Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Chitta Ranjan Mahata (FBL) won by 1,25,940 votes (19.3%).

Electors
9,14,959
Votes polled
6,72,089
Valid votes
Turnout
73.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1991 national median: 19.3% (median 10.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1991 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 1991
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chitta Ranjan MahataWinnerFBL3,36,10551.5%
2Sanat MukherjeeINC2,10,16532.2%
3Surja Naraiayn MahatoJMM62,9419.6%
4Ghanshyam MahataBJP25,1153.9%
5Purna Chandra MahatoIND4,2610.7%
6Sitaram MajhiIND4,0480.6%
7Swapan GhoshIND3,0600.5%
8Gomasta Prasad SorenJKP2,0660.3%
9Sarbeswar MahatoJP1,7420.3%
10Sudhir YadavDDP1,6690.3%
11Sukumar DasIND7470.1%
12Sarit Kumar ChakraboryHMS3840.1%

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