PURULIA
Assembly seat no. 242 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called PURULIA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2026
Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2026
49,253
21.35% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSujoy Banerjee
- Votes
- 79,201
- Vote share
- 34.34%
- Behind by
- 49,253
Electors
2,52,313
Total votes polled
2,30,653
Valid votes
2,30,653
NOTA votes
1,728
0.75% of votes polled
Turnout
91.4%
Full result, 2026
13 candidates · 2,30,653 valid votes
Sudip Kumar MukherjeeBJPwon
1,28,454
55.7%
Sujoy BanerjeeAITC
79,201
34.3%
Sayantan GhoshCPM
10,675
4.6%
Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh DeoINC
4,367
1.9%
Shobha MahatoSUCI
1,335
0.6%
Mathan Chandra MahatoBMUP
908
0.4%
Dhiren RajakBHMP
900
0.4%
Pintu BauriIND
639
0.3%
Partha BauriBSP
611
0.3%
Pijush Kanti RajakIND
586
0.3%
Bidesh Chandra PaulRASLJP
521
0.2%
Nageswar MahatoAMB
401
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | BJP | 1,28,454 | 55.69% | Sujoy Banerjee | 49,253 |
| 2021 | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | BJP | 89,733 | 43.38% | Sujoy Banerjee | 7,018 |
| 2016 | SUDIP KUMAR MUKHERJEE | INC | 81,365 | 44.58% | DIBYAJYOTI PRASAD SINGH DEO | 4,911 |
| 2011 | K.P. SINGH DEO | AITC | 83,396 | 53.95% | KAUSHIK MAZUMDAR | 26,487 |
| 2006 | NIKHIL MUKHERJEE | CPM | 62,854 | 50.03% | DR.SUKUMAR ROY | 16,002 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
