Purulia Lok Sabha constituency

Purulia
WB-35
Purulia ; WB-35
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Purulia Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Baghmundi; Manbazar; Balarampur; Kashipur; Para; Joypur; Purulia
Established	1957
Total electors	18,23,120 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Purulia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the present 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. India has total 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies. All the seven assembly segments of No. 35 Purulia Lok Sabha constituency are in Purulia district.

Assembly segments

**Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal** - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. **Purulia**, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 35 Purulia is composed of the following segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
239	Balarampur	Purulia	Jaladhar Mahato	BJP	AITC
240	Baghmundi		Rahidas Mahato		BJP
241	Joypur		Biswajit Mahato		AITC
242	Purulia		Sudip Mukherjee		BJP
243	Manbazar (ST)		Mayna Murmu		AITC
244	Kashipur		Kamalakanta Hansda		AITC
245	Para (SC)		Nadiar Chand Bouri		BJP

Prior to delimitation, Purulia Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]Bandwan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 233), Manbazar (assembly constituency no. 234), Balarampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 235), Arsha (assembly constituency no. 236), Jhalda (assembly constituency no. 237), Joypur (assembly constituency no. 238), Purulia (assembly constituency no. 239)

Members of Parliament

Year	Member^[4]
1952^[a]	P. C. Bose	Indian National Congress
1952^[a]	Mohan Hari	Indian National Congress
1952^[b]	Bhajahari Mahato	Lok Sewak Sangh
1952^[b]	Chaitan Majhi
1957	Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta
1962	Bhajahari Mahato
1967	Bhajahari Mahato
1971	Debendranath Mahata	Indian National Congress
1977	Chittaranjan Mahata	All India Forward Bloc
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	Bir Singh Mahato
1998
1999
2004
2006^	Narahari Mahato
2009	Narahari Mahato
2014	Mriganko Mahato	Trinamool Congress
2019	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party

↑ Manbhum North
↑ Manbhum South

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			40.34%
2019			49.33%
2014			38.87%
2009			44.13%
2006 (by-poll)			53.03%
2004			48.99%
1999			51.55%
1998			51.26%
1996			51.02%
1991			51.53%
1989			56.01%
1984			47.99%
1980			54.78%
1977			68.33%
1971			51.80%
1967			45.08%
1962			41.78%
1957			57.24%
1952			22.36%
1952			17.85%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Purulia^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	578,489	40.34	8.99
	AITC	Shantiram Mahato	5,61,410	39.15	4.96
	INC	Nepal Mahato	1,29,157	9.01	2.78
	IND	Ajit Prasad Mahato	98,658	6.88	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	17,929	1.25	0.65
	AIFB	Dhirendra Nath Mahato	14,572	1.02	4.03
Majority			17,079	1.19	13.91
Turnout			1,434,018	78.67	3.71
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Purulia^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	668,107	49.33	42.15
	AITC	Mriganko Mahato	4,63,375	34.19	4.68
	INC	Nepal Mahata	84,477	6.23	15.18
	AIFB	Bir Singh Mahato	68,464	5.05	21.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,322	0.60	0.78
Majority			2,04,732	15.10
Turnout			13,55,861	82.38
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Purulia^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Mriganka Mahato	468,277	38.87	*N/A*
	AIFB	Narahari Mahato	314,400	26.09	−18.04
	INC	Nepal Mahato	257,923	21.41	−20.59
	BJP	Bikash Banerjee	86,236	7.15	+4.78
	SUCI(C)	Subarna Kumar	11,266	0.93	N/A
	BSP	Mihir Kumar Rajwar	9,850	0.81	−1.45
	JVM(P)	Ajit Prasad Mahata	9,012	0.74	N/A
	JMM	Tapas Kumar Mahato	7,386	0.61	−2.79
	JDP	Baidyanath Hansda	7,168	0.59	−0.16
	Independent	Monbodh Mahato	6,774	0.56	N/A
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	5,584	0.46	+0.15
	Independent	Purna Chandra Tudu	4,073	0.33	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	16,726	1.38	N/A
Majority			153,877	12.78	+10.65
Turnout			1,204,675	81.84	+9.93
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	+29.85

2009

General Election, 2009: Purulia^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Narahari Mahato	399,201	44.13
	INC	Shantiram Mahato	379,900	42.00
	BJP	Sayantan Basu	21,509	2.37
	BSP	Asit Baran Mahato	20,499	2.26
	JMM	Ajit Prasad Mahato	30,799	3.40
	Independent	Mrityunjay Mahato	15,716	1.73
	Independent	Mukesh Sahu	9,183	1.01
	Independent	Bisambar Mura	8,739	0.96
	JDP	Abhiram Besra	6,857	0.75
	AMB	Abinash Saren	2,942	0.32
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	2,876	0.31
	Independent	Amulya Ratan Mahato	2,354	0.26
	JD(U)	Dhiren Chandra Mahato	2,080	0.22
	Independent	Umacharan Mahato	1,863	0.20
Majority			19,301	2.13
Turnout			904,518	71.91
	AIFB hold		Swing

