kesri, the sitting MLA of Purnia, was stabbed to death on 4 January 2011, by a school teacher, who raised accusations against him of rape and sexual exploitation.

In the 2010

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, October 2005, February 2005 and 2000 state assembly elections, Raj Kishore Keshri of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 won the Purnia seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Charitra Yadav of Congress

Indian National Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Sarkar of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 defeated Rajesh Ranjan of SP

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

 in 1995 and Ravindra Narayan Singh of JD

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 in 1990, Kamaldeo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1985 and Sharda Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980. Dev Nath Roy of JP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

defeated Kamal Deo Narayan Sinha of Congress in 1977.