Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Purulia

Narahari Mahato (AIFB) won by 19,301 votes (2.1%).

Electors
12,57,799
Votes polled
9,05,208
Valid votes
9,04,185
Turnout
72.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 2.1% (median 7.0%). Back to West Bengal · 2009 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 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Narahari MahatoWinnerAIFB3,99,20144.1%
2Shantiram MahatoINC3,79,90042.0%
3Ajit Prasad MahatoJMM30,7993.4%
4Sayantan BasuBJP21,5092.4%
5Asit Baran MahatoBSP20,4992.3%
6Mrityunjay MahatoIND15,7161.7%
7Mukesh SahuIND9,1831.0%
8Bisambar MuraIND8,7391.0%
9Abhiram BesraJDP6,8570.8%
10Abinash SarenAMB2,9420.3%
11Dhiren RajakIND2,8760.3%
12Amulya Ratan MahatoIND2,3540.3%
13Dhiren Chandra MahatoJD(U)2,0800.2%
14Umacharan MahatoIND1,8630.2%

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