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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Para
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Para.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Para Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purulia district|Purulia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| constituency_no = 245
| established = 1962
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Nadiar Chand Bouri]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 184,034
}}

'''Para Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purulia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 245 Para Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Para (community development block)|Para]] and [[Raghunathpur II (community development block)|Raghunathpur II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date = 2011-01-27 | publisher = Government of West Bengal | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 13 August 2011 }}</ref>

Para Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2011-01-28 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Nepal Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S. Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Tinkori Bauri
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Sarat Das
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Gobinda Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="4"|Bilasibala Sahis
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|2009^
|Minu Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Umapada Bauri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Nadiar Chand Bouri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==

===2026===
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===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021]]: Para<ref name=1vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/para-west-bengal-election-result-2021 | title = Para Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =22 May 2021 }}</ref><ref name=2vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25245.htm?ac=245| title = Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Para | publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 22 May 2021 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Nadiar Chand Bouri |votes=87,347|percentage=45.02|change= +687.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Umapada Bauri]]|votes=83,340|percentage=42.95|change=-1.18}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Swapan Kumar Bauri|votes=13,681|percentage=7.05|change=-80.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)||candidate=Jagannath Bauri|votes=1,897|percentage=0.98|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate=Sudarsan Rajwar|votes=1,676|percentage=0.86|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Swapan Bauri|votes=1,651|percentage=0.85|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Babita Bouri|votes=772|percentage=0.40|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,657|percentage=1.88|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=194,021|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Para<ref name=1vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/para-west-bengal-assembly-constituency | title= Para| work= 2016 Legislative Assembly Election| publisher = Result University |access-date =22 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=2vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = http://infoelections.com/infoelection/electionresult/index.php/home/state-assembly-constituency/west-bengal-election-result/867-Para_(SC)assembly_election_result_2016.html | title = Para| work = Assembly Election Result 2016 Live| publisher = InfoElections |access-date = 22 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Umapada Bauri]]|votes=84,337|percentage=47.59|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Dinanath Bauri|votes=70,459|percentage=39.76|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Nadiar Chand Bouri|votes=11,092|percentage=6.26|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Gobordhan Bagdi|votes=2,334|percentage=1.32|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Mihir Kumar Sahis|votes=2,211|percentage=1.25|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ananta Rajak|votes=1,532|percentage=0.86|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Pabitra Bauri|votes=898|percentage=0.51|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All Jharkhand Students Union|candidate=Uttam Das|votes=665|percentage=0.38|change=}}

{{Election box candidate
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,676
|percentage = 2.07
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{{Election box majority|votes=13878|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,203|percentage=81.92|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Para<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25245.htm |title = Para |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-22 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516120224/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25245.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=245| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526070422/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=245| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Para| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Para |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Umapada Bauri]]|votes=62,208|percentage=42.6|change=+9.08#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Dipak Bauri|votes=61,622|percentage=42.2|change=-10.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India|candidate=Shibani Bouri|votes=6,503|percentage=4.45|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Charan Bauri|votes=6,302|percentage=4.32|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Swapan Bouri|votes=4,681|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|candidate=Satyanarayan Rajwar|votes=3,441|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sandip Rajwar|votes=1,274|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=146,031|percentage=79.35|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 19.53#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Intervening by-election ignored for comparisons.</small>

===1977-2009===
Subsequent to the resignation of the sitting MLA, Bilasibala Sahis, after her election to the Zilla Parishad (district council),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.twocircles.net/2008nov23/elections_three_states_next_month.html | title = By-elections in three states next month | date = 23 November 2008 | access-date = 2011-01-27 | publisher =Two circles }}</ref> Minu Bauri of CPI(M) won the Para seat in the 2009 by-elections defeating Charan Bauri of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_landslide-for-trinamool-in-nandigram_1220280 | title = Landslide for Trinamool in Nandigram | access-date = 2011-01-27 | publisher = DNA, Daily News A }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090110/jsp/siliguri/story_10367094.jsp | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090329212855/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090110/jsp/siliguri/story_10367094.jsp | url-status =dead | archive-date =29 March 2009 | title =Three women make Assembly debut - Mausam wins, margin more than mom Ruby | access-date = 2011-01-27 | publisher = The Telegraph, 10 January 2009 }}</ref>

In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996 and 1991 Bilasibala Sahis of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Para assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Sima Bauri of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], Mira Bauri of Trinamool Congress, Gobordhan Bagdi of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] and [[Durgadas Bauri]] of [[Indian National Congress|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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp240.htm |title = 240 - Para (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-26 }}</ref>

===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 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purulia district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

Para Assembly constituency - Revision history

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