Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Bir Singh Mahato (AIFB) won by 1,45,718 votes (20.9%).

Electors
9,92,438
Votes polled
6,94,449
Valid votes
Turnout
70.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 2004 national median: 20.9% (median 9.9%). Back to West Bengal · 2004 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 2004
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bir Singh MahatoWinnerAIFB3,41,05749.0%
2Shantiram MahatoINC1,95,33928.1%
3Niyati MahatoAITC1,05,12715.1%
4Mihir Kumar RajwarBSP14,0212.0%
5Pranati BhattacharyaIND13,0201.9%
6Ajoy Kumar TuduJDP8,7621.3%
7Nilkamal MahatoIND5,6990.8%
8Gomasta Prasad SorenJKP3,6640.5%
9Thakur Das KiskuAMB3,5360.5%
10Anil Kumar ChoudhuryJD(U)3,1110.4%
11Dhiren Chandra RajakJKP(N)2,8830.4%

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