Purulia Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

Purulia district Purulia district () is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Manbazar ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 242 Purulia Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Purulia Purulia, officially Purulia Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purulia district. It is located on the north of the Kangsabati River. Geography Location Purulia is locate ...

municipality; Purulia II community development blocks; Bhandar Purachipida and Manara gram panchayats of Purulia I community development block. Purulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

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

2011

In the 2011 elections, Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Koushik Majumder of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the

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and 2001 state assembly elections, Nikhil Mukherjee of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

won the Purulia assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Dr. Sukumar Roy of

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and Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

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.

1957-1972

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

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. In

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Purulia was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Nakul Chandra Sahis, Independent, and Labanya Prabha Ghosh, Independent, won in 1957.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purulia district Purulia Constituencies established in 1957 1957 establishments in West Bengal