Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Bir Singh Mahat0 (FBL) won by 1,57,137 votes (21.4%).

Electors
9,94,968
Votes polled
7,47,609
Valid votes
Turnout
75.1%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 21.4% (median 7.6%). Back to West Bengal · 1998 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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bir Singh Mahat0WinnerFBL3,76,31351.3%
2Nepal MahataINC2,19,17629.9%
3Arun GuptaBJP97,99613.3%
4Ajit Prasad MahataJMM35,6294.9%
5Dhiren Chandra MahatoIND2,1690.3%
6Nepal Chandra BauriIND1,6200.2%
7Prafulla Kumar MahatoIND1,1560.2%

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