NEW DELHI: The Purnia Assembly constituency in Bihar has emerged as a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in recent years, with Vijay Kumar Khemka firmly consolidating the party’s dominance.In the 2025 elections, the BJP has once again fielded Khemka, who faces Congress candidate Jitendra Kumar and Jan Suraaj’s Santosh Kumar Singh in a three-cornered contest.
| Candidates | Party | Votes |
| Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | |
| Jitendra Kumar | Congress | |
| Santosh Kumar Singh | Jan Suraaj |
In the 2020 polls, Purnia had 3,12,793 registered voters, of which 1,85,201 valid votes were cast. Khemka secured victory with 97,757 votes, defeating Congress’s Indu Sinha by a margin of 32,154 votes. He had also won in 2015, polling 92,020 votes to Sinha’s tally, extending his winning streak with a margin of 32,815 votes.
Election Results 2025
Before Khemka, the seat was represented by BJP’s Raj Kishore Keshari, who held it through the 2000s. Keshari won in 2010 with 54,605 votes, defeating Congress’s Ram Charitra Yadav by 15,599 votes, and had earlier triumphed in both 2005 elections as well as in 2000.Earlier, Purnia was a Left stronghold under CPI(M)’s Ajit Sarkar, who won the seat in 1995 by defeating SP’s Rajesh Ranjan by 1,615 votes. Over time, the constituency has witnessed a clear political shift — from being a bastion of the Left to becoming one of the BJP’s most secure seats in the Seemanchal region.
