Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

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

Raghunathpur
Constituency No. 246 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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

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		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957RaghunathpurNepal BouriIndian National Congress[2]
1962Shankar Narayan Singh DeoIndian National Congress [3]
1967N.BauriIndian National Congress [4]
1969Haripada BouriSocialist Unity Cente[5]
1971Haripada BouriSocialist Unity Centre[6]
1972Durgadas BauriIndian National Congress [7]
1977Bijoy BauriSocialist Unity Centre [8]
1982Natabar BagdiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Natabar BagdiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991Natabar BagdiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996Natabar BagdiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001Uma Rani BouriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2006Uma Rani BouriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011Purna Chandra BauriAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Purna Chandra BauriAll India Trinamool Congress [16][17]
2021Vivekananda BauriBharatiya 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 +284.43
TMC Hazari Bouri 90,332 42.08 +7.93
CPI(M) Ganesh Bouri 14,738 6.86 -78.18
SUCI(C) Pashupati Roy 3,829 1.78
Independent Sumanta Bouri 2,403 1.12
Independent Mihir Bauri 2,354 1.10
BSP Parimal Bouri 1,707 0.80
NOTA None of the above 3,557 1.66
Turnout 214,690
BJP gain from TMC Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para [16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Raghunathpur [20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC 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 SUC 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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