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

Raghunathpur
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°33′0″N 86°40′0″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Constituency No.	246
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	36. Bankura
Electorate (year)	197,720 (2011)

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]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Kashipur-cum-Raghunathpur	Annada Prasad Chakrabarty and Bijoli Datta	Independent and Indian National Congress[3][4]
1957	Raghunathpur	Nepal Bouri	Indian National Congress[5]
1962		Shankar Narayan Singh Deo	Indian National Congress [6]
1967		N.Bauri	Indian National Congress [7]
1969		Haripada Bouri	Socialist Unity Cente[8]
1971		Haripada Bouri	Socialist Unity Centre[9]
1972		Durgadas Bauri	Indian National Congress [10]
1977		Bijoy Bauri	Socialist Unity Centre [11]
1982		Natabar Bagdi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1987		Natabar Bagdi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991		Natabar Bagdi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1996		Natabar Bagdi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2001		Uma Rani Bouri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2006		Uma Rani Bouri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011		Purna Chandra Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2016		Purna Chandra Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress [19][20]
2021		Vivekananda Bauri	Bharatiya Janata Party[21][22]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Para [21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vivekananda Bauri	95,770	44.61	+284.43
	AITC	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 AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para [19][20]

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 [23][24][25]

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.[26]

1951-1972

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. In independent India's first election in 1951 the seat was entitled Kashipur cum Raghunathpur. The joint seat was won by Budhan Majhi and Ananda Prasad Chakrabarty, both of Congress.[27]

References

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