Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly 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
Lok Sabha constituency	Bankura
Established	1957
Total electors	197,720
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vivekananda Bauri
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Raghunathpur Assembly 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. 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

Year	Name	Party
1957	Nepal Bouri		Indian National Congress
1962	Shankar Narayan Singh Deo
1967	N. Bauri
1969	Haripada Bouri		Socialist Unity Centre of India
1971
1972	Durgadas Bauri		Indian National Congress
1977	Bijoy Bauri		Socialist Unity Centre of India
1982	Natabar Bagdi		Communist Party of India
1987
1991
1996
2001	Uma Rani Bouri
2006
2011	Purna Chandra Bauri		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Vivekananda Bauri		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	LF
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Raghunathpur ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vivekananda Bauri	95,770	44.61	31.69
	AITC	Hazari Bouri	90,332	42.08	1.31
	CPI(M)	Ganesh Bouri	14,738	6.86	28.16
	SUCI(C)	Pashupati Roy	3,829	1.78	0.64
	Independent	Sumanta Bouri	2,403	1.12	New
	Independent	Mihir Bauri	2,354	1.10	New
	BSP	Parimal Bouri	1,707	0.80	0.85
	NOTA	None of the above	3,557	1.66
Turnout			214,690
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathpur ^{[4] [5]}

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 ^{[6] [7] [8]}

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. ^[9]

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

1. "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.
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3. "Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Raghunathpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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6. "Raghunathpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raghunathpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
8. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Raghunathpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
9. "241 - Raghunathpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2011.