The invention discloses a preparation method of polystyrene sulfonic acid type ion exchange resin for water purification. The preparation method comprises the following steps: stirring styrene, divinylbenzene, tribromomethane, methanol and benzoyl peroxide, in order to obtain a first preformed material; uniformly mixing water, polyvinyl alcohol and 2-methyl methacrylate, adding methylene blue with stirring till complete dissolving, and adding the first preformed material with stirring to obtain a second preformed material; adding chloroform into the second preformed material for swelling, adding a sulfuric acid solution and chlorosulfonic acid with stirring, evaporating the chloroform, cooling the temperature, adding water, carrying out a standing, removing a water layer, and washing a product till the pH is 7 to obtain a third preformed material; adding a sodium hydroxide solution into the third preformed material with stirring, carrying out a filtering, washing a product till the pH is 7, adding water with stirring, heating to 92-97 DEG C, carrying out an insulation and a filtering, adding absolute ethyl alcohol with stirring for backflow, carrying out cooling and filtering, washing a product till the pH is 7, and carrying out a drying to obtain the polystyrene sulfonic acid type ion exchange resin for water purification.