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Purulia, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Purulia (West Bengal) was won by Jyotirmay Singh Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 204,732 votes over Dr. Mriganka Mahato. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Purulia, West Bengal, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta Independent 75,890 57.2% Mahato Nagendra Nath Singh Deo (Indian National Congress) 19,192 (14.5 pts)
1962 Bhajahari Mahato LSS 68,295 41.8% Sagar Chandra Mahato (Indian National Congress) 7,413 (4.5 pts)
1967 B. Mahato Independent 120,189 45.1% S. Mahato (Indian National Congress) 31,405 (11.8 pts)
1971 Debendra Nath Mahata Indian National Congress 130,264 51.8% Bhajahari Mahato (LSS) 76,043 (30.2 pts)
1977 Chittaranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 200,985 68.3% Pashupati Mahato (Indian National Congress) 116,552 (39.6 pts)
1980 Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 227,453 54.8% Ram Pada Singha (Congress (I)) 104,892 (25.3 pts)
1984 Chittaranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 261,460 48.0% K.P. Singh Deo (Indian National Congress) 13,751 (2.5 pts)
1989 Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 379,191 56.0% Sitaram Mahato (Indian National Congress) 138,895 (20.5 pts)
1991 Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 336,105 51.5% Sanat Mukherjee (Indian National Congress) 125,940 (19.3 pts)
1996 Bir Sing Mahato All India Forward Bloc 375,559 51.0% Gobinda Mukherjee (Indian National Congress) 109,870 (14.9 pts)
1998 Bir Singh Mahat0 All India Forward Bloc 376,313 51.3% Nepal Mahata (Indian National Congress) 157,137 (21.4 pts)
1999 Birsingh Mahato All India Forward Bloc 351,143 51.5% Tapati Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) 174,870 (25.7 pts)
2004 Bir Singh Mahato AIFB 341,057 49.0% Shantiram Mahato (Indian National Congress) 145,718 (20.9 pts)
2009 Narahari Mahato AIFB 399,201 44.1% Shantiram Mahato (Indian National Congress) 19,301 (2.1 pts)
2014 Dr. Mriganka Mahato All India Trinamool Congress 468,277 38.9% Narahari Mahato (AIFB) 153,877 (12.8 pts)
2019 Jyotirmay Singh Mahato Bharatiya Janata Party 668,107 49.7% Dr. Mriganka Mahato (All India Trinamool Congress) 204,732 (15.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta Independent 75,890 57.2%
Mahato Nagendra Nath Singh Deo Indian National Congress 56,698 42.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhajahari Mahato LSS 68,295 41.8%
Sagar Chandra Mahato Indian National Congress 60,882 37.2%
Prabir Kumar Mallik Communist Party of India 34,299 21.0%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. Mahato Independent 120,189 45.1%
S. Mahato Indian National Congress 88,784 33.3%
R. N. Mahato Bharatiya Jana Sangh 29,031 10.9%
S. Bakshi Independent 28,619 10.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Debendra Nath Mahata Indian National Congress 130,264 51.8%
Bhajahari Mahato LSS 54,221 21.6%
Nitya Ranjan Kumbhakar Congress (O) 23,970 9.5%
Sureswar Sahu All India Forward Bloc 22,994 9.1%
Lakhan Chandra Mahato Bharatiya Jana Sangh 11,458 4.6%
Tikaram Majhi JKP 8,546 3.4%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chittaranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 200,985 68.3%
Pashupati Mahato Indian National Congress 84,433 28.7%
Jairam Majhi Independent 3,532 1.2%
Krishnanlal Agrawala Independent 3,229 1.1%
Anil Mahata Independent 1,964 0.7%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 227,453 54.8%
Ram Pada Singha Congress (I) 122,561 29.5%
