Para Assembly constituency

Para Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Para
Constituency No. 245 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Para Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
LS constituencyPurulia
Established1962
Total electors184,034
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

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
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962ParaNepal BauriIndian National Congress [3]
1967S.BauriBangla Congress[4]
1969Tinkori BauriBangla Congress[5]
1971Sarat DasIndian National Congress [6]
1972Sarat DasIndian National Congress [7]
1977Gobinda BauriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Gobinda BauriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987Gobinda BauriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991Bilasibala SahisCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996Bilasibala SahisCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001Bilasibala SahisCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2006Bilasibala SahisCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2009 By electionMinu BauriCommunist Party of India [15][16]
2011Umapada BauriIndian National Congress [17]
2016Umapada BauriAll India Trinamool Congress[18][19]
2021Nadiar Chand BouriBharatiya Janata Party[20][21]

Election results

2021
West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Para [20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nadiar Chand Bouri 87,347 45.02 +687.48
TMC 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 TMC Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para [18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC gain from INC Swing

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Para [22][23][24]
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),[25] Minu Bauri of CPI(M) won the Para seat in the 2009 by-elections defeating Charan Bauri of JMM.[26][27]

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.[28]

1962-1972

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.

References
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