Raghunathpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency explained

Raghunathpur
Type:SLA
State:West Bengal
District:Purulia
Loksabha Cons:Bankura
Constituency No:246
Established:1957
Reservation:SC
Mla:Vivekananda Bauri
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Latest Election Year:2021
Electors:197,720

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
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

2011

.# 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.[20]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 2011-01-27 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 13 August 2011 .
  2. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 221 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  3. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 294 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 325 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  5. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 325 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf . 22 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  6. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 328 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . 22 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  7. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 320 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . 22 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  8. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 349 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . 22 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 341 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  10. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 348-49 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  11. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 357 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  12. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 365 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . 22 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  13. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 357 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . 22 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  14. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 2006 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 556 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006232430/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf . 22 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  15. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Raghunathpur. Elections.in . 22 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Raghunathpur. 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University . 22 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Raghunathpur. Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections . 22 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Raghunathpur Election Result 2021 . Times Now News.com . 22 May 2021 .
  19. Web site: Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Raghunathpur . Election Commission of India . 22 May 2021 .
  20. Web site: 241 - Raghunathpur (SC) Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 2011-01-26 .