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi Congress (U) 42,529 10.2%
Dey Nirmalendu Janata Party 11,322 2.7%
Gomosta Prasad Saron JKD 4,875 1.2%
Amulya Mahato Independent 2,672 0.6%
Sarit Kumar Chakraborty Independent 2,259 0.5%
Radharaman Ghosh Independent 1,539 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chittaranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 261,460 48.0%
K.P. Singh Deo Indian National Congress 247,709 45.5%
Ajit Prasad Mahata Independent 16,790 3.1%
Sarit Kumar Chakrabartty Independent 5,970 1.1%
Rabi Chowdhury Independent 3,668 0.7%
Gomasta Prasad Soren Independent 2,929 0.5%
Amulya Mahata Independent 2,819 0.5%
Sukumar Das Independent 1,065 0.2%
H.B. Weston Independent 829 0.2%
Radha Raman Ghosh Independent 793 0.1%
Sudama Nisad Independent 737 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 379,191 56.0%
Sitaram Mahato Indian National Congress 240,296 35.5%
Suraj Narayan Mahato JMM 40,876 6.0%
Daman Chandra Kuiry AMB 6,454 1.0%
Mohan Lal Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 5,233 0.8%
Sarit Kumar Chakrabarty Independent 2,141 0.3%
Ishan Chandra Kumar WBS(BM) 1,126 0.2%
Sukumar Das Independent 707 0.1%
Radha Raman Ghosh Independent 680 0.1%
Ram Samujh Yadav DDP 347 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chitta Ranjan Mahata All India Forward Bloc 336,105 51.5%
Sanat Mukherjee Indian National Congress 210,165 32.2%
Surja Naraiayn Mahato JMM 62,941 9.6%
Ghanshyam Mahata Bharatiya Janata Party 25,115 3.9%
Purna Chandra Mahato Independent 4,261 0.7%
Sitaram Majhi Independent 4,048 0.6%
Swapan Ghosh Independent 3,060 0.5%
Gomasta Prasad Soren JKP 2,066 0.3%
Sarbeswar Mahato Janata Party 1,742 0.3%
Sudhir Yadav DDP 1,669 0.3%
Sukumar Das Independent 747 0.1%
Sarit Kumar Chakrabory Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 384 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bir Sing Mahato All India Forward Bloc 375,559 51.0%
Gobinda Mukherjee Indian National Congress 265,689 36.1%
Mahato Surya Narayan JMM 64,141 8.7%
Mohan Lal Choube Bharatiya Janata Party 17,839 2.4%
Bhusan Mahato Independent 4,727 0.6%
Gomasta Prasad Soren JKP 2,544 0.3%
Sunil Kumar Mahato JMM(M) 2,019 0.3%
Sarit Kumar Chakraborty Independent 2,016 0.3%
Sukumar Das Independent 1,572 0.2%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bir Singh Mahat0 All India Forward Bloc 376,313 51.3%
Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress 219,176 29.9%
Arun Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 97,996 13.3%
Ajit Prasad Mahata JMM 35,629 4.9%
Dhiren Chandra Mahato Independent 2,169 0.3%
Nepal Chandra Bauri Independent 1,620 0.2%
Prafulla Kumar Mahato Independent 1,156 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Birsingh Mahato All India Forward Bloc 351,143 51.5%
Tapati Mahato Bharatiya Janata Party 176,273 25.9%
Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress 139,345 20.5%
Ram Chandra Mahato Independent 3,926 0.6%
Pranati Bhattacharya Independent 3,469 0.5%
Prafulla Kumar Mahato AMB 2,713 0.4%
Gomasta Prasad Soren JKP 2,574 0.4%
Sachinandan Sau Nationalist Congress Party 1,310 0.2%
Shyam Chand Bauri Independent 443 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bir Singh Mahato AIFB 341,057 49.0%
Shantiram Mahato Indian National Congress 195,339 28.1%
Niyati Mahato All India Trinamool Congress 105,127 15.1%
Mihir Kumar Rajwar Bahujan Samaj Party 14,021 2.0%
Pranati Bhattacharya Independent 13,020 1.9%
Ajoy Kumar Tudu JDP 8,762 1.3%
Nilkamal Mahato Independent 5,699 0.8%
Gomasta Prasad Soren JKP 3,664 0.5%
