Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purulia is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs 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.Joypur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results2011In the 2011 elections, Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Koushik Majumder of CPI..# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.1977-2006In 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.