Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Chitta Ranjan Mahata (FBL) won by 1,38,895 votes (20.5%).

Electors
8,92,696
Votes polled
6,90,012
Valid votes
Turnout
77.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 20.5% (median 12.7%). Back to West Bengal · 1989 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

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202440%

Candidates

Candidates · Purulia 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chitta Ranjan MahataWinnerFBL3,79,19156.0%
2Sitaram MahatoINC2,40,29635.5%
3Suraj Narayan MahatoJMM40,8766.0%
4Daman Chandra KuiryAMB6,4541.0%
5Mohan Lal ChoubeyBJP5,2330.8%
6Sarit Kumar ChakrabartyIND2,1410.3%
7Ishan Chandra KumarWBS(BM)1,1260.2%
8Sukumar DasIND7070.1%
9Radha Raman GhoshIND6800.1%
10Ram Samujh YadavDDP3470.1%

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