Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Bir Sing Mahato (FBL) won by 1,09,870 votes (14.9%).

Electors
9,67,200
Votes polled
7,65,833
Valid votes
Turnout
79.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 14.9% (median 9.4%). Back to West Bengal · 1996 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 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bir Sing MahatoWinnerFBL3,75,55951.0%
2Gobinda MukherjeeINC2,65,68936.1%
3Mahato Surya NarayanJMM64,1418.7%
4Mohan Lal ChoubeBJP17,8392.4%
5Bhusan MahatoIND4,7270.6%
6Gomasta Prasad SorenJKP2,5440.3%
7Sunil Kumar MahatoJMM(M)2,0190.3%
8Sarit Kumar ChakrabortyIND2,0160.3%
9Sukumar DasIND1,5720.2%

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