| Purulia WB-35 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Purulia Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Baghmundi Manbazar Balarampur Kashipur Para Joypur Purulia |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 18,23,120 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Purulia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the present 42Lok Sabha constituencies inWest Bengal state in easternIndia. India has total 543Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies. All the seven assembly segments of No. 35 Purulia Lok Sabha constituency are inPurulia district.

As per order of theDelimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 35 Purulia is composed of the following segments:[2]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | Balarampur | Purulia | Baneswar Mahato | BJP | AITC | ||
| 240 | Baghmundi | Sushanta Mahato | AITC | BJP | |||
| 241 | Joypur | Narahari Mahato | BJP | AITC | |||
| 242 | Purulia | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | BJP | ||||
| 243 | Manbazar (ST) | Sandhya Rani Tudu | AITC | AITC | |||
| 244 | Kashipur | Kamalakanta Hansda | BJP | ||||
| 245 | Para (SC) | Nadiar Chand Bouri | BJP | ||||
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)
| Lok Sabha | Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952 | Mohan Hari | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| Provat Chandra Bose | ||||
| Bhajahari Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh[4] | |||
| Chaitan Majhi | ||||
| Second | 1957 | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta[5] | ||
| Third | 1962 | Bhajahari Mahato[6] | ||
| Fourth | 1967[7] | |||
| Fifth | 1971 | Debendranath Mahata | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| Sixth | 1977 | Chittaranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc[9] | |
| Seventh | 1980[10] | |||
| Eighth | 1984[11] | |||
| Ninth | 1989[12] | |||
| Tenth | 1991 | |||
| Eleventh | 1996 | Bir Singh Mahato[13] | ||
| Twelfth | 1998[14] | |||
| Thirteenth | 1999[15] | |||
| Fourteenth | 2004[16] | |||
| Fifteenth | 2009 | Narahari Mahato[17] | ||
| Sixteenth | 2014 | Dr. Mriganko Mahato | Trinamool Congress[18] | |
| Seventeenth | 2019 | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Eighteenth | 2024 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | 578,489 | 40.34 | ||
| AITC | Shantiram Mahato | 5,61,410 | 39.15 | ||
| INC | Nepal Mahato | 1,29,157 | 9.01 | ||
| IND | Ajit Prasad Mahato | 98,658 | 6.88 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 17,929 | 1.25 | ||
| AIFB | Dhirendra Nath Mahato | 14,572 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 17,079 | 1.19 | |||
| Turnout | 1,434,018 | 78.67 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | 668,107 | 49.33 | ||
| AITC | Mriganko Mahato | 4,63,375 | 34.19 | ||
| INC | Nepal Mahata | 84,477 | 6.23 | ||
| AIFB | Bir Singh Mahato | 68,464 | 5.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 11,322 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 2,04,732 | 15.10 | |||
| Turnout | 13,55,861 | 82.38 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Mriganka Mahato | 468,277 | 38.87 | N/A | |
| AIFB | Narahari Mahato | 314,400 | 26.09 | −18.04 | |
| INC | Nepal Mahato | 257,923 | 21.41 | −20.59 | |
| BJP | Bikash Banerjee | 86,236 | 7.15 | +4.78 | |
| SUCI(C) | Subarna Kumar | 11,266 | 0.93 | N/A | |
| BSP | Mihir Kumar Rajwar | 9,850 | 0.81 | −1.45 | |
| JVM(P) | Ajit Prasad Mahata | 9,012 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| JMM | Tapas Kumar Mahato | 7,386 | 0.61 | −2.79 | |
| JDP | Baidyanath Hansda | 7,168 | 0.59 | −0.16 | |
| Independent | Monbodh Mahato | 6,774 | 0.56 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dhiren Rajak | 5,584 | 0.46 | +0.15 | |
| Independent | Purna Chandra Tudu | 4,073 | 0.33 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 16,726 | 1.38 | N/A | |
| Majority | 153,877 | 12.78 | +10.65 | ||
| Turnout | 1,204,675 | 81.84 | +9.93 | ||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | +29.85 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Narahari Mahato | 399,201 | 44.13 | ||
| INC | Shantiram Mahato | 379,900 | 42.00 | ||
| BJP | Sayantan Basu | 21,509 | 2.37 | ||
| BSP | Asit Baran Mahato | 20,499 | 2.26 | ||
| JMM | Ajit Prasad Mahato | 30,799 | 3.40 | ||
| Independent | Mrityunjay Mahato | 15,716 | 1.73 | ||
| Independent | Mukesh Sahu | 9,183 | 1.01 | ||
| Independent | Bisambar Mura | 8,739 | 0.96 | ||
| JDP | Abhiram Besra | 6,857 | 0.75 | ||
| AMB | Abinash Saren | 2,942 | 0.32 | ||
| Independent | Dhiren Rajak | 2,876 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Amulya Ratan Mahato | 2,354 | 0.26 | ||
| JD(U) | Dhiren Chandra Mahato | 2,080 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Umacharan Mahato | 1,863 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 19,301 | 2.13 | |||
| Turnout | 904,518 | 71.91 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | ||||
| Year | Voters | Voter turnout | Winner | Party | Runners up | 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 | |
| 1967 | 280,923 | 54.59 | Bhajahari Mahato | 45.08 | Lok Sevak Sangha | S.Mahato | 33.3 | |
| 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 | 54.78 | Ram Pada Singha | 29.52 | |||
| 1984 | 557,650 | 73.92 | 47.99 | K.P.Singh Deo | 45.47 | |||
| 1989 | 690,010 | 77.30 | 56.01 | Sitaram Mahato | 35.49 | |||
| 1991 | 672.09 | 73.46 | 51.53 | Sanat Mukherjee | 32.22 | |||
| 1996 | 765.83 | 79.18 | Bir Singh Mahato | 51.02 | Gobinda Mukherjee | 36.09 | ||
| 1998 | 747,610 | 75.14 | 51.26 | Nepal Mahata | 29.86 | |||
| 1999 | 692,270 | 68.67 | 51.55 | Tapati Mahato | 25.88 | Bharatiya Janata Party[15] | ||
| 2004 | 696,650 | 70.20 | 48.99 | Shantiram Mahato | 28.06 | Indian National Congress[16] |