2006 by-election

2006 Purulia Lok Sabha by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Narahari Mahato	378,501	53.03
	INC	Shantiram Mahato	291,468	40.84
	IND	Subarna Kumar	14,799	2.07
	AMB	Abinash Saren	8,288	1.16
	JDP	Abhiram Besra	6,212	0.87
	IND	Anilkumar Chaudhuri	5,823	0.82
	JD(U)	Dhiren Chandra Mahato	5,078	0.71
	IPFB	Mrityunjoy Mahato	3,587	0.50
Majority			87,033	12.19
	AIFB hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Bir Singh Mahato	341,057	48.99
	INC	Shantiram Mahato	1,95,339	28.06
	AITC	Niyati Mahato	1,05,127	15.10
	BSP	Mihir Kumar Rajwar	14,021	2.01
	IND	Pranati Bhattacharya	13,020	1.87
	JDP	Ajoy Kumar Tudu	8,762	1.26
	IND	Nilkamal Mahato	5,699	0.82
	Jharkhand Party	Gomasta Prasad Soren	3,664	0.53
	AMB	Thakur Das Kisku	3,536	0.51
	JD(U)	Anil Kumar Choudhury	3,111	0.45
	Jharkhand Party	Dhiren Chandra Rajak	2,883	0.41
Majority			1,45,718	20.93
Turnout
	AIFB hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Birsingh Mahato	351,143	51.55
	BJP	Tapati Mahato	1,76,273	25.88
	INC	Nepal Mahata	1,39,345	20.46
	IND	Ram Chandra Mahato	3,926	0.58
	IND	Pranati Bhattacharya	3,469	0.51
	AMB	Prafulla Kumar Mahato	2,713	0.40
	Jharkhand Party	Gomasta Prasad Soren	2,574	0.38
	NCP	Sachinandan Sau	1,310	0.19
	IND	Shyam Chand Bauri	443	0.07
Majority			1,74,870	25.67
Turnout			6,92,271	68.67
	AIFB hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Bir Singh Mahato	376,313	51.26
	INC	Nepal Mahata	2,19,176	29.86
	BJP	Arun Gupta	97,996	13.35
	JMM	Ajit Prasad Mahata	35,629	4.85
	IND	Dhiren Chandra Mahato	2,169	0.30
	IND	Nepal Chandra Bauri	1,620	0.22
	IND	Prafulla Kumar Mahato	1,156	0.16
Majority			1,57,137	21.40
Turnout			7,47,609	75.14
	AIFB hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Bir Sing Mahato	375,559	51.02
	INC	Gobinda Mukherjee	2,65,689	36.09
	JMM	Mahato Surya Narayan	64,141	8.71
	BJP	Mohan Lal Choube	17,839	2.42
	IND	Bhusan Mahato	4,727	0.64
	Jharkhand Party	Gomasta Prasad Soren	2,544	0.35
	JMM(M)	Sunil Kumar Mahato	2,019	0.27
	IND	Sarit Kumar Chakraborty	2,016	0.27
	IND	Sukumar Das	1,572	0.21
Majority			1,09,870	14.93
Turnout			7,65,833	79.18
	AIFB hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Chitta Ranjan Mahata	336,105	51.53
	INC	Sanat Mukherjee	2,10,165	32.22
	JMM	Surja Naraiayn Mahato	62,941	9.65
	BJP	Ghanshyam Mahata	25,115	3.85
	IND	Purna Chandra Mahato	4,261	0.65
	IND	Sitaram Majhi	4,048	0.62
	IND	Swapan Ghosh	3,060	0.47
	Jharkhand Party	Gomasta Prasad Soren	2,066	0.32
	JP	Sarbeswar Mahato	1,742	0.27
	DDP	Sudhir Yadav	1,669	0.26
	IND	Sukumar Das	747	0.11
	HM	Sarit Kumar Chakraborty	384	0.06
Majority			1,25,940	19.31
Turnout			6,72,089	73.46
	AIFB hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Chitta Ranjan Mahata	379,191	56.01
	INC	Sitaram Mahato	240,296	35.49
	JMM	Suraj Narayan Mahato	40,876	6.04
	AMB	Daman Chandra Kuiry	6,454	0.95
	BJP	Mohan Lal Choubey	5,233	0.77
	IND	Sarit Kumar Chakrabarty	2,141	0.32
	WBS(BM)^[a]	Ishan Chandra Kumar	1,126	0.17
	IND	Sukumar Das	707	0.10
	IND	Radha Raman Ghosh	680	0.10
	DDP	Ram Samujh Yadav	347	0.05
Majority			138,895	20.52
Turnout			690,012	77.30
	AIFB hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Chittaranjan Mahata	261,460	47.99
	INC	K. P. Singh Deo	247,709	45.47
	IND	Ajit Prasad Mahata	16,790	3.08
	IND	Sarit Kumar Chakrabartty	5,970	1.10
	IND	Rabi Chowdhury	3,668	0.67
	IND	Gomasta Prasad Soren	2,929	0.54
	IND	Amulya Mahata	2,819	0.52
	IND	Sukumar Das	1,065	0.20
	IND	H. B. Weston	829	0.15
	IND	Radha Raman Ghosh	793	0.15
	IND	Sudama Nisad	737	0.14
Majority			13,751	2.52
Turnout			557,653	73.92
	AIFB hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Chitta Ranjan Mahata	227,453	54.78
	INC(I)	Ram Pada Singha	122,561	29.52
	INC(U)	Priya Ranjan Das Munshi	42,529	10.24
	JP	Nirmalendu Dey	11,322	2.73
	Jharkhand Party	Prasad Saron Gomosta	4,875	1.17
	IND	Amulya Mahato	2,672	0.64
	IND	Sarit Kumar Chakraborty	2,259	0.54
	IND	Radharaman Ghosh	1,539	0.37
Majority			104,892	25.26
Turnout			426,779	61.20
	AIFB hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Chittaranjan Mahata	200,985	68.33
	INC	Pashupati Mahato	84,433	28.70
	IND	Jairam Majhi	3,532	1.20
	IND	Krishnanlal Agrawala	3,229	1.10
	IND	Anil Mahata	1,964	0.67
Majority			116,552	39.63
Turnout			303,660	52.10
	Swing to AIFB from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Debendra Nath Mahata	130,264	51.80
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Bhajahari Mahato	54,221	21.56
	INC(O)	Nitya Ranjan Kumbhakar	23,970	9.53
	AIFB	Sureswar Sahu	22,994	9.14
	ABJS	Lakhan Chandra Mahato	11,458	4.56
	Jharkhand Party	Tikaram Majhi	8,546	3.40
Majority			76,043	30.24
Turnout			263,046	48.75
	Swing to INC from Independent		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	B. Mahato	120,189	45.08
	INC	S. Mahato	88,784	33.30
	ABJS	R. N. Mahato	29,031	10.89
	IND	S. Bakshi	28,619	10.73
Majority			31,405	11.78
Turnout			280,923	54.59
	Swing to Independent from Lok Sewak Sangh		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Bhajahari Mahato	68,295	41.78
	INC	Sagar Chandra Mahato	60,882	37.24
	CPI	Prabir Kumar Mallik	34,299	20.98
Majority			7,413	4.54
Turnout			168,297	39.27
	Swing to Lok Sewak Sangh from Independent		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Purulia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta	75,890	57.24
	INC	Mahato Nagendra Nath Singh Deo	56,698	42.76
Majority			19,192	14.48
Turnout			132,588	36.17
	Independent win (new seat)

