About Purulia Assembly Constituency
Purulia is constituency No. 242 of West Bengal legislative assembly. It is situated in Purulia district and comes under the Lok Sabha constituency that goes by the same name. It is an open constituency.
According to the Election Commission of India, this constituency has a total of 1,93,014 registered voters. It comprises 1,01,139 male and 91,875 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won this seat by 26,487 votes. K.P. Singh Deo, the winning candidate, bagged 83,396 votes. The runner-up was Kaushik Mazumdar of CPI(M) who got 56,909 votes. The voter turnout was 80.21 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Purulia Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Purulia assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 242 | Purulia | GEN | K.P. Singh Deo | M | AITC | 83396 | Kaushik Mazumdar | M | CPM | 56909 |
| 2006 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Nikhil Mukherjee | M | CPI(M) | 62854 | Dr.Sukumar Roy | M | INC | 46852 |
| 2001 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Nikhil Mukherjee | M | CPM | 57124 | Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo | M | AITC | 51615 |
| 1996 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Mamata Mukherjee | F | CPM | 59120 | Sukumar Roy | M | INC | 56738 |
| 1991 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Mamata Mukherjee | F | CPM | 53415 | Sukumar Roy | M | INC | 45487 |
| 1987 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Mamata Mukherjee | F | CPM | 47530 | Sukumar Roy | M | INC | 42004 |
| 1982 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Sukumar Roy | M | ICS | 39978 | Mahadeb Mukherjee | M | CPM | 32836 |
| 1977 | 239 | Purulia | GEN | Mahadeb Mukherjee | M | CPM | 18540 | Sanat Kumar Mukherjee | M | IND | 10764 |
| 1972 | 226 | Purulia | GEN | Sanat Kumar Mukherjee | M | INC | 23098 | Mahadeb Mukherjee | M | CPM | 11978 |
| 1971 | 226 | Purulia | GEN | Saat Kumar Mukherjee | M | INC | 17050 | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta | M | LSS | 11230 |
| 1969 | 226 | Purulia | GEN | Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta | M | LSS | 23240 | Sudarsan Mahata | M | INC | 10026 |
| 1967 | 226 | Purulia | GEN | B . B . D . Gupta | M | IND | 18607 | T . P . Roy | M | INC | 11062 |
| 1962 | 204 | Purulia | GEN | Tara Pada Roy | M | INC | 13588 | Bibhuti Bhushan Das Gupta | M | LSS | 9699 |
| 1957 | 68 | Purulia | (SC) | Labanya Prava Ghosh | M | IND | 19280 | Sarat Das (Sc) | M | INC | 11019 |
| 1957 | 68 | Purulia | (SC) | Nakul Chandra Sahis (Sc) | M | IND | 15780 | Tara Pada Roy | M | INC | 10901 |
Last Updated on June 09, 2020