Purulia Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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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.
CountryIndia
| 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 | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
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]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | Balarampur | Purulia | Baneswar Mahato | BJP | AITC | ||
| 240 | Baghmundi | Sushanta Mahato | AITC | BJP | |||
| 241 | Joypur | Narahari Mahato | BJP | AITC | |||
| 242 | Purulia | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | BJP | ||||
| 243 | Manbazar (ST) | Sandhya Rani Tudu | AITC | AITC | |||
| 244 | Kashipur | Kamalakanta Hansda | BJP | ||||
| 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
| Lok Sabha | Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952 | Mohan Hari | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| Provat Chandra Bose | ||||
| Bhajahari Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh[4] | |||
| Chaitan Majhi | ||||
| Second | 1957 | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta[5] | ||
| Third | 1962 | Bhajahari Mahato[6] | ||
| Fourth | 1967[7] | |||
| Fifth | 1971 | Debendranath Mahata | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| Sixth | 1977 | Chittaranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc[9] | |
| Seventh | 1980[10] | |||
| Eighth | 1984[11] | |||
| Ninth | 1989[12] | |||
| Tenth | 1991 | |||
| Eleventh | 1996 | Bir Singh Mahato[13] | ||
| Twelfth | 1998[14] | |||
| Thirteenth | 1999[15] | |||
| Fourteenth | 2004[16] | |||
| Fifteenth | 2009 | Narahari Mahato[17] | ||
| Sixteenth | 2014 | Dr. Mriganko Mahato | Trinamool Congress[18] | |
| Seventeenth | 2019 | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Eighteenth | 2024 | |||
- Both the constituencies were in Bihar at the time of election.
Election results
General election 2024
| 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 | ||||
General election 2019
| 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 | ||||
General election 2014
| 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
| 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[15] | ||
| 2004 | 696,650 | 70.20 | 48.99 | Shantiram Mahato | 28.06 | Indian National Congress[16] |