Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Chittaranjan Mahata (FBL) won by 13,751 votes (2.5%).

Electors
7,54,447
Votes polled
5,57,653
Valid votes
Turnout
73.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1984 national median: 2.5% (median 17.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1984 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 1984
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chittaranjan MahataWinnerFBL2,61,46048.0%
2K.P. Singh DeoINC2,47,70945.5%
3Ajit Prasad MahataIND16,7903.1%
4Sarit Kumar ChakrabarttyIND5,9701.1%
5Rabi ChowdhuryIND3,6680.7%
6Gomasta Prasad SorenIND2,9290.5%
7Amulya MahataIND2,8190.5%
8Sukumar DasIND1,0650.2%
9H.B. WestonIND8290.2%
10Radha Raman GhoshIND7930.1%
11Sudama NisadIND7370.1%

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