Purulia Puruliya is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South West Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Purulia Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 64.57%. There are 14,71,933 voters of which 7,64,758 are male and 7,07,169 are female and 6 voters of the third gender.
Mriganka Mahato of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating AIFB. TMC polled 4,68,277 of the total of 12,04,675 votes polled. AIFB won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Purulia goes to the polls in the 6st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 81.98%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 35 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,71,933 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,64,758 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,07,169 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | AIFB |
| Turnout % | 81.98% | 71.94% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,53,877 | 19,301 |
| Margin of Victory % | 12.77% | 2.13% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | AIFB |
| Turnout % | 81.98% | 71.94% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,53,877 | 19,301 |
| Margin of Victory % | 12.77% | 2.13% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 666016 | 49.25% | Jyotirmay Singh MahatoWinner |
| AITC | 462785 | 34.22% | Dr. Mriganka Mahato |
| INC | 84366 | 6.24% | Nepal Mahata |
| AIFB | 68293 | 5.05% | Bir Singh Mahato |
| Nota | 11304 | 0.84% | Nota |
| BSP | 11180 | 0.83% | Anandi Tudu |
| IND | 10334 | 0.76% | Mrityunjoy Mahato |
| BNRP | 7777 | 0.58% | Sekh Fatik |
| IND | 6512 | 0.48% | Barjuram Singh Sardar |
| BMAP | 6031 | 0.45% | Uttam Tantubay |
| SUCI | 4363 | 0.32% | Rangalal Kumar |
| IND | 3875 | 0.29% | Uma Charan Mahato |
| AMB | 3499 | 0.26% | Laxmikanta Mahata |
| MPOI | 2450 | 0.18% | Jawaharlal Mahato |
| JMM | 1796 | 0.13% | Dipendu Mahato |
| SHS | 1661 | 0.12% | Rajib Mahato |
