Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Chitta Ranjan Mahata (FBL) won by 1,04,892 votes (25.3%).

Electors
6,97,320
Votes polled
4,26,779
Valid votes
Turnout
61.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 25.3% (median 16.7%). Back to West Bengal · 1980 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
1.2%(-14.0%)
Turnout
78.7%(+1.7%)
NOTA
1.3%
Top-2 squeeze
80.5%

Winning margin over time · Purulia

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Candidates

Candidates · Purulia 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chitta Ranjan MahataWinnerFBL2,27,45354.8%
2Ram Pada SinghaINC(I)1,22,56129.5%
3Priya Ranjan Das MunshiINC(U)42,52910.2%
4Dey NirmalenduJNP11,3222.7%
5Gomosta Prasad SaronJKD4,8751.2%
6Amulya MahatoIND2,6720.6%
7Sarit Kumar ChakrabortyIND2,2590.5%
8Radharaman GhoshIND1,5390.4%

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