Winner, Votes & Party Details
Bihar Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Purnea Lok Sabha constituency election result 1998: Jay Krishna Mandal of BJP won with 265,096 votes, defeating Rajesh Ranjan of SP, who received 229,279 votes. Total votes polled were 698,282. Full results and vote share details are given below.
BJP
265,096
37.96%
SP
229,279
32.83%
INC
102,297
14.65%
RJD
58,225
8.34%
IND
24,851
3.56%
LS
6,637
0.95%
JP
5,496
0.79%
IND
2,941
0.42%
SSD
2,425
0.35%
IND
1,035
0.15%