Coordinates: 23°20′0″N 86°22′0″E / 23.33333°N 86.36667°E / 23.33333; 86.36667

Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Purulia is located in West Bengal
Purulia
Purulia
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°20′0″N 86°22′0″E / 23.33333°N 86.36667°E / 23.33333; 86.36667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
Constituency No.242
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency35. Purulia
Electorate (year)192,269 (2011)

Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 242 Purulia (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha 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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