# Purulia Assembly constituency

Purulia Assembly 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 Assembly 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.
Purulia Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | Purulia | Labanya Prabha Ghosh and Nakul Chandra Sahis | Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh) |
| 1962 | | Tara Pada Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta | Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh) |
| 1969 | | Bibhuti Bhusan Dasgupta | Lok Sewak Sangh |
| 1971 | | Sanat Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Sanat Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Mahadeb Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Sukumar Roy | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 1987 | | Mamata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Mamata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Mamata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Nikhil Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Nikhil Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | K.P.Singh Deo | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | | Sudip Kumar Mukherjee | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Purulia :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 206,868 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,528 | 80.16 |
| | INC gain from AITC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 154,589 | 80.4 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | 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.

### 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 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.