Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)

Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)
Existence	1957-present
Reservation	None
Current MP	Mriganko Mahato
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected Year	2014
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,471,933^[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Balarampur Baghmundi Joypur Purulia Manbazar (ST) Kashipur Para (SC)

Purulia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the present 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. India has total 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies. All the seven assembly segments of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Purulia district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 35 Purulia is composed of the following segments:^[2]

Balarampur (assembly constituency no. 235)
Baghmundi (assembly constituency no. 233)
Joypur (assembly constituency no. 238)
Purulia (assembly constituency no. 239)
Manbazar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 234)
Kashipur (assembly constituency no. 236)
Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 237)

Prior to delimitation, Purulia Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]Bandwan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 233), Manbazar (assembly constituency no. 234), Balarampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 235), Arsha (assembly constituency no. 236), Jhalda (assembly constituency no. 237), Joypur (assembly constituency no. 238), Purulia (assembly constituency no. 239)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Manbhum North*	Mohan Hari	Indian National Congress ^[4]
			Provat Chandra Bose	Indian National Congress^[4]
		Manbhum South-cum-Dhalbhum*	Bhajahari Mahaton	Lok Sevak Sangha^[4]
			Chaitan Majhi	Lok Sevak Sangha^[4]
Second	1957-62	Purulia	Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta	Lok Sevak Sangha^[5]
Third	1962-67		Bhajahari Mahaton	Lok Sevak Sangha ^[6]
Fourth	1967-71		Bhajahari Mahaton	Lok Sevak Sangha^[7]
Fifth	1971-77		Debendranath Mahata	Indian National Congress^[8]
Sixth	1977-80		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc^[9]
Seventh	1980-84		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc^[10]
Eighth	1984-89		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc^[11]
Ninth	1989-91		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc ^[12]
Tenth	1991-96		Chittaranjan Mahata	Forward Bloc ^[13]
Eleventh	1996-98		Bir Singh Mahato	Forward Bloc^[14]
Twelfth	1998-99		Bir Singh Mahato	Forward Bloc ^[15]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Bir Singh Mahato	Forward Bloc^[16]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Bir Singh Mahato	Forward Bloc^[17]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Narahari Mahato	Forward Bloc^[18]
Sixteenth	2014-incumbent		Dr. Mriganko Mahato	All India Trinamool Congress^[19]

Both the constituencies were in Bihar at the time of election.

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Purulia^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITMC	Dr. Mriganka Mahato	468277
	Forward Bloc	Narahari Mahato	314400
	INC	Nepal Mahato	257923
	BJP	Bikash Banerjee	86236
	SUCI(C)	Subarna Kumar	11266
	BSP	Mihir Kumar Rajwar	9850
	JVM(P)	Ajit Prasad Mahata	9012
	JMM	Tapas Kumar Mahato	7386
	JDP	Baidyanath Hansda	7168
	Independent	Monbodh Mahato	6774
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	5584
	Independent	Purna Chandra Tudu	4073
Turnout			1,204,675^[1]	81.84
	AITMC gain from Forward Bloc		Swing

Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Purulia^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Forward Bloc	Narahari Mahato	399,201
	INC	Shantiram Mahato	379,900
	BJP	Sayantan Basu	21,509
	BSP	Asit Baran Mahato	20,499
	JMM	Ajit Prasad Mahato	30,799
	Independent	Mrityunjay Mahato	15,716
	Independent	Mukesh Sahu	9,183
	Independent	Bisambar Mura	8,739
	JDP	Abhiram Besra	6,857
	AMB	Abinash Saren	2,942
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	2,876
	Independent	Amulya Ratan Mahato	2,354
	JD(U)	Dhiren Chandra Mahato	2,080
	Independent	Umacharan Mahato	1,863
Turnout			904,518	71.91
	Forward Bloc hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	31.8
Indian National Congress	6	0	13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	33.1
Communist Party of India	3	0	3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	3.56
Forward bloc	3	1	3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	6.14

General election 1957-2004

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1957	132,588	36.17	Bibhuti Bhusan Dagupta	57.24	Lok Sevak Sangha	Mahato Nagendranath Singh Deo	42.76	Indian National Congress^[5]
1962	168,297	39.27	Bhajahari Mahato	41.78	Lok Sevak Sangha	Sagar Chandra Mahato	37.24	Indian National Congress^[6]
1967	280,923	54.59	Bhajahari Mahato	45.08	Lok Sevak Sangha	S.Mahato	33.3	Indian National Congress^[7]
1971	263,046	49.75	Debendranath Mahata	51.80	Indian National Congress	Bhajahari Mahato	21.56	Lok Sevak Sangha^[8]
1977	303,660	52.10	Chittaranjan Mahata	68.33	Forward Bloc	Pashupati Mahato	28.70	Indian National Congress^[9]
1980	426,780	61.20	Chittaranjan Mahata	54.78	Forward Bloc	Ram Pada Singha	29.52	Indian National Congress (I)^[10]
1984	557,650	73.92	Chittaranjan Mahata	47.99	Forward Bloc	K.P.Singh Deo	45.47	Indian National Congress^[11]
1989	690,010	77.30	Chittaranjan Mahata	56.01	Forward Bloc	Sitaram Mahato	35.49	Indian National Congress^[12]
1991	672.09	73.46	Chittaranjan Mahata	51.53	Forward Bloc	Sanat Mukherjee	32.22	Indian National Congress^[13]
1996	765.83	79.18	Bir Singh Mahato	51.02	Forward Bloc	Gobinda Mukherjee	36.09	Indian National Congress^[14]
1998	747,610	75.14	Bir Singh Mahato	51.26	Forward Bloc	Nepal Mahata	29.86	Indian National Congress^[15]
1999	692,270	68.67	Bir Singh Mahato	51.55	Forward Bloc	Tapati Mahato	25.88	Bharatiya Janata Party^[16]
2004	696,650	70.20	Bir Singh Mahato	48.99	Forward Bloc	Dhantiram Mahato	28.06	Indian National Congress^[17]

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