Thakur Das Kisku AMB 3,536 0.5%
Anil Kumar Choudhury Janata Dal (United) 3,111 0.4%
Dhiren Chandra Rajak JKP(N) 2,883 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narahari Mahato AIFB 399,201 44.1%
Shantiram Mahato Indian National Congress 379,900 42.0%
Ajit Prasad Mahato JMM 30,799 3.4%
Sayantan Basu Bharatiya Janata Party 21,509 2.4%
Asit Baran Mahato Bahujan Samaj Party 20,499 2.3%
Mrityunjay Mahato Independent 15,716 1.7%
Mukesh Sahu Independent 9,183 1.0%
Bisambar Mura Independent 8,739 1.0%
Abhiram Besra JDP 6,857 0.8%
Abinash Saren AMB 2,942 0.3%
Dhiren Rajak Independent 2,876 0.3%
Amulya Ratan Mahato Independent 2,354 0.3%
Dhiren Chandra Mahato Janata Dal (United) 2,080 0.2%
Umacharan Mahato Independent 1,863 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Mriganka Mahato All India Trinamool Congress 468,277 38.9%
Narahari Mahato AIFB 314,400 26.1%
Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress 257,923 21.4%
Bikash Banerjee Bharatiya Janata Party 86,236 7.2%
None Of The Above Independent 16,726 1.4%
Subarna Kumar SUCI(C) 11,266 0.9%
Mihir Kumar Rajwar Bahujan Samaj Party 9,850 0.8%
Ajit Prasad Mahata JVM(P) 9,012 0.7%
Tapan Kumar Mahato JMM 7,386 0.6%
Baidyanath Hansda JDP 7,168 0.6%
Monbodh Mahato Independent 6,774 0.6%
Dhiren Rajak Independent 5,584 0.5%
Purna Chandra Tudu Independent 4,073 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato Bharatiya Janata Party 668,107 49.7%
Dr. Mriganka Mahato All India Trinamool Congress 463,375 34.5%
Nepal Mahata Indian National Congress 84,477 6.3%
Bir Singh Mahato AIFB 68,434 5.1%
Anandi Tudu Bahujan Samaj Party 11,202 0.8%
Mrityunjoy Mahato Independent 10,336 0.8%
Sekh Fatik BNARP 7,777 0.6%
Barjuram Singh Sardar Independent 6,516 0.5%
Uttam Tantubay BM 6,031 0.4%
Rangalal Kumar SUCI(C) 4,369 0.3%
Uma Charan Mahato Independent 3,876 0.3%
Laxmikanta Mahata AB 3,503 0.3%
Jawaharlal Mahato MPI 2,452 0.2%
Dipendu Mahato JMM 1,798 0.1%
Rajib Mahato Shiv Sena 1,661 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Independent margin 14.5 pts 1962: LSS margin 4.5 pts 1967: Independent margin 11.8 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 30.2 pts 1977: All India Forward Bloc margin 39.6 pts 1980: All India Forward Bloc margin 25.3 pts 1984: All India Forward Bloc margin 2.5 pts 1989: All India Forward Bloc margin 20.5 pts 1991: All India Forward Bloc margin 19.3 pts 1996: All India Forward Bloc margin 14.9 pts 1998: All India Forward Bloc margin 21.4 pts 1999: All India Forward Bloc margin 25.7 pts 2004: AIFB margin 20.9 pts 2009: AIFB margin 2.1 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 12.8 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Purulia has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Independent, LSS, Indian National Congress, All India Forward Bloc, AIFB, All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Purulia in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Jyotirmay Singh Mahato (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Purulia, West Bengal, in 2019 with 668,107 votes (49.7%), a margin of 204,732 votes over Dr. Mriganka Mahato.

Which parties have won Purulia since 1957?

Since 1957, Purulia has been won by: AIFB, All India Forward Bloc, All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Independent, Indian National Congress, LSS.

What was the closest result in Purulia?

The closest result on record for Purulia was 2009, when AIFB beat Indian National Congress by just 19,301 votes (2.1 percentage points).

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