Purulia Lok Sabha constituency

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.

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)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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]

Constituency number	Name	District	Party	2024 Lead
239	Balarampur	Purulia	BJP	TMC
240	Baghmundi		TMC	BJP
241	Joypur		BJP	TMC
242	Purulia		BJP	BJP
243	Manbazar (ST)		TMC	TMC
244	Kashipur		BJP	TMC
245	Para (SC)		BJP	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

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Manbhum North*	Mohan Hari		Indian National Congress[4]
			Provat Chandra Bose
		Manbhum South-cum-Dhalbhum*	Bhajahari Mahato		Lok Sewak Sangh[4]
			Chaitan Majhi
Second	1957-62	Purulia	Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta[5]
Third	1962-67		Bhajahari Mahato[6]
Fourth	1967-71[7]
Fifth	1971-77		Debendranath Mahata		Indian National Congress[8]
Sixth	1977-80		Chittaranjan Mahata		All India Forward Bloc[9]
Seventh	1980-84[10]
Eighth	1984-89[11]
Ninth	1989-91[12]
Tenth	1991-96[13]
Eleventh	1996-98		Bir Singh Mahato[14]
Twelfth	1998-99[15]
Thirteenth	1999-04[16]
Fourteenth	2004-09[17]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Narahari Mahato[18]
Sixteenth	2014-19		Dr. Mriganko Mahato		Trinamool Congress[19]
Seventeenth	2019-2024		Jyotirmay Singh Mahato		Bharatiya Janata Party
Eighteenth	2024-Incumbent

• Both the constituencies were in Bihar at the time of election.

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Purulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato	578,489	40.34	8.99
	AITC	Santiram Mahato	5,61,410	39.15	4.96
	INC	Nepal Mahato	1,29,157	9.01	2.78
	Independent	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			14,34,018	78.67	3.71
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Purulia^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato	668,107	49.33	+42.15
	AITC	Dr. Mriganka Mahato	463,375	34.19	−4.68
	INC	Nepal Mahato	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			204,732	15.10
Turnout			1,355,861	82.38
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Purulia^[19]

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

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Purulia^[18]

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

General election 1957-2004

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner		Party	Runners up		Party
1957	132,588	36.17	Bibhuti Bhusan Dagupta	57.24	Lok Sevak Sangha	Mahato Nagendranath Singh Deo	42.76	Indian National Congress[5]
1962	168,297	39.27	Bhajahari Mahato	41.78	Lok Sevak Sangha	Sagar Chandra Mahato	37.24
1967	280,923	54.59	Bhajahari Mahato	45.08	Lok Sevak Sangha	S.Mahato	33.3
1971	263,046	49.75	Debendranath Mahata	51.80	Indian National Congress	Bhajahari Mahato	21.56	Lok Sevak Sangha[8]
1977	303,660	52.10	Chittaranjan Mahata	68.33	Forward Bloc	Pashupati Mahato	28.70	Indian National Congress[9]
1980	426,780	61.20		54.78		Ram Pada Singha	29.52
1984	557,650	73.92		47.99		K.P.Singh Deo	45.47
1989	690,010	77.30		56.01		Sitaram Mahato	35.49
1991	672.09	73.46		51.53		Sanat Mukherjee	32.22
1996	765.83	79.18	Bir Singh Mahato	51.02		Gobinda Mukherjee	36.09
1998	747,610	75.14		51.26		Nepal Mahata	29.86
1999	692,270	68.67		51.55		Tapati Mahato	25.88	Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
2004	696,650	70.20		48.99		Shantiram Mahato	28.06	Indian National Congress[17]

See also

• Purulia district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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19. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
20. "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election commission of India. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

External links

• Purulia lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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