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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Raipur
| 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/Raipur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Raipur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]
| constituency_no = 250
| established = 1951
| reservation = ST
| abolished =
| mla = [[Kshetra Mohan Hansda]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 178,267
}}
'''Raipur''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Bankura district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 250 Raipur Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: [[Raipur, Bankura (community development block)|Raipur]] and [[Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)|Sarenga]] [[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 = 2011-04-03 | 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>

Raipur 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
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Jadu Nath Murmu
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|Jatindra Nath Basu
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Jadu Nath Murmu
|-
|Sudha Rani Dutta
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Sudha Rani Dutta
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|Bhabatosh Saren
|{{Full party name with color|Bangla Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Babulal Saren
|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Party}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Maniklal Besra
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Apindra Kisku
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=8}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="7"|Upen Kisku
|-
|[[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]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Birendra Nath Tudu
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Mrityunjoy Murmu
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Kshetra Mohan Hansda]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Raipur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thakur Mani Saren
|party = Trinamool Congress
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|candidate = [[Kshetra Mohan Hansda]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = RamChandra Mandi
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shubra Hembram
|party = Indian National Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Suklal Tudu
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ananta Kisku
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Raipur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Mrityunjoy Murmu]]
|votes = 101,043
|percentage = 51.96
|change = +1.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shudhansu Hansda
|votes = 81,645
|percentage = 41.98
|change = +33.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Milan Mandi
|votes = 6,593
|percentage = 3.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,986
|percentage = 1.54
|change = -0.27
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sukchand Saren
|votes = 1,161
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Shyampada Mudi
|votes = 1,048
|percentage = 0.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 194,476
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Raipur (ST) constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Birendra Nath Tudu]]
|votes = 89,841
|percentage = 50.67
|change = +6.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Hansda
|votes = 63,119
|percentage = 35.60
|change = -8.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shudhansu Hansda
|votes = 14,332
|percentage = 8.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,215
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Chunaram Saren
|votes = 2,769
|percentage = 1.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dulal Saren
|votes = 1,740
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Kandan Mandi
|votes = 1,552
|percentage = 0.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Kalipada Hembram
|votes = 754
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 177,322
|percentage = 86.70
|change = -0.62
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Raipur<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25250.htm |title = Raipur |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/20110516060734/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25250.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=250| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526072333/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=250| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raipur | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_6th_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Raipur |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030813/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_6th_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Upen Kisku
|votes = 69,008
|percentage = 44.38
|change = -10.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Pramila Murmu
|votes = 68,826
|percentage = 44.26
|change = +9.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = [[Kshetra Mohan Hansda]]
|votes = 7,776
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pelaram Murmu
|votes = 3,770
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sukchand Saren
|votes = 3,501
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jnanada Mandi
|votes = 1,501
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dhirendranath Mandi
|votes = 1,050
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
|candidate = Parisritosh Saren
|votes = 658
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 155,490
|percentage = 87.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -19.45
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 state assembly elections, Upen Kisku of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Raipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bibhabati Tudu of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], Kshetra Mohan Hansda, Independent, Smritirekha Kisku of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], Aditya Kisku, Independent, and Bhabaosh Saren of Congress (two consecutive elections), respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Apindra Kisku of CPI(M) defeated Gangadhar Murmu of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp245.htm |title = 245 - Raipur (ST) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-04-03 }}</ref>

===1952-1972===
Maniklal Besra of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1972. Babulal Saren of [[Jharkhand Party]] won in 1971. Bhabatosh Saren of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969 and 1967. Sudha Rani Dutta of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. In 1957 and 1952 Raipur had dual/ joint seats. Jadu Nath Murmu and Sudha Rani Dutta, both of Congress, won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. Jadu Nath Murmu, Independent, and Jatindra Nath Basu of Congress, won in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1952]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections | access-date = 2011-04-03 | work = General Election Results and Statistics | publisher = Election Commission of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp | archive-date = 2010-10-05 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bankura topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Bankura district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

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