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Assembly constituency 242 · West Bengal

Purulia is assembly constituency number 242 in West Bengal, in Puruliya district, and one of the segments of the Purulia Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Sudip Kumar Mukherjee of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 55.7% of the vote, 49,253 votes ahead of Sujoy Banerjee (AITC).

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Purulia · 2026AC 242
  1. 01
    Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
    BJP
    1,28,454
    55.69%
  2. 02
    Sujoy Banerjee
    TMC
    79,201
    34.34%
  3. 03
    Sayantan Ghosh
    CPI(M)
    10,675
    4.63%
  4. 04
    Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo
    INC
    4,367
    1.89%
  5. 05
    Shobha Mahato
    SUCI
    1,335
    0.58%
  6. 8 other candidates · 4,893 votesNOTA · 1,728 (0.75%)

Margin 49,253 votes · 21.35% of valid votes

2,52,313
Registered electors
2026 election
91.5%
Turnout
+11.3 pts vs 2021
49,253
Victory margin
21.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,30,653 valid votes, NOTA included.

Purulia 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sudip Kumar MukherjeeMale · 55 yrsBJP1,28,454
55.69%
2Sujoy BanerjeeMale · 68 yrsTMC79,201
34.34%
3Sayantan GhoshMale · 26 yrsCPI(M)10,675
4.63%
4Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh DeoMale · 47 yrsINC4,367
1.89%
—NOTANOTA1,728
0.75%
5Shobha MahatoFemale · 47 yrsSUCI1,335
0.58%
6Mathan Chandra MahatoMale · 71 yrsBMUP908
0.39%
7Dhiren RajakMale · 68 yrs · SCBHMP900
0.39%
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8Pintu BauriMale · 39 yrsIndependent639
0.28%
9Partha BauriMale · 27 yrs · SCBSP611
0.26%
10Pijush Kanti RajakMale · 53 yrs · SCIndependent586
0.25%
11Bidesh Chandra PaulMale · 53 yrsRASLJP521
0.23%
12Nageswar MahatoMale · 67 yrsAMB401
0.17%
13Nirod Baran OjhaMale · 62 yrsPDS327
0.14%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026BJP 55.7%TMC 34.3%CPI(M) 4.6%INC 1.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Sudip Kumar MukherjeeBJP · 55.7% · margin 49,253Turnout91.5%
2021Sudip Kumar MukherjeeBJP · 43.4% · margin 7,018Turnout80.3%
2016Sudip Kumar MukherjeeINC · 44.6% · margin 4,911Turnout80.3%
2011K.P. Singh DeoTMC · 54.0% · margin 26,487Turnout80.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Purulia result 2021

Purulia 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sudip Kumar MukherjeeBJP89,733
43.38%
2Sujoy BanerjeeTMC82,715
39.98%
3Partha Pratim BanerjeeINC24,996
12.08%
—NOTANOTA2,588
1.25%
4Birendranath MahatoIndependent1,918
0.93%
5Aditya MahatoIndependent1,304
0.63%
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6Rani MahatoSUCI1,209
0.58%
7Manas SardarBSP1,034
0.50%
8Mritunjoy PandeyIndependent558
0.27%
9Abhijit BhattacharyaIndependent424
0.20%
10Harendra Nath MahatoAMB389
0.19%

Purulia result 2016

Purulia 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sudip Kumar MukherjeeINC81,365
44.58%
2Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh DeoTMC76,454
41.89%
3Nagendra Kumar OjhaBJP12,757
6.99%
—NOTANOTA2,974
1.63%
4Swapan Kumar MahatoIndependent2,162
1.18%
5Thuru MahatoBSP1,511
0.83%
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6Dhiren RajakIndependent1,199
0.66%
7Upendra Nath MahatoMPOI1,004
0.55%
8Dhirendra Nath RajakAJSUP696
0.38%
9Binay MahatoIndependent651
0.36%
10Subrata MukherjeeSUCI642
0.35%
11Alok PanchariaIndependent625
0.34%
12Anita MahatoIndependent488
0.27%

Purulia result 2011

Purulia 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K.P. Singh DeoTMC83,396
53.95%
2Kaushik MazumdarCPI(M)56,909
36.81%
3Panch Kari MukherjeeBJP3,630
2.35%
4Sanat SaoPDS2,705
1.75%
5Sohan RajowarJMM2,386
1.54%
6Dhiren RajakIndependent2,241
1.45%
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7Naren SahisAJSU1,915
1.24%
8Thuru MahatoBSP1,407
0.91%
Map

Purulia outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Puruliya district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Purulia is one of the assembly segments of Purulia. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Purulia candidates.

  • Jyotirmay Singh MahatoBJP92,666 45.0%
  • Shantiram MahatoTMC70,287 34.1%
  • Nepal Chandra MahatoINC21,445 10.4%
  • Ajit Prasad MahataIndependent16,329 7.9%
  • Dhirendranath MahatoAIFB1,084 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 22,379 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Purulia.

Who won the Purulia assembly seat in 2026?

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Purulia in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 1,28,454 votes, which was 55.69% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Purulia?

The margin was 49,253 votes (21.35% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sujoy Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress with 79,201 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Purulia in 2026?

Turnout was 91.55%: 2,30,985 of 2,52,313 registered electors voted, across 307 polling stations. That is 11.3 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Purulia part of?

Purulia is an assembly segment of the Purulia Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Purulia a reserved constituency?

No. Purulia is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Purulia?

The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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