1952

Manbhum North

1951–52 Indian general election: Manbhum North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mohan Hari	97,279	22.36
	INC	Prabhat Chandra Bose	92,752	21.32
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Gupta Bibhuti Bhushan Das	83,209	19.12
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Nakul Sahis	60,425	13.89
	IND	Goswami Jagannath Achari	47,933	11.02
	KMPP	Sasthu Mandal	30,466	7.00
	FBL(MG)^[b]	Satya Bimal Sen	23,059	5.30
Majority			4,527	1.04
Turnout			435,123	31.61
	INC win (new seat)

Manbhum South

1951–52 Indian general election: Manbhum South-cum-Dhalbhum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Bhajahari Mahaton	85,957	17.85
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Chaitan Manjhi	80,349	16.69
	Jharkhand Party	Dasarath Murmu	61,713	12.82
	INC	M. John	58,838	12.22
	INC	Bibhuti Bhushan Mura	55,638	11.55
	IND	Khudi Ram Mahato (Baikunth)	47,028	9.77
	FBL(MG)^[b]	Umapada Tripathi	36,359	7.55
	Socialist	Munshi Ahamdin	28,776	5.98
	CNSPJP^[c]	Thakur Das Manjhi	26,860	5.58
Majority			5,608	1.16
Turnout			481,518	32.94
	Lok Sewak Sangh win (new seat)

Notes

↑ West Bengal Socialist Party (Biman Mitra)
1 2 Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
↑ Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party

References

↑ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024.
↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Purulia Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update". elections.in.
↑ "Purulia Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Purulia". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
↑ "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election commission of India. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

External links

Purulia lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[5] Manbhum North

[6] Manbhum South

[WBS(BM)-12] West Bengal Socialist Party (Biman Mitra)

[FBL(MG)-13] 1 2 Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)

[CNSPJP-14] Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party

[1] "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024.

[delimitation-2] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[4] "Purulia Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update". elections.in.

[Purulia_Constituency_Lok_Sabha_Election_Results_2014_-_2024-7] "Purulia Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Purulia-8] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Purulia". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[loksabha2019-9] "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election commission of India. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[loksabha2014-10] "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[loksabha2009-11] "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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