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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Raghunathpur
| 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/Raghunathpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Raghunathpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purulia district|Purulia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bankura Lok Sabha constituency|Bankura]]
| constituency_no = 246
| established = 1957
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Vivekananda Bauri]]
| 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 = 197,720
}}

'''Raghunathpur 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. 246 Raghunathpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Raghunathpur, Purulia|Raghunathpur]] municipality; [[Raghunathpur I (community development block)|Raghunathpur I]], [[Neturia (community development block)|Neturia]] and [[Santuri (community development block)|Santuri]] [[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>

Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Nepal Bouri
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Shankar Narayan Singh Deo
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|N. Bauri
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="2"|Haripada Bouri
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Unity Centre of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Durgadas Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Bijoy Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Unity Centre of India}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="4"|Natabar Bagdi
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Uma Rani Bouri
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Purna Chandra Bauri]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Vivekananda Bauri
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
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===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021]]: Raghunathpur <ref name=1vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/raghunathpur-west-bengal-election-result-2021 | title = Raghunathpur 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/ConstituencywiseS25246.htm?ac=246 | title = Assembly Election Result 2021 – West Bengal, Raghunathpur | publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 22 May 2021 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Vivekananda Bauri |votes=95,770|percentage=44.61|change={{increase}}31.69}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Trinamool Congress |candidate= Hazari Bouri |votes=90,332|percentage= 42.08|change={{decrease}}1.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Ganesh Bouri|votes=14,738|percentage= 6.86|change={{decrease}}28.16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)||candidate= Pashupati Roy|votes=3,829|percentage=1.78|change={{decrease}}0.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)|candidate=Sumanta Bouri |votes=2,403|percentage=1.12|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)|candidate=Mihir Bauri |votes=2,354|percentage=1.10|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate= Parimal Bouri |votes=1,707|percentage=0.80|change={{decrease}}0.85}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,557|percentage=1.66|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=214,690 |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]]: Raghunathpur <ref name=1vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/raghunathpur-west-bengal-assembly-constituency| title= Raghunathpur| 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/868-Raghunathpur_(SC)assembly_election_result_2016.html| title = Raghunathpur| 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=[[Purna Chandra Bauri]]|votes=83,688|percentage=43.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Satyanarayan Bauri|votes=67,546|percentage=35.02|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Subhas Chandra Mondal|votes=24,912|percentage=12.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Kista Bauri|votes=4,664|percentage=2.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Gobordhan Bagdi|votes=3,735|percentage=1.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mahadeb Bauri|votes=3,187|percentage=1.65|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
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|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 5,152
|percentage = 2.67
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{{Election box turnout|votes=192,884|percentage=82.31|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Raghunathpur<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25246.htm|title = Raghunathpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=246| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526070531/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=246| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raghunathpur | 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 = Raghunathpur |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=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Purna Chandra Bauri]]|votes=78,096|percentage=48.34|change=+12.61#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Dipali Bauri|votes=65,353|percentage=40.46|change=-12.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Subhas Chandra Mondal|votes=7,916|percentage=4.90|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Barun Bauri|votes=7,055|percentage=4.37|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mahadeb Bauri|votes=3,123|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=161,543|percentage=81.7|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 25.17#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 state assembly elections, Uma Rani Bouri of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Raghunathpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals, Purna Chandra Bouri of [[All India Trinamool Congress|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 [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, Gopal Das of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and [[Durgadas Bauri]] of Congress in 1982. Bijoy Bauri of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUC]] defeated Nepal Bauri of [[Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp241.htm |title = 241 - Raghunathpur (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-26 }}</ref>

===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 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] Raghunathpur was a joint seat. Shankar Narayan Singhadeo and Nepal Bouri, both of Congress, won in 1957.

==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purulia district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

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