| Raghunathpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 246 for theWest 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 | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPurulia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 246 Raghunathpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:Raghunathpur municipality;Raghunathpur I,Neturia andSanturicommunity development blocks.[1]
Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 36Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 25.17# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Uma Rani Bouri ofCPI(M) won the Raghunathpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals, Purna Chandra Bouri ofTrinamool 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 ofCongress in 1996, Gopal Das of Congress in 1991 and 1987, andDurgadas Bauri of Congress in 1982. Bijoy Bauri ofSUC defeated Nepal Bauri ofJanata Party.[9]
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 in1962. In1957 Raghunathpur was a joint seat. Shankar Narayan Singhadeo and Nepal Bouri, both of Congress, won in 1957.
