West Bengal · PC 35

Purulia

Name: Purulia
Address: West Bengal, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1971

← Lok Sabha General Election 1971 · West Bengal

539,571

Electors

251,453

Votes polled

46.60%

Turnout

76,043

Margin

Winner

Debendra Nath Mahata

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Debendra Nath Mahata Won Male	INC	130,264	51.80%
2	Bhajahari Mahato Male	LSS	54,221	21.56%
3	Nitya Ranjan Kumbhakar Male	NCO	23,970	9.53%
4	Sureswar Sahu Male	FBL	22,994	9.14%
5	Lakhan Chandra Mahato Male	BJS	11,458	4.56%
6	Tikaram Majhi Male	JKP	8,546	3.40%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato Male BJP	40.28%	Shantiram Mahato Male AITC	39.09%
2019	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato Male BJP	49.28%	Dr. Mriganka Mahato Male AITC	34.18%
2014	Dr. Mriganka Mahato Male AITC	38.81%	Narahari Mahato Male AIFB	26.06%
2009	Narahari Mahato AIFB	44.13%	Shantiram Mahato INC	42.00%
2004	Bir Singh Mahato Male AIFB	48.99%	Shantiram Mahato INC	28.06%
1999	Birsingh Mahato Male FBL	51.55%	Tapati Mahato Female BJP	25.88%
1998	Bir Singh Mahat0 Male FBL	51.26%	Nepal Mahata Male INC	29.86%
1996	Bir Sing Mahato Male FBL	51.02%	Gobinda Mukherjee Male INC	36.09%
1991	Chitta Ranjan Mahata Male FBL	51.53%	Sanat Mukherjee Male INC	32.22%
1989	Chitta Ranjan Mahata Male FBL	56.01%	Sitaram Mahato Male INC	35.49%
1984	Chittaranjan Mahata Male FBL	47.99%	K.P. Singh Deo Male INC	45.47%
1980	Chitta Ranjan Mahata Male FBL	54.78%	Ram Pada Singha Male INC(I)	29.52%
1977	Chittaranjan Mahata Male FBL	68.33%	Pashupati Mahato Male INC	28.70%
1971	Debendra Nath Mahata Male INC	51.80%	Bhajahari Mahato Male LSS	21.56%
1967	B. Mahato Male IND	45.08%	S. Mahato Male INC	33.30%
1962	Bhajahari Mahato Male LSS	41.78%	Sagar Chandra Mahato Male INC	37.24%
1957	Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta IND	57.24%	Mahato Nagendra Nath Singh Deo INC	42.76%