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Purulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Purulia
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°20′0″N 86°22′0″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Constituency No.	242
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	35. Purulia
Electorate (year)	192,269 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 242 Purulia Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Purulia municipality; Purulia II community development blocks; Bhandar Purachipida and Manara gram panchayats of Purulia I community development block.[1]

Purulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Purulia-cum-Hura	Samarendra Nath Ojha and Dimo Charmahar	Lok Sewak Sangh[3][4]
1957	Purulia	Labanya Prabha Ghosh and Nakul Chandra Sahis	Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh)[5]
1962		Tara Pada Roy	Indian National Congress[6]
1967		Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta	Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh)[7]
1969		Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta	Lok Sewak Sangh[8]
1971		Sanat Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [9]
1972		Sanat Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [10]
1977		Mahadeb Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1982		Sukumar Roy	Indian Congress (Socialist) [12]
1987		Mamata Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991		Mamata Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1996		Mamata Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2001		Nikhil Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2006		Nikhil Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011		K.P.Singh Deo	All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2016		Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	Indian National Congress[19][20]
2021		Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	Bharatiya Janata Party[21][22]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Purulia [21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	89,733	43.38	+603.40
	AITC	Sujoy Banerjee	82,715	39.98	+8.19
	INC	Partha Pratim Banerjee	24,996	12.08	-69.28
	Independent	Birendranath Mahato	1,918	0.93
	Independent	Aditya Mahato	1,304	0.63
	SUCI(C)	Rani Mahato	1,209	0.58
	BSP	Manas Sardar	1,034	0.50
	Independent	Mrityunjoy Pandey	558	0.27
	Independent	Abhijit Bhattacharya	423	0.20
	AMB	Harendranth Mahato	389	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	2,588	1.25
Turnout			206,868
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Sudip Kumar Mukherjee of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Jyotiprasad Singh Deo of All India Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Purulia [19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	81,365	44.58
	AITC	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	76,454	41.89
	BJP	Nagendra Kumar Ojha	12,757	6.99
	Independent	Swapan Kumar Mahato	2,162	1.82
	BSP	Thuru Mahato	1,511	0.83
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	1,199	0.66
	Mulnibasi Party of India	Upendranath Mahato	1,104	0.55
	AJSU	Dhirendra Nath Rajak	696	0.35
	Independent	Binay Mahato	651	0.36
	SUCI(C)	Subrata Mukherjee	642	0.35
	Independent	Alok Pancharia	625	0.34
	Independent	Anita Mahato	488	0.27
	NOTA	None of the above	2,974	1.63
Majority
Turnout			182,528	80.16
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Koushik Majumder of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Purulia [23][24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo	83,396	53.95	+8.49#
	CPI(M)	Koushik Majumdar	56,909	36.81	-13.49
	BJP	Panchkari Mukherjee	3,630	2.35
	PDS	Sanat Sao	2,705
	JMM	Sohan Rajowar	2,386
	Independent	Dhiren Rajak	2,241
	AJSU	Naran Sahis	1,915
	BSP	Thuru Mahato	140
Turnout			154,589	80.4
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.38#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Nikhil Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Purulia assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dr. Sukumar Roy of Congress and Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mamata Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1996, 1991 and 1987. Sukumar Roy of ICS defeated Mahadeb Mukherjee of CPI(M) in 1982. Mahadeb Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Sanat Kumar Mukherjee, Independent, in 1977.[26]

1951-1972

Sanat Kumar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta of Lok Sewak Sangh/ Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Tara Pada Roy of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Purulia was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Nakul Chandra Sahis, Independent, and Labanya Prabha Ghosh, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, it was a joint seat entitled Purulia cum Hura. The area now part of Purulia district was then part of Bihar. Dimo Charmahar and Samarendra Nath Ojha, both of Lok Sewak Sangh, won in 1951.[27]

References

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