Purulia Assembly constituency

Purulia
Constituency No. 242 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Purulia Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Established	1957
Total electors	192,269
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Purulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 242 Purulia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purulia municipality; Purulia II community development blocks; Bhandar Purachipida and Manara gram panchayats of Purulia I community development block. ^[1]

Purulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1957	Labanya Prabha Ghosh		Lok Sewak Sangh
1957	Nakul Chandra Sahis
1962	Tara Pada Roy		Indian National Congress
1967	Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta		Lok Sewak Sangh
1969
1971	Sanat Kumar Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Mahadeb Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
1982	Sukumar Roy		Indian Congress
1987	Mamata Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
1991
1996
2001	Nikhil Mukherjee
2006
2011	K.P. Singh Deo		All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
2021			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	LF
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Purulia ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	89,733	43.38	+603.40
	AITC	Sujoy Banerjee	82,715	39.98	+8.19
	INC	Partha Pratim Banerjee	24,996	12.08	−69.28
	Independent	Birendranath Mahato	1,918	0.93
	Independent	Aditya Mahato	1,304	0.63
	SUCI(C)	Rani Mahato	1,209	0.58
	BSP	Manas Sardar	1,034	0.50
	Independent	Mrityunjoy Pandey	558	0.27
	Independent	Abhijit Bhattacharya	423	0.20
	AMB	Harendranth Mahato	389	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	2,588	1.25
Turnout			206,868
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Sudip Kumar Mukherjee of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Jyotiprasad Singh Deo of All India Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purulia ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	81,365	44.58
	AITC	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	76,454	41.89
	BJP	Nagendra Kumar Ojha	12,757	6.99
	Independent	Swapan Kumar Mahato	2,162	1.82
	BSP	Thuru Mahato	1,511	0.83
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	1,199	0.66
	Mulnibasi Party of India	Upendranath Mahato	1,104	0.55
	AJSU	Dhirendra Nath Rajak	696	0.35
	Independent	Binay Mahato	651	0.36
	SUCI(C)	Subrata Mukherjee	642	0.35
	Independent	Alok Pancharia	625	0.34
	Independent	Anita Mahato	488	0.27
	NOTA	None of the above	2,974	1.63
Majority
Turnout			182,528	80.16
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Koushik Majumder of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purulia ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo	83,396	53.95	+8.49#
	CPI(M)	Koushik Majumdar	56,909	36.81	−13.49
	BJP	Panchkari Mukherjee	3,630	2.35
	PDS	Sanat Sao	2,705
	JMM	Sohan Rajowar	2,386
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	2,241
	AJSU	Naran Sahis	1,915
	BSP	Thuru Mahato	140
Turnout			154,589	80.4
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.38#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Nikhil Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Purulia assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dr. Sukumar Roy of Congress and Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mamata Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1996, 1991 and 1987. Sukumar Roy of ICS defeated Mahadeb Mukherjee of CPI(M) in 1982. Mahadeb Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Sanat Kumar Mukherjee, Independent, in 1977. ^[9]

1957-1972

Sanat Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta of Lok Sewak Sangh/ Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Tara Pada Roy of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Purulia was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Nakul Chandra Sahis, Independent, and Labanya Prabha Ghosh, Independent, won in 1957.

References

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8. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Purulia. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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