Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Birsingh Mahato (FBL) won by 1,74,870 votes (25.7%).

Electors
10,08,066
Votes polled
6,92,271
Valid votes
Turnout
68.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1999 national median: 25.7% (median 7.9%). Back to West Bengal · 1999 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 1999
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Birsingh MahatoWinnerFBL3,51,14351.5%
2Tapati MahatoBJP1,76,27325.9%
3Nepal MahataINC1,39,34520.5%
4Ram Chandra MahatoIND3,9260.6%
5Pranati BhattacharyaIND3,4690.5%
6Prafulla Kumar MahatoAMB2,7130.4%
7Gomasta Prasad SorenJKP2,5740.4%
8Sachinandan SauNCP1,3100.2%
9Shyam Chand BauriIND4430.1%

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