Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 242 of West Bengal

Purulia

GeneralWest BengalAC 242Lok Sabha: Purulia

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

13Candidates

0Villages placed

MLA · elected 2026

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee

BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party

1.28L

Votes

55.7%

Vote share

49,253

Margin

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity).

Election history

Assembly results for Purulia

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee BJP

def. Sujoy Banerjee (AITC)

55.7%

49,253

2021

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee BJP

def. Sujoy Banerjee (AITC)

43.4%

7,018

2016

Sudip Kumar Mukherjee INC

def. Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo (AITC)

44.6%

4,911

2011

K.P. Singh Deo AITC

def. Kaushik Mazumdar (CPI(M))

54.0%

26,487

2026 vote share

BJP Sudip Kumar Mukherjee55.7%

AITC Sujoy Banerjee34.3%

CPI(M) Sayantan Ghosh4.6%

Others (10 candidates)4.6%

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

13 candidates

Every candidate, 2026

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Sudip Kumar Mukherjee	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,28,454	55.69%
2	Sujoy Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress	79,201	34.34%
3	Sayantan Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10,675	4.63%
4	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	Indian National Congress	4,367	1.89%
5	Shobha Mahato	Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)	1,335	0.58%
6	Mathan Chandra Mahato	Bahujan Mukti Party	908	0.39%
7	Dhiren Rajak	Bharateeya Manavadhikar party	900	0.39%
8	Pintu Bauri	Independent	639	0.28%
9	Partha Bauri	Bahujan Samaj Party	611	0.26%
10	Pijush Kanti Rajak	Independent	586	0.25%
11	Bidesh Chandra Paul	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party	521	0.23%
12	Nageswar Mahato	Amra Bangalee	401	0.17%
13	Nirod Baran Ojha	Party for Democratic Socialism	327	0.14%

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA votes are not listed.

0 villages

Villages in Purulia

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

We haven't been able to place any villages in this constituency yet.

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).