Para Assembly constituency
| Para | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 245 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 184,034 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Para Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit | edit source]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 245 Para Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Para and Raghunathpur II community development blocks.[1]
Para Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Nepal Bauri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | S. Bauri | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Tinkori Bauri | ||
| 1971 | Sarat Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Gobinda Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Bilasibala Sahis | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2009^ | Minu Bauri | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | Umapada Bauri | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2021 | Nadiar Chand Bouri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- ^ by-election
Election results
[edit | edit source]2021
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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 | 13878 | ||||
| Turnout | 177,203 | 81.92 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]Subsequent to the resignation of the sitting MLA, Bilasibala Sahis, after her election to the Zilla Parishad (district council),[10] Minu Bauri of CPI(M) won the Para seat in the 2009 by-elections defeating Charan Bauri of JMM.[11][12]
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.[13]
1962-1972
[edit | edit source]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.
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