Indian National Congress (I) on Purulia

State 19 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 1 contested

INCI runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share33.80%in 1980

Worst vote share33.80%in 1980

Average vote share33.80% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested1980

Votes polled here1.56 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress (I) vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1980	Singh Deo Sahankar Narayan	1,55,646	33.80%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Bharatiya Janta Party All India Forward Bloc All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Lok Dal Independent Indian National Congress Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Socialist Unity Centre Of India Party For Democratic Socialism Bahujan Samaj Party Shiv Sena Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Janta Party Amara Bengali Doordarshi Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Jharkhand Dal Samajwadi Party Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)Jharkhand Disom Party Bharateeya Manavadhikar Party Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (MARDI)Amra Bangalee Janata Dal (United)Mulnibasi Party Of India