Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Raghunathpur
Constituency No. 246 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Raghunathpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
LS constituencyBankura
Established1957
Total electors197,720
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Raghunathpur is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 246 Raghunathpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Raghunathpur municipality; Raghunathpur I, Neturia and Santuri community development blocks.[1]

Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Raghunathpur Nepal Bouri Indian National Congress[2]
1962 Shankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress[3]
1967 N.Bauri Indian National Congress[4]
1969 Haripada Bouri Socialist Unity Cente[5]
1971 Haripada Bouri Socialist Unity Centre[6]
1972 Durgadas Bauri Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Bijoy Bauri Socialist Unity Centre[8]
1982 Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987 Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991 Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996 Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001 Uma Rani Bouri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006 Uma Rani Bouri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011 Purna Chandra Bauri All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016 Purna Chandra Bauri All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
2021 Vivekananda Bauri Bharatiya Janata Party[18][19]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Para[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vivekananda Bauri 95,770 44.61 Increase31.69
AITC Hazari Bouri 90,332 42.08 Decrease1.31
CPI(M) Ganesh Bouri 14,738 6.86 Decrease28.16
SUCI(C) Pashupati Roy 3,829 1.78 Decrease0.64
Independent Sumanta Bouri 2,403 1.12 New
Independent Mihir Bauri 2,354 1.10 New
BSP Parimal Bouri 1,707 0.80 Decrease0.85
NOTA None of the above 3,557 1.66
Turnout 214,690
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Purna Chandra Bauri 83,688 43.39
CPI(M) Satyanarayan Bauri 67,546 35.02
BJP Subhas Chandra Mondal 24,912 12.92
SUCI(C) Kista Bauri 4,664 2.42
JMM Gobordhan Bagdi 3,735 1.94
BSP Mahadeb Bauri 3,187 1.65
NOTA None of the above 5,152 2.67
Majority
Turnout 192,884 82.31
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raghunathpur[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Purna Chandra Bauri 78,096 48.34 +12.61#
CPI(M) Dipali Bauri 65,353 40.46 −12.56
BJP Subhas Chandra Mondal 7,916 4.90
JMM Barun Bauri 7,055 4.37
BSP Mahadeb Bauri 3,123
Turnout 161,543 81.7
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 25.17#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Uma Rani Bouri of CPI(M) won the Raghunathpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals, Purna Chandra Bouri of Trinamool Congress and Magaram Bouri of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Natabar Bagdi of CPI(M) defeated Nabakumar Bouri of Congress in 1996, Gopal Das of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Durgadas Bauri of Congress in 1982. Bijoy Bauri of SUC defeated Nepal Bauri of Janata Party.[23]

1957-1972

Durgadas Bauri of Congress won in 1972. Hari Pada Bouri of SUCI won in 1971 and 1969. N. Bauri of Congress won in 1967. Shankar Narayan Singhadeo of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 Raghunathpur was a joint seat. Shankar Narayan Singhadeo and Nepal Bouri, both of Congress, won in 1957.

References

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