Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Raghunathpur
Constituency No. 246 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Raghunathpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
LS constituency	Bankura
Established	1957
Total electors	197,720
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vivekananda Bauri
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

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	+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^[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

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 221. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 294. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 325. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 325. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 328. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 320. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 349. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 341. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 348-49. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 357. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 365. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 357. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2006 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 556. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Raghunathpur. Elections.in. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Raghunathpur". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Raghunathpur". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Raghunathpur Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Raghunathpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Raghunathpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raghunathpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raghunathpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "241 - Raghunathpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

Purulia district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development blocks

Purulia Sadar subdivision	Arsha Balarampur Hura Purulia I Purulia II
Manbazar subdivision	Barabazar Bandwan Manbazar I Manbazar II Puncha
Jhalda subdivision	Baghmundi Jhalda I Jhalda II Joypur
Raghunathpur subdivision	Para Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur II Neturia Santuri Kashipur

Education

Schools	Purulia Zilla School Sainik School, Purulia
General degree colleges	Achhruram Memorial College Ananda Marga College Arsha College Balarampur College Bandwan Mahavidyalaya Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College Bikramjit Goswami Memorial College Chitta Mahato Memorial College Government General Degree College, Manbazar II J. K. College Kashipur Michael Madhusudhan Mahavidyalaya Kotshila Mahavidyalaya Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia Manbhum Mahavidyalaya Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya Nistarini Women's College Panchakot Mahavidyalaya Raghunathpur College Ramananda Centenary College Santaldih College Sitaram Mahato Memorial College
Engineering & medical colleges	Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College Purulia Government Medical College and Hospital Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
Universities	Sidho Kanho Birsha University

Hills

Rivers

Transport

Railway stations

Lok Sabha constituencies

Purulia

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies

See also

Cities, towns and locations in Purulia district
People from Purulia district
Villages in Purulia district
Damodar Valley

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