PURULIA
Constituency no. 35 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called PURULIA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2004
Bir Singh Mahato
AIFB
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
FBL
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2004
1,45,718
20.93% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
INCShantiram Mahato
- Votes
- 1,95,339
- Vote share
- 28.06%
- Behind by
- 1,45,718
Electors
9,92,438
Total votes polled
6,96,219
Valid votes
6,96,219
NOTA votes
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Turnout
70.2%
Full result, 2004
11 candidates · 6,96,219 valid votes
Bir Singh MahatoAIFBwon
3,41,057
49.0%
Shantiram MahatoINC
1,95,339
28.1%
Niyati MahatoAITC
1,05,127
15.1%
Mihir Kumar RajwarBSP
14,021
2.0%
Pranati BhattacharyaIND
13,020
1.9%
Ajoy Kumar TuduJDP
8,762
1.3%
Nilkamal MahatoIND
5,699
0.8%
Gomasta Prasad SorenJKP
3,664
0.5%
Thakur Das KiskuAMB
3,536
0.5%
Anil Kumar ChoudhuryJD(U)
3,111
0.5%
Dhiren Chandra RajakJKPN
2,883
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO | BJP | 5,78,489 | 40.34% | SHANTIRAM MAHATO | 17,079 |
| 2019 | JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO | BJP | 6,68,107 | 49.30% | Dr. MRIGANKA MAHATO | 2,04,732 |
| 2014 | DR. MRIGANKA MAHATO | AITC | 4,68,277 | 38.87% | NARAHARI MAHATO | 1,53,877 |
| 2009 | NARAHARI MAHATO | AIFB | 3,99,201 | 44.13% | SHANTIRAM MAHATO | 19,301 |
| 2004 | Bir Singh Mahato | AIFB | 3,41,057 | 48.99% | Shantiram Mahato | 1,45,718 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the PURULIA constituency in 2024?
JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO (BJP) won PURULIA in 2024, by a margin of 17,079 votes.
Which party has won PURULIA the most times?
FBL, with 8 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has PURULIA gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won PURULIA the most times?
CHITTA RANJAN MAHATA, with 3 wins between 1980 and 1991.
