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 constituencies. All the seven assembly segments of No. 35 Purulia 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:Prior to delimitation, Purulia Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bandwan , Manbazar, Balarampur , Arsha, Jhalda, Joypur, Purulia
Members of Parliament
- Both the constituencies were in Bihar at the time of election.
Election results
General election 2019
General election 2014
General election 2009
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 |
| 1962 | 168,297 | 39.27 | Bhajahari Mahato | 41.78 | Lok Sevak Sangha | Sagar Chandra Mahato | 37.24 | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | 280,923 | 54.59 | Bhajahari Mahato | 45.08 | Lok Sevak Sangha | S.Mahato | 33.3 | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | 263,046 | 49.75 | Debendranath Mahata | 51.80 | Indian National Congress | Bhajahari Mahato | 21.56 | Lok Sevak Sangha |
| 1977 | 303,660 | 52.10 | Chittaranjan Mahata | 68.33 | Forward Bloc | Pashupati Mahato | 28.70 | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | 426,780 | 61.20 | Chittaranjan Mahata | 54.78 | Forward Bloc | Ram Pada Singha | 29.52 | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | 557,650 | 73.92 | Chittaranjan Mahata | 47.99 | Forward Bloc | K.P.Singh Deo | 45.47 | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | 690,010 | 77.30 | Chittaranjan Mahata | 56.01 | Forward Bloc | Sitaram Mahato | 35.49 | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | 672.09 | 73.46 | Chittaranjan Mahata | 51.53 | Forward Bloc | Sanat Mukherjee | 32.22 | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 765.83 | 79.18 | Bir Singh Mahato | 51.02 | Forward Bloc | Gobinda Mukherjee | 36.09 | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | 747,610 | 75.14 | Bir Singh Mahato | 51.26 | Forward Bloc | Nepal Mahata | 29.86 | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | 692,270 | 68.67 | Bir Singh Mahato | 51.55 | Forward Bloc | Tapati Mahato | 25.88 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | 696,650 | 70.20 | Bir Singh Mahato | 48.99 | Forward Bloc | Shantiram Mahato | 28.06 | Indian National Congress |