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
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1957-present
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,471,933[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Balarampur Baghmundi Joypur Purulia Manbazar (ST) Kashipur Para (SC)

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]

• Balarampur (assembly constituency no. 235)
• Baghmundi (assembly constituency no. 233)
• Joypur (assembly constituency no. 238)
• Purulia (assembly constituency no. 239)
• Manbazar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 234)
• Kashipur (assembly constituency no. 236)
• Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 237)

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	Indian National Congress[4]
		Manbhum South-cum-Dhalbhum*	Bhajahari Mahato	Lok Sewak Sangha[4]
			Chaitan Majhi	Lok Sevak Sangha[4]
Second	1957-62	Purulia	Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta	Lok Sevak Sangha[5]
Third	1962-67		Bhajahari Mahato	Lok Sevak Sangha [6]
Fourth	1967-71		Bhajahari Mahato	Lok Sevak Sangha[7]
Fifth	1971-77		Debendranath Mahata	Indian National Congress[8]
Sixth	1977-80		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc[9]
Seventh	1980-84		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc[10]
Eighth	1984-89		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc[11]
Ninth	1989-91		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc [12]
Tenth	1991-96		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc [13]
Eleventh	1996-98		Bir Singh Mahato	All India Forward Bloc[14]
Twelfth	1998-99		Bir Singh Mahato	All India Forward Bloc[15]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Bir Singh Mahato	All India Forward Bloc[16]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Bir Singh Mahato	All India Forward Bloc[17]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Narahari Mahato	All India Forward Bloc[18]
Sixteenth	2014-19		Dr. Mriganko Mahato	All India Trinamool Congress[19]
Seventeenth	2019-incumbent		Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party

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

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Purulia[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato	6,68,107	49.33	+42.15
	AITC	Dr. Mriganka Mahato	4,63,375	34.19	-4.68
	CPI (M)	Bir Singh Mahato	68,464	5.05	-21.04
	INC	Nepal Mahato	84,477	6.23	-15.18
Majority			2,04,732
Turnout			13,55,861	82.38
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party		Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
	AITC	22	12	43.00	4
	BJP	18	16	40.00	23
	INC	2	2	6.29	4
	Left	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019

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

 2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

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
	Amra Bangalee	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			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	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	Indian National Congress[6]
1967	280,923	54.59	Bhajahari Mahato	45.08	Lok Sevak Sangha	S.Mahato	33.3	Indian National Congress[7]
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	Chittaranjan Mahata	54.78	Forward Bloc	Ram Pada Singha	29.52	Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984	557,650	73.92	Chittaranjan Mahata	47.99	Forward Bloc	K.P.Singh Deo	45.47	Indian National Congress[11]
1989	690,010	77.30	Chittaranjan Mahata	56.01	Forward Bloc	Sitaram Mahato	35.49	Indian National Congress[12]
1991	672.09	73.46	Chittaranjan Mahata	51.53	Forward Bloc	Sanat Mukherjee	32.22	Indian National Congress[13]
1996	765.83	79.18	Bir Singh Mahato	51.02	Forward Bloc	Gobinda Mukherjee	36.09	Indian National Congress[14]
1998	747,610	75.14	Bir Singh Mahato	51.26	Forward Bloc	Nepal Mahata	29.86	Indian National Congress[15]
1999	692,270	68.67	Bir Singh Mahato	51.55	Forward Bloc	Tapati Mahato	25.88	Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
2004	696,650	70.20	Bir Singh Mahato	48.99	Forward Bloc	Shantiram Mahato	28.06	Indian National Congress[17]

See also

• Purulia district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha in West Bengal

References

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12. "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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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