Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Para
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Para Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Para Para (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°31′0″N86°31′0″E / 23.51667°N 86.51667°E / 23.51667; 86.51667 Coordinates: 23°31′0″N86°31′0″E / 23.51667°N 86.51667°E / 23.51667; 86.51667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Constituency No.	245
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	35. Purulia
Electorate (year)	184,034 (2011)

Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 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. 245 Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Para and Raghunathpur II community development blocks. ^[1]

Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] It was earlier part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

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.” ^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Para-cum-Chas	Deoshankari Prasad Singh and Hardayal Sharma	Independent and Indian National Congress [4] [5]
1957		No seat	[6]
1962	Para	Nepal Bauri	Indian National Congress [7]
1967		S.Bauri	Bangla Congress [8]
1969		Tinkori Bauri	Bangla Congress [9]
1971		Sarat Das	Indian National Congress [10]
1972		Sarat Das	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Gobinda Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1982		Gobinda Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1987		Gobinda Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1991		Bilasibala Sahis	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1996		Bilasibala Sahis	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2001		Bilasibala Sahis	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2006		Bilasibala Sahis	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2009 By election		Minu Bauri	Communist Party of India [19] [20]
2011		Umapada Bauri	Indian National Congress [21]
2016		Umapada Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress [22] [23]
2021		Nadiar Chand Bouri	Bharatiya Janata Party [24] [25]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Para ^{[24] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nadiar Chand Bouri	87,347	45.02	+687.48
	AITC	Umapada Bauri	83,340	42.95	-1.18
	CPI (M)	Swapan Kumar Bauri	13,681	7.05	-80.61
	SUCI(C)	Jagannath Bauri	1,897	0.98
	BSP	Sudarsan Rajwar	1,676	0.86
	Independent	Swapan Bauri	1,651	0.85
	Independent	Babita Bouri	772	0.40
	NOTA	None of the above	3,657	1.88
Turnout			194,021
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para ^{[22] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Umapada Bauri	84,337	47.59
	CPI (M)	Dinanath Bauri	70,459	39.76
	BJP	Nadiar Chand Bouri	11,092	6.26
	JMM	Gobordhan Bagdi	2,334	1.32
	SUCI(C)	Mihir Kumar Sahis	2,211	1.25
	Independent	Ananta Rajak	1,532	0.86
	BSP	Pabitra Bauri	898	0.51
	AJSU	Uttam Das	665	0.38
	NOTA	None of the above	3,676	2.07
Majority
Turnout			177,203	81.92
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Para ^{[26] [27] [28]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Umapada Bauri	62,208	42.6	+9.08#
	CPI (M)	Dipak Bauri	61,622	42.2	-10.45
	SUCI	Shibani Bouri	6,503	4.45
	JMM	Charan Bauri	6,302	4.32
	BJP	Swapan Bouri	4,681
	JVM(P)	Satyanarayan Rajwar	3,441
	BSP	Sandip Rajwar	1,274
Turnout			146,031	79.35
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	19.53#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Intervening by-election ignored for comparisons.

1977-2009

Subsequent to the resignation of the sitting MLA, Bilasibala Sahis, after her election to the Zilla Parishad (district council), ^[29] Minu Bauri of CPI(M) won the Para seat in the 2009 by-elections defeating Charan Bauri of JMM. ^{[30] [31]}

In 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Bilasibala Sahis of CPI(M) won the Para assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Sima Bauri of Trinamool Congress, Mira Bauri of Trinamool Congress, Gobordhan Bagdi of JMM and Durgadas Bauri of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gobinda Bauri of CPI(M) defeated Kashinath Bauri of Congress in 1987, and Sarat Das of Congress in 1982 and 1977. ^[32]

1951-1972

Sarat Das of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Tinkori Bouri of Bangla Congress won in 1969. S. Bauri of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Nepal Bauri of Congress won in 1962. The Para seat did not exist in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, the seat was entitled Para cum Chas. The areas now part of Purulia district was then part of Bihar. The joint seat was won by Sarat Mochi of Congress and Deoshankar Prasad Singh, Independent. ^[33]

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