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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Saltora 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|23|32|00|N|86|56|00|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 247
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|36. Bankura]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 188,583 (2011)
|leader_title = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
|leader_name = [[Chandana Bauri]]
|leader_party =
|leader_title1 = Party
|leader_name1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}

'''Saltora Assembly constituency''' 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 castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 247 Saltora Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Saltora (community development block)|Saltora]] and [[Mejia (community development block)|Mejia]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]; Banasuria, Barashal, Lachhmanpur and Latiaboni [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Gangajalghati (community development block)|Gangajalghati]] community development block.<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/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 18 September 2010 }}</ref>

Saltora Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 36 [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| - class="wikitable"
! Year
! Members<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saltora Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Saltora Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/west-bengal/saltora-election-result-s25a247/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=News18}}</ref>
! Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Swapan Bouri
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Swapan Bouri
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Chandana Bauri]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}

==Election results==

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, [[Chandana Bauri]] of BJP defeated her nearest rival, Sontosh Kumar Mondal of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Saltora (SC)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Chandana Bauri]]
|votes = 91,648
|percentage = 45.28
|change = +37.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sontosh Kumar Mondal
|votes = 87,503
|percentage = 43.23
|change = -2.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nandadulal Bauri
|votes = 14,084
|percentage = 6.96
|change = -29.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,363
|percentage = 1.66
|change = -0.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Aditya Kumar Bauri
|votes = 3,554
|percentage = 1.76
|change = +0.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dipen Bauri
|votes = 2,261
|percentage = 1.12
|change = -0.10
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 202,413
|percentage = 90.16
|change = +3.79
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, Swapan Bauri of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Sasthi Charan Bauri of CPI(M).

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

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Swapan Bauri]]
|votes = 84,979
|percentage = 46.20
|change = -4.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sasthi Charan Bauri
|votes = 72,456
|percentage = 39.39
|change = -3.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Snehasis Mondal
|votes = 14,991
|percentage = 8.15
|change = +1.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,801
|percentage = 2.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Dipak Kumar Bhuiya
|votes = 2,260
|percentage = 1.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dipen Bauri
|votes = 2,237
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mahananda Maji
|votes = 2,214
|percentage = 1.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 183,938
|percentage = 86.37
|change = -0.19
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Swapan Bauri of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Sasthi Charan Bauri of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Saltora (SC) <ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25247.htm|title = Saltora |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=247|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Saltora | 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 = Saltora |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 = [[Swapan Bauri]]
|votes = 82,597
|percentage = 50.60
|change = +11.43#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sasthi Charan Bauri
|votes = 69,900
|percentage = 42.82
|change = -16.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mangal Chandra Mandal
|votes = 10,741
|percentage = 6.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 163,238
|percentage = 86.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 27.72#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006, for the now defunct [[Gangajalghati Assembly constituency|Gangajalghati]] constituency.</small>

===1962===
In the 1962 state assembly elections, [[Bidhan Chandra Roy|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]] won the Saltora assembly seat.<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}}

{{West Bengal elections}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Bankura district]]

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