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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 239 · 1977
Purulia
Winner — 1977
MAHADEB MUKHERJEE
CPM· Left Front
CPM 42.8%IND 24.8%4 others 32.4%
Votes
18,540
42.8% share
Winning margin
7,776
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
48.7%
of 89,045
Purulia is a safe seat — MAHADEB MUKHERJEE won by 17.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHADEB MUKHERJEE | Left Front | 18,540 | 42.8% |
| 2 | SANAT KUMAR MUKHERJEE | IND | 10,764 | 24.8% |
| 3 | DHIRENDRA NATH BHATTACHARYYA | Janata | 5,911 | 13.6% |
| 4 | SHYAM MAHATO | IND | 4,338 | 10.0% |
| 5 | KALPANA KHAN | INC | 2,734 | 6.3% |
| 6 | DEB KUMAR CHAKRABARTY | IND | 1,066 | 2.5% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Average turnout (180th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.0% · min 0.2% · max 17.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
180th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
185th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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49th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 42.8%IND 24.8%JNP 13.6%IND 10.0%INC 6.3%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.