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| Purulia WB-35 | |
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| 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 |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.
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]
| Constituency number | Name | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | Balarampur | Purulia | BJP |
| 240 | Baghmundi | TMC | |
| 241 | Joypur | BJP | |
| 242 | Purulia | BJP | |
| 243 | Manbazar (ST) | TMC | |
| 244 | Kashipur | BJP | |
| 245 | Para (SC) | 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 | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Manbhum North* | Mohan Hari | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| Provat Chandra Bose | |||||
| Manbhum South-cum-Dhalbhum* | Bhajahari Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh[4] | |||
| Chaitan Majhi | |||||
| Second | 1957-62 | Purulia | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta[5] | ||
| Third | 1962-67 | Bhajahari Mahato[6] | |||
| Fourth | 1967-71[7] | ||||
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Debendranath Mahata | Indian National Congress[8] | ||
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Chittaranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc[9] | ||
| Seventh | 1980-84[10] | ||||
| Eighth | 1984-89[11] | ||||
| Ninth | 1989-91[12] | ||||
| Tenth | 1991-96[13] | ||||
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Bir Singh Mahato[14] | |||
| Twelfth | 1998-99[15] | ||||
| Thirteenth | 1999-04[16] | ||||
| Fourteenth | 2004-09[17] | ||||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Narahari Mahato[18] | |||
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Dr. Mriganko Mahato | Trinamool Congress[19] | ||
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | ||||
- Both the constituencies were in Bihar at the time of election.
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato | 578,489 | 40.34 |  8.99
| |
| AITC | Santiram Mahato | 5,61,410 | 39.15 |  4.96
| |
| INC | Nepal Mahato | 1,29,157 | 9.01 | 2.78
| |
| Independent | 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 | 14,34,018 | 78.67 | 3.71
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato | 668,107 | 49.33 | +42.15 | |
| AITC | Dr. Mriganka Mahato | 463,375 | 34.19 | −4.68 | |
| INC | Nepal Mahato | 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 | 204,732 | 15.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,355,861 | 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 | ||
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