# Para Assembly constituency

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

## 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.
Para Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Para | Nepal Bauri | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | S.Bauri | Bangla Congress |
| 1969 | | Tinkori Bauri | Bangla Congress |
| 1971 | | Sarat Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Sarat Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Gobinda Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Gobinda Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Gobinda Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Bilasibala Sahis | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Bilasibala Sahis | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Bilasibala Sahis | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Bilasibala Sahis | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2009 By election | | Minu Bauri | Communist Party of India |
| 2011 | | Umapada Bauri | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | | Umapada Bauri | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Nadiar Chand Bouri | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Para :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Nadiar Chand Bouri | 87,347 | 45.02 | +687.48 |
| | AITC | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 194,021 | | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Para :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,203 | 81.92 |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Para :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 146,031 | 79.35 | |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | 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), Minu Bauri of CPI(M) won the Para seat in the 2009 by-elections defeating Charan Bauri of JMM.
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.

